What comes to mind when you think “lap desk?” If you’re like us, you’re probably picturing a large-ish laptop that tends to get really hot and often burns thigh skin to a crisp when using it on your lap. Lap desks tend to provide better cooling, more convenient viewing angles, and keep the hot laptop…
International iPad Pre-Orders Now Available!
If you reside in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland or the UK, today is your lucky day. International iPad pre-orders from the Apple Online Store have started up! As the clock hit midnight in these various countries around the world, you may have noticed Apple’s Online Store go down for their usual…
Nokia brings its Life Tools to China
After successfully launching the service in India, Nokia is bringing its (now called) Ovi Life Tools (Nokia Ovi Sheng Huo Tong) to the world’s still fastest growing economy. Two of Nokia’s low-end devices will support the service at launch – the Nokia 1616 and Nokia 1800, and there are 6 partners involved: 39.net, Beijing Nongxintong…
Tickets.com teams-up with Txtstation Global Mobile Marketing to offer real-time mobile interactivity with fans
Tickets.com is partnering with Txtstation Global Mobile Marketing to expand and enhance its mobile ticket transactions and mobile barcode delivery services. The idea is to make it possible for clients to dynamically interact with fans at games, concerts, events and broadcasts in real-time! This one-to-one dialogue with event attendees will allow Tickets.com clients to identify…
StealthArmor rolls out metallic iPad protection skins
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…
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…
Pantech breEZe II announced for AT&T
The Pantech breEZe II has been announced for AT&T. Just like the original device, this one is also targeting seniors and those folks who like super easy to use phones. However, in addition the standard “breEZe mode” with large text and simple linear menu, the breEZe II also rocks “Advanced mode” with an an icon…
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…
Mint brings financial tracking to Android
Mint has gone Android! After launching its iPhone app, Mint.com is (as expected) extending its reach to the Android community with a new Mint app. The dedicated application allows Android smartphone owners to do the same things their iPhone counterparts could do: see real-time account balances, check recent transactions, compare spending against monthly budgets and…
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…