Verizon is set to unveil their new Android hotness tomorrow, and we’ll be there to witness history in the making. If you’re calendar isn’t already marked, remember to keep an eye out for out of Motorola Droid coverage from Verizon’s Android shin-dig! For those of you that haven’t yet caught wind of the Motorola Droid…
See where your tax dollars are being spent in Layar’s augmented reality
Want to see where the the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being spent? There’s an app for that. Or, to be more precise, there’s a new Layar “layer” for that. The new “Recovery.org” layer is now available on the Layar augmented reality browser, giving iPhone or Android users the power to pin-point…
blackra1n RC2 now available to jailbreak new (OTB) iPhone 3GS
iPhone hacker George “geohot” Hotz has released an update to his “blackra1n” jailbreak utility that should give new iPhone 3Gs owners reason to celebrate. The blackra1n RC2 update will jailbreak factory-fresh iPhone 3GS’s loaded with iPhone OS 3.1.2 by Apple, but only through a “tethered jailbreak” method. The latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 update was released…
Study: iPhone Mom demographic could be a lucrative marketing target
Soccer moms, move over, your time is over. It’s time to make room for the “iPhone Mom” – a relatively new demographic made up of female iPhone owners with children. A new survey from Greystripe indicates that the usually slow-to-adopt “mommy” segment has quickly become a significant consumer of mobile content and mobile applications. As…
Does the NYT know something about the rumored Apple Tablet?
The tech community is buzzing (again) about the possibility that Apple will release an Apple Tablet computer of some sort in the coming months. There’s even talk of the new SIM card tray belonging to an Apple Tablet. Without official confirmation from Apple themselves, however, all this talk of an Apple Tablet is just that…
More Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 (Rachel) pics surface
The Android revolution has begun, and you know what that means – loads of Android smartphone spy pics! We’ve already seen the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 (Rachel) doing its thing in the wild, and we even have video demonstrating the Rachel’s customized Android UI concept. But, we still can’t get us enough of the Rachel.…
Novatel MiFi 2200 gets ‘always on’ firmware update
The Novatel MiFi 2200 is, without a doubt, one of the most important weapons in a mobile road warrior’s fight against dis-connectivity. By combining a WiFi router with a 3G EVDO Rev. A data connection from Sprint or Verizon Wireless, the MiFi 2200 creates a portable WiFi hotspot that serves data to up to five…
HTC’s ‘quietly brilliant’ marketing campaign makes some noise
Over the past few years, we’ve seen HTC outgrow their britches. Once a small(ish) Taiwanese smartphone ODM, High Tech Computer Corp. has become grown to become something of a household name in certain (geeky) circles – the third largest smartphone maker in North America. With many of the coolest smartphones on Planet Earth bearing the…
HTC brings some Sense to HTC Magic, but limited to Taiwan for now
If you’re thinking your HTC Magic could use a bit of the HTC Hero’s Sense UI, you’re not alone – HTC apparently thinks so too. They’ve released a new ROM update for the Magic, and it’s packing the Sense UI! Finally, Magic owners don’t have to put up with a stock Android homescreen anymore. You’ll…
Attack of the (Verizon) Droids?
By now, you’ve probably heard of the Motorola Droid and how it’s going to rock Verizon’s socks with all kinds of Android goodness. Turns out, though, the “Droid” brand might represent more than just a model name for the Motorola Sholes/Tao. Word has it that Verizon will stamp their entire Android lineup with the “Droid”…