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If you bought an iPhone 5 and noticed when you get a phone call or text message while your phone is on silent that the vibration sounds different and in most cases louder than the iPhone 4 or 4S, you aren’t alone. It turns out Apple did include a new vibrating motor inside. I thought…
AT&T announced an entirely new line of Samsung Android phones and tablets today, one of them being the Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro. It’s a ruggedized smartphone built for people who either need a device that can survive under extreme measures or are just plain clumsy. The Rugby Pro is shock resistant, dust proof, and waterproof…
Every so often, we come across a project on Kickstarter that gets us excited. Today, I was tipped to check out Jorno, a Bluetooth keyboard that folds up so that it fits in your palm for easy portability. For writers, enterprise users, and students, a keyboard is an essential accessory for a tablet or smartphone,…
Though Apple claims it designed the iPhone 4 and with strong aluminosilicate glass “comparable in strength to sapphire crystal,” there have been no shortage of reports over the years that after just a single fall on the pavement, the glass had shattered to pieces. Now that the iPhone 5 has replaced most of the glass…
sellcell.com, a website that lets you compare phone values, reports that in August 2012, iPhone trade-ins rose over 800 percent from the same time in 2011. It also saw a record $8 million worth of trade-ins so far this September. This can directly be attributed to the unprecedented demand for the now confirmed iPhone 5.…
Available for pre-order since the initial unveiling, Amazon’s latest line of Kindle tablets and e-readers are now in stock online at Amazon.com and in retail stores where sold. This includes the all new Kindle Fire HD tablet, which gets its name from having an updated high-resolution 720p display, updated standard Kindle Fire, and Amazon’s Paperwhite…
On the morning of September 12th before the Apple event kicked off, I have to admit I was way too excited. I kept talking about the iPhone 5 announcement with my friends and they all thought it was hilarious, but after I kept talking and talking about it, I’m honestly surprised I didn’t see my…
AT&T is out with a nifty new smartphone from Pantech called the Flex. The entry-level device seems like a typical smartphone with average specifications, but it has one feature in particular that helps it stand out and targets a specific market: an “easy experience” mode. We’ll just call it easy mode for short. While easy…
Samsung might be one of the first vendors to announce a smartphone that will run the new Windows Phone 8 OS when it ships this fall. The device will go by the name of ATIV S — I’m not sure if you’re supposed to pronounce that as a whole word or with each individual letter,…
What do you get when you take an ordinary-looking Samsung Android smartphone and build it in to the back of a compact camera? The Samsung Galaxy Camera. It’s real and minus the phone functionality, that’s pretty much what it is. The Galaxy Camera is a bulky device, but it has its reasons. The camera lens…