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It certainly wasn’t good news to hear that the Transformer Prime’s bootloader was locked and encrypted, which blocks the ability to load custom ROMs onto the quad-core tablet. Well, it may not be long until said bootloader will be able to be unlocked through an Asus provided tool. When people got word that the bootloader…
Love him or hate him, LeBron James sure knows how to draw attention and his new shoe store, “Unknwn,” will have 45 iPads strewn about to allow customers to have an extremely interactive experience. This is just another example of how mobile technology can enhance the shopping experience. The iPads come from a company called…
T-Mobile is kicking off the new year with a major sale on many of its smartphones and tablets but the deals will only be available this weekend, so get to getting if you want a new T-Mobile 4G device. Some of the deals are better than others but in general, you can walk out of…
If you missed out on the previous PlayBook sales, you’ll be happy to know that you can now get any of the BlackBerry PlayBook models for a cool $299. That’s right folks, it’s dealing days at Research In Motion and everything must go. The 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB models will all now…
Samsung announced an updated version of its Galaxy Ace smartphone, simply calling it Galaxy Ace Plus. The main difference between this new model and the existing Galaxy Ace is in the processor used – Galaxy Ace Plus rocks a much faster 1GHz CPU. In addition, the new device also comes with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and Wi-Fi…
Motorola released an update for its super-thin RAZR smartphone in Europe. No it won’t bring Ice Cream Sandwich to your device; rather software version 651.73.30 includes several improvements and adds a new app – Evernote (which is my personal favorite note-taking tool). Here’s what else is included in this release: General improvements to camera performance…
Good news for those of you with MetroPCS’ LG Esteem – you can now more easily root your smartphone of choice. Yep, the all-in-one root and custom recovery is out, compliments to AndroidForums.com ROM developer PlayfulGod, though credit also goes to Koush and RaidZero for their recoveries as well as zergrush for their root method.…
Asus is rolling out a new firmware update for its fancy Transformer Prime tablet/netbook device as we speak. Unfortunately software version 8.8.3.33-20111223 doesn’t bring the latest version of Android (Ice Cream Sandwich), though it will increase the overall performance of the tablet. For instance, it is said that the camera app is now launching much…
Windows Phone users may find Apple’s Siri service so awesome that makes the default Bing Voice look like an ancient technology. No more, thanks to the new app called Ask Ziggy. Available as a free download, it will understand your question (thanks to the Nuance-powered technology) and assist you in areas such as emailing, texting,…
Cellular signal booster maker Wilson Electronics is preparing to unveil the world’s first 4G mobile signal booster, the Sleek 4G-V, at CES in Las Vegas. Made to work with Verizon Wireless’ LTE network (at least that’s what the press release suggests), the new device also ensures strong 3G or 2G signals in areas where there’s…