If you absolutely cannot wait to get your hands on the drool-worthy EVO 4G, the Shack has your back. RadioShack will be opening its 1,600 stores as early as 6 a.m. this Friday to let pre-order customers get their hands on the first U.S. phone with 4G capabilities. One of the cool things about pre-ordering…
Verizon testing Apple iPads on network?
Verizon Wireless is currently testing Apple iPads on its CDMA networks, according to reports from the Boy Genius Report. This report is light on details but there’s confirmation that the device is CDMA, although there may also be some Long-Term Evolution components as well. Verizon is in the middle of an aggressive LTE rollout as…
Brightkite boosts augmented reality ads
Brightkite made some waves by being the first to offer augmented reality advertisements late last year but these were actually kind of lame, banner-style ads overlaid on your screen. The company has boosted its ads but some of you may not like them. Before, the ads were at the bottom of the page and pretty…
Apple closes Lala – is streaming iTunes on the way?
It’s not much of a surprise, but Apple has officially shut down the streaming-music service Lala. Is a streaming version of iTunes just around the corner? If you never had the pleasure of using Lala, it allowed you to upload your tracks to its servers and stream these from any Internet-connected computer. You could also…
How many N900 units has Nokia sold?
Well, there’s some confusion about how many Nokia N900 units the world’s largest handset maker has sold, as a report from Gartner indicated the company’s flagship device has only sold 100,000 units in the first five months. If true, this could be a disaster for Nokia as it tries to battle Apple, Research In Motion…
T-Mobile adds new prepaid plan – $50 for unlimited voice, text
T-Mobile has rolled out a new prepaid plan and it offers unlimited voice, text and picture messages for $50 a month. The new plan can be used with nearly any device but if you want to get the most out of something like the Nexus One or the myTouch Slide, you’ll still need a monthly…
Microsoft not worried about Android on tablets
We’re about to see a flood of Android tablets, possibly including one directly from Google, but Microsoft doesn’t seem too concerned about the little, green robot gaining traction in the emerging tablet space. Steve Guggenheimer, VP at Microsoft, said the tablet situation could be similar to the netbook market, as at the beginning many Linux-based…
HTC EVO 4G for Sprint gets torn down
Those mad tinkerers at iFixit have torn apart the drool-worthy EVO 4G for Sprint and, while there’s nothing shocking about what’s inside, it’s good to know what you’re getting. A few of the interesting takeaways are: * Removing the glass is not terribly difficult. This is great news for those unfortunate enough to drop their…
HP cuts 9,000 jobs, restructures with mobile in mind
These are the stories I hate to write about but Hewlett-Packard is cutting roughly 3% of its global workforce, which should result in about 9,000 people losing their jobs. According to the Associated Press, “the job cuts will result from productivity gains and automation in the data centers, which are clusters of computers that HP’s…
Adobe intros magazine viewer for iPad, tablets
Adobe has introduced a new digital magazine format and it is aiming to make it easier for publishers to reach readers on the iPad and other tablets. This technology is already in the wild with the Wired iPad app and it enables publishers to use rich media. For example, the technology magazine uses HD-like videos…