Looking to protect your iPad from the many pitfalls of daily use? There are a lot of iPad skins out there, but there’s only one company that offers a faux carbon fiber skin for your iPad. That company is StealthArmor, and they’ve just launched their latest line of metallic skins to protect your shiny new…
Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible gets dissected on video like never before
We’ve all seen smartphone tear-downs and dissections on the web. There aren’t too many things that can get our blood going like a high-end smartphone’s guts being splayed out in high-res photos. To that end, we’ve just stumbled upon a video dissection that pretty much takes the cake. The Verizon Droid Incredible, made by HTC,…
Google updates mobile search for iPhone and Android with slick search refining options
Google has been continually updating and adding features to its desktop web search services. And, for the most part, they’ve been keeping pace on the mobile search side of things with iPhone and Android-optimized mobile search options. Today, the search giant has flipped the switch on yet another mobile search feature that’s aimed at giving…
Video: Microsoft KIN TWO unboxing and initial impressions
Microsoft’s KIN lineup of consumer oriented not-so-smartphones has just gone official. Since Microsoft unveiled the KIN phones last month, the company has been mostly quiet about their consumer-friendly, social network-savvy slider phones. But, that didn’t stop us from getting our hands on our very own Kin Two! While Marin drops some knowledge about the more…
iPad 3G uses LCD frame as a giant 3G antenna
For those of you wondering how the iPad manages to lock onto AT&T’s wireless data network and GPS satellite signals despite its signal-blocking aluminum unibody casing, iFixIt’s new iPad 3G dissection sheds some light on just how Apple solves the “aluminum problem.” Turns out, the iPad 3G makes the most of its LCD frame by…
RIM working on iPad-killing BlackBerry tablet (BlackPad/Cobalt)
We’ve heard rumors before about BlackBerry-maker RIM jumping into the tablet space with their own BlackBerry tablet (codenamed BlackPad / Cobalt), and today we’re hearing of an alleged “confirmation” of the slate-style BlackBerry device. But, before you get all excited about seeing your favorite push-emailing platform going the tablet route, we should warn you that…
BlackBerry Bold 9650 gets FCC approval on way to Sprint
The BlackBerry Bold 9650 was recently unveiled as the first CDMA BlackBerry Bold, and it’s already gotten the blessing of the FCC’s certification boffins. The approval gives the world-roaming capable Bold 9650 the green light to launch on Sprint’s network later this month. It’s not clear if BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) will be able…
iPad, newer iPhones, hacked and jailbroken – Multitask on your iPad now!
Ahh, we love the smell of fresh jailbreaks in the morning. There’s no better way to kick off the work week than with news of a new iPhone OS jailbreak solution from the iPhone Dev Team. Following on their iPad jailbreak preview and iPhone OS 4.0 jailbreak demo, the venerable iPhone OS hackers have announced…
Apple shuttering Lala online music streaming service, hints at iTunes streaming music service
If you’ve been hoping for Apple to jump on the streaming music bandwagon, this latest bit of news should be an encouraging sign of things to come. Apple has just announced that it will be shuttering the doors to its recently-acquired Lala online streaming music service. The move is sending waves of speculation reverberating around…
Apple outlines iPad 3G data service activation
If you’ve been curious about Apple’s just-launched iPad WiFi + 3G model, Apple has some minor but interesting information for you. Following on AT&T posting 3G iPad details yesterday, Apple has today posted a step-by-step guide for activating your cellular data-enabled Apple tablet with AT&T’s 3G data service. The most interesting part of Apple’s new…