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The BlackBerry PlayBook missed its end of March release date, which has since been moved back to April 19. Why the change? Rumour has it that Apple had booked up capacity of touch panels from Chinese manufacturing partners Quanta and Foxlink. Foxlink also provides connectors for both the iPad 2 and the PlayBook, apparently, which…
Apple’s iPad 2 has been selling like hotcakes everywhere it has landed, and it looks like another retail store will be added to the list of those carrying the magical tablet. However, it’s not your typical electronics retailer — it’s Toys ‘R’ Us! You know, where a kid can be a kid. So, does that…
The next iPhone may have some crazy, new interaction metaphors, as a new patent shows that Apple is working on a smart bezel for its smartphone that may lead to true, button-less controls. The folks at Patently Apple unveiled a patent which shows a secondary display that makes up this smart bezel. This could be…
If T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Virgin Mobile, Cricket, U.S. Cellular and MetroPCS can have it – so can AT&T. Yup they will get to carry the LG Optimus One, as well. Aside from the name change (we assume the upcoming phone will be called Optimus A) and few design tweaks, it’s safe to bet the…
We’re still loving the existing Droid X from Verizon today, but in the mobile world, it may as well be the CLIQ. Ok, maybe not that bad, but technology moves fast, and we’ve been expecting a successor to the powerful handset sometime soon. With no official announcement of the DX2’s existence, we know very little,…
The folks at NowhereElse.fr took all the iPhone 5 rumors and summarized them in an impressive infographic. What makes this one different from your standard billboard-style image is the Apple-themed layout of this creative graphic that makes it look like it was lifted off the back pages of Apple’s website. All the leaked details on…
There is a story making rounds on the Internet today that FaceTime, the video calling application for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, is taking photos of users without permission and storing them. It’s unsettling to think that this could be happening, but it would certainly be cause for an uproar if it were. But…
Microsoft’s MIX conference is just a week away and rumors suggest that we’ll be seeing a new version of Silverlight which will make it possible to play Windows Phone 7 games on your Xbox 360. WinRumos has a source which is saying that Silverlight will definitely be coming to the Xbox 360 at the MIX…
T-Mobile Even More Plus customers might be feeling a bit neglected, and maybe for good reason. The carrier’s Even More users seem to be getting all the perks, including the $79.99 unlimited plan, and plans and ads for Even More Plus were taken down not too long ago. It seemed like some of the better…
Samsung’s Galaxy S line of devices have been very successful worldwide, which comes as no surprise to any of us. They have vivid Super AMOLED displays, easy-to-use form factors, TouchWiz UI which makes it easy to navigate Android and those 1GHz Hummingbird processors. However, the successor to the Galaxy S devices, the Galaxy S 2,…