Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS has finally gotten real, well, at least for those of us with a Google Nexus S in our pockets. Of course, that’s all going to change in less than a day, when Best Buy officially kicks off sales of the Nexus S through all their brick-and-mortar and online stores. But, is…
IntoMobile Holiday Gift Guide for the ‘Mobile Techie’ in your life
The IntoMobile Holiday Gift Guide is here to help you find the perfect mobile phone gift for that special someone in your life. Whether that “special someone” is a big-time smartphone power user or just looking for the most stylish cell phone on the market, we’ve got you covered with mobile phone recommendations for folks…
Let’s Trade: Our iPad (or Galaxy Tab) for your phone review
If someone asked you if you wanted to trade 5 minutes of your time and a bit of keyboarding in exchange for a shiny new Apple iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab, what would you say? If you’re like us, you’d jumped at the chance. Well, surprise! We want to remind you that we’re doing just…
REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy Tab (Sprint) – Does the iPad have an Android tablet competitor?
For months and months, Apple and the iPad had a virtual stranglehold on the tablet computing space. Armed with undeniably sleek industrial design, the proven iOS mobile operating system, a huge display and a battery the size of a small planet, the Apple iPad ushered the world into casual computing on tablet devices designed for…
Google Nexus S: Hands-on the first Android 2.3 Gingerbread superphone
The Google Nexus S is one of the most anticipated handset launches of 2010, and we managed to get our hands on one of these Samsung-made superphones to put it and its new Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS through its paces. But, before we give the handset the flogging of its life, we figured we’d unbox…
iPad Giveaway: Write a Phone Review and Win an iPad
Do you love mobile gadgets as much as we do? Maybe you have something you’d like to say about this or that mobile phone. If that sounds like you, we want to hear your thoughts in the IntoMobile Community. Do it and we’ll give you an iPad (if you win, of course). Seriously. Read on.…
Google Maps bringing offline mode and vector-based mapping to Android
Google Maps for Mobile is, without a doubt, the leading geo-location and mapping service on smartphones today (sorry Windows Phone 7 and your Bing Maps). Today at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, Mr. Android himself, Andy Rubin, showed the world that the next version of Google Maps for Mobile would come packing some long-awaited…
Deal Alert: Dell Venue Pro does Windows Phone 7 for $99
If you’re looking for a new Windows Phone 7 smartphone and the Dell Venue Pro is striking your fancy, Dell has a deal in their online store that’s sure to get kick your holiday shopping into high gear. Dell is clearing out their Windows Phone 7 device with a $100 on-contract offer. As long as…
NVIDIA Tegra 2 demo shows us why we want the dual-core ARM Cortex A9
There should be no doubt in your mind that NVIDIA’s next-generation Tegra 2 dual-core mobile chipsets will offer incredible performance boosts over today’s fastest single-core applications. But, just in case you aren’t totally convinced that you’ll need (or want) one of the Tegra2 offerings in your next smartphone or Android tablet, here’s a little video…
Ass. Police Chief arrests CT man for filming cops with iPhone, confiscates and deletes videos
Another day, another case of abuse of power by cops unwilling to have their public police activities filmed by passersby with an iPhone, Android, or any other video recording device. This time around, we bring you the story of a Connecticut man who was recently arrested by New Haven Assistant Chief of Police Chief Ariel…