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We all know that a tablet from HP is coming early next year with the Palm webOS platform but we may have finally received confirmation that it will be called the “PalmPad.” During a conference call with analysts, HP vice president Todd Bradley said the “webOS-powered PalmPad” will launch in early 2011. Sure, he could…
As the launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 grows closer and closer, the leaks just continue to spill out. DSL Report’s mobile speed test has unveiled another pair of devices from Samsung and HTC. The Samsung device is probably the i8700 which has been spotted multiple times. It appears that the device will be called…
The market for e-readers is quickly heating up, as Borders has just added a Kobo e-reader with WiFi to help it go against the Amazon Kindle and, to a certain extent, the Apple iPad and other tablets. The new Kobo eReader has a 6-inch E-Ink display, an SD slot, a D-pad for navigation and it…
A study came out a few days ago which indicated that bans on texting while driving has not led to a decrease in car crashes. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was not happy about this study and he’s firing back. In a blog post, LaHood questioned the authenticity of the study, which was conducted by…
Dell is planning a “whole slew” of tablets over the next few months and the 7-inch Android tablet we spotted earlier could be released in a few weeks. The news comes from an interview with the Wall Street Journal, as a Dell executive said the company is also working on a 10-inch tablet. When you…
Apple is seeding out an iOS 4.2 beta 2 to developers and it should have all the goodies we’re expecting for the iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod touch. The first iOS 4.2 beta reportedly had a lot of bugs in it, so those should hopefully be addressed. While this isn’t a major X.0 upgrade, iOS…
Pinger already delivers free text messaging with its Textfree app but the company will soon take it up a notch by offering free phone calls too. Pinger will give you a phone number and calls will be made using a data network, so it’s a VoIP call. It will apparently work with WiFi and 3G…
We’ve seen some screenshots before but that’s never as good as some video of the upcoming MeeGo smartphone operating system. As you can see in the video below, we get a little walk through of MeeGo running on a TI OMAP 4 prototype hardware. We get to check out the Settings, SMS, Contacts and a…
The whole location-based gaming thing is definitely on fire with Foursquare and others and the new app Checkpoints is trying to integrate that with mobile shopping. The Checkpoints Apple iPhone app gives you points for scanning products. These points can then be redeemed for discounts, gift cards or online services. You go into a participating…
A new study shows that law which ban texting while driving have not had a significant impact on curbing the behavior and it hasn’t decreased the amount of car crashes. The Highway Loss Data Institute compared the crash rates of states with texting while driving laws with states that don’t have these requirements and the…