Breaking news, information, and analysis on the latest mobile phones and mobile technology
According to a test conducted by CNET, the new third-generation iPad’s battery life does not seem to falter from the iPad 2 despite the addition of a much more power-hogging display. It even bests the Asus Transformer Prime, which is one of the best Android tablets in terms of battery longevity. CNET tests all tablet battery…
AT&T announced that the new third-generation iPad exceeded all previous one-day sales and activation records this past Friday, the day it went on the market. Straight from the press release: On Friday, March 16, AT&T set a new single-day record for its iPad sales and activations, demonstrating robust demand for the new iPad on the…
Prepare to be shocked. According to J.D. Power and Associates, some of the most unhappy mobile phone customers are ones with 4G LTE smartphones. The sole reason? Poor battery life. The data J.D. Power and Associates collected shows that dissatisfaction with battery life alone on LTE smartphones “greatly impacted” overall satisfaction of the phones. 4G…
YouMail has announced its unveiled its simplest solution yet to block unwanted phone calls from telemarketers, robots, and the like. The two apps from YouMail in the Google Play Store, Visual Voicemail Plus and WhoAreYou, now incorporate the ability to “ditch” a phone number entirely with a single tap. WhoAreYou and Visual Voicemail work together…
RIM is introducing a new accessory for the BlackBerry PlayBook that actually looks pretty cool. It’s the BlackBerry mini keyboard and it aims to not only make you more productive with your tablet, but even turn it into a laptop thanks to Citrix Receiver. The keyboard isn’t just an ordinary keyboard attachment. It also acts…
Unboxing videos for the new iPad are pouring in today and among the first to show up was from Vietnamese technology site Tinhte.vn. If you already own a first-generation iPad or iPad 2, you aren’t missing out on much since the packaging hasn’t changed and neither has the design of the new iPad from its predecessor.…
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is forecasting that Apple will sell over one million new iPads this Friday when it goes on sale for the first time. Munster has been fairly on target with Apple predictions in the past compared to other analysts. There’s no reason to not believe that figure. Shipment dates for the new…
Vocre will soon be releasing version 2.0 of its app to the iOS App Store and with it comes what I consider a revolutionary new feature: live language translation during video calls. It’s one of those futuristic things you think about as a child and it will soon be accessible to anyone with an iPhone,…
If you downloaded iPhoto for iOS after Apple released it a couple of days ago, you may have realized something was slightly different about the maps used for things like viewing the location of a photo taken. Some speculated Apple finally ditched Google Maps so it can stop relying on a competitor. It turns out…
Path is out with version 2.1 of its mobile social networking app and it has a bunch of new sharing features in time for SXSW 2012, including a new API for developers to tap into Path and allow users to share virtually all activity on any service. The first to utilize this API is Nike+…