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We know that the Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet will be making an appearance in a few weeks at the CES trade show and some more details are leaking out about the potential iPad killer. Trademark filings suggest Moto may have settled on a name: how does “Xoom” sound to you? Reports say the Xoom trademark has…
There’s a juicy rumor currently being floated by Bloomberg that says Microsoft will announce an ARM version of Windows at the Consumer Electronics show due to take place early next month. Before we even break down why that’s ridiculous, let’s actually define what’s being discussed. Windows 7, as it sells today in pretty plastic boxes…
A few weeks ago, we saw a spy shot of the Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G enclosed in a rugged case. Today, we have a series of images that show the front, the back, and the lovely keyboard of this side slider. Taking a closer look, we see the standard physical landscape keyboard with optical trackpad.…
SIM card manufacturer Gemalto confirmed that wireless carriers can lock LTE SIMs, forcing them to be used with specific plans or preventing them from being used on other Long Term Evolution networks. This report comes from Jean-Louis Carrara, VP of business development at Gemalto, who was speaking with PC Magazine. When speaking about carrier locking,…
Shaw Wu, an analyst with Kaufman Brothers, says that Verizon sees iPhone as “essential to its future success,” even though AT&T isn’t all that bothered about losing exclusivity. Wu also says that BlackBerry 6-enabled devices will be landing between January and March, which he speculates could be a CDMA version of the BlackBerry Torch (though…
As suspected, Sony Ericsson’s upcoming PlayStation phone will be launched under the Xperia brand – specifically as the Xperia Play. Sony Ericsson’s PR firm, Jung Relations, have apparently registered several domains containing “XperiaPlay” in the name, which corroborates with trademark filings for the same. From what we know of the unannounced device, the Xperia Play…
Everyone has one, so why not T-Mobile? The carrier appears to be readying a MiFi, or mobile hotspot, launch that will be compatible with its HSPA+ network next year. Although I still cringe at calling evolved 3G technologies “4G,” the ITU has recently decided that it’s ok, so yes: this will be a 4G MiFi…
Palm is rumored to be working on a webOS tablet and a recent report out of Engadget suggests the tablet may be codenamed Topaz. Also leaked was a shot of a wireless keyboard accessory for this rumored webOS tablet. The keyboard runs on a pair of AA batteries and will connect to the Palm Topaz…
Rumour has it that Research In Motion is going to continue their shopping spree (see The Astonishing Tribe, QNX, Viigo, Torch Mobile, Chalk Media, and Dash Navigation) by snatching up a contact management app developer called Gist. Supposedly the deal is all but sealed, but even if it happens, it might be too small of…
The chorus spouting a Verizon iPhone in the works for early 2011 is getting louder. First it was the Wall Street Journal, then the New York Times and now we have Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster joining in the rumor mill. According to a modeled prediction by Munster, the iPhone will be on Verizon any…