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Verizon announced today that it is making all postpaid wireless and landline calls to Japan free. Customers can call loved ones in the Tsunami-ravaged country between March 11 and April 20th without using any plan minutes or incurring any additional monthly charges. Wireless customers can also send free text and multimedia messages to friends and…
As soon as the iPad 2 was confirmed to have dual cameras, you knew there would be a deluge of applications using these cameras in an entertaining way. The first such application to hit the App Store is AR Magic Mirror, a facial augmented reality application for the iPad 2. The application uses the front and…
A tsunami last week devastated parts of coastal Japan and the country is struggling to recover following this natural disaster. To help U.S. customers with loved ones in Japan, AT&T Wireless is discounting its wireless service for customers wanting to contact friends and family in Japan. Starting March 11 and extending until March 31st, AT&T…
With the launch of the iPad 2, Apple unveiled a new Digital AV adapter that takes content from your tablet device and lets you send it to your HDTV via HDMI. The dongle is compatible both the iPad and the iPad 2, but its functionality is boosted by Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR SGX 543MP2 GPU on…
The WiFi version of the Motorola Xoom may land at Staples on March 27th with a $599 price tag. This salient pricing and availability information was spotted in a leaked sales flyer. The flyer prominently displays the Motorola Xoom WiFi and exclaims that it has arrived. Because this is an early and unintended leak, the…
iFixit got its hands on an iPad 2 and promptly tore the tablet down to its screws and rails. Most notable of all its finding, iFixit revealed the second generation tablet contains 512 MB of RAM, twice as much as its predecessor. This is good news for people interested in the raw hardware specs of…
The iPad 2 went on sale on Friday March 11th and early reaction to Apple’s second generation tablet was very favorable. Online sales began at 1 am Pacific Time and the initial supply of tablets was quickly depleted. Within a few hours, the shipping date had creeped from two to three days to five to…
Reports surfaced recently that suggested AT&T was capping the upload speeds of the Atrix 4G, the Inspire 4G and other HSUPA devices. Reports from consumers as well a study by PC Magazine showed these 4G devices uploaded files at a maximum of 300 kbps. Rather than sit back and let AT&T slow the speed of…
The Apple iPad 2 is reportedly selling well in the early hours of its debut. Apple’s second generation tablet went on sale this morning at 1 am ET and sales were brisk. Within hours of the launch, availability of the iPad 2 dropped from 2-3 days to a longer 5-7 days. By the time the…
In a feel-good story, Apple is extending an olive branch to Rutgers Center for Management Development by offering to exchange their recently purchased iPads for the newer iPad 2. This executive education branch of the New Jersey University has offered iPad-based courses since July 2010. The courses run on a regular basis and focus on…