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It’s one of the most popular 7-inch tablets on the market. It features Android Jelly Bean, a small compact size, and an alluring $199 price tag for 16GB of storage. Of course I’m talking about Google’s Nexus 7 tablet manufactured by Asus. It made the news this morning for a slightly different reason and garnered…
Just when you thought BlackBerry couldn’t get any more negative press, think again. The Waterloo company is struggling to keep itself in business, and now it seems to have a problem with people being literally allergic to its phones. According to the researchers over at American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, BlackBerries are being produced with two different…
The News 5 video clip below tells the unfortunate story of an Arlington, Texas woman who bought an iPad from a man who approached her while she was pumping gas. She was excited to get a good deal on a hot electronic device right before the holiday shopping season. After handing over $200 for the tablet…
Just a few weeks after the Acer Iconia Tab A110 was unveiled, a higher-end Iconia A220 has appeared in GLBenchmark results. The benchmark doesn’t suggest whether we’ll see a 7″, 10″ or other-sized display, though it does show that Acer upped the ante on screen resolution. The A220 opts for a 1,280 x 752 display as…
According to Sina News, Foxconn may be eyeing the US as a location for its next manufacturing plants. The company is allegedly looking at Detroit or Los Angeles as potential factory sites. Foxconn president Terry Gou is heading up the effort to bring Foxconn to the US and will set up training programs in the…
A YouTube video spotted by Gizmodo allegedly shows three Walmart employees tossing around iPads in the warehouse area of a Pikeville, KY store. The portrait video kicks off with one employee proclaiming that “this is why you don’t buy an iPad from Walmart” and cuts to another employee tossing a box supposedly containing an iPad…
AT&T announced in a press release that it is opening up FaceTime over Cellular for iOS owners who subscribe to a tiered data plan and connect to the company’s 4G LTE network. Previously, FaceTime over Cellular was only enabled for customers on AT&T’s new Mobile Share plans, which debuted earlier this year. Grandfathered customers who…
Google is trialing a new service dubbed Google Free Zone in the Philippines, offering users free access to select services, including Google+, Google Search and GMail. Google Search is especially interesting as it allows users to not only search the web but also visit any page from the search results for free. However, once they click…
Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for its flagship tablet, Galaxy Note 10.1. The first market to get it is Germany where some folks should see their 10-inch tablet prompting them to get the new software version — version XXBLJ9, in case you wonder. When it comes to what’s new in…
Verizon Wireless has started taking pre-orders for two Windows Phone 8 devices, Nokia Lumia 822 and HTC 8X. The former is available for $99.99, while the latter could be yours for $100 more. Of course, you’ll still need to sign-up for a two-year contract but that’s something you can hardly avoid these days (except if…