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There is no denying Apple’s lead and command of the tablet market with the iPad and iPad 2. One could even argue that Apple itself created the market — prior to the iPad’s announcement, many industry analysts were skeptical that such a device would even be made. And when it seemed all but certain that…
We didn’t believe it would actually happen, but when the Verizon iPhone finally arrived, some of us thought that it would make a huge impact on the iPhone landscape in the U.S. Tens of thousands of users would flock from AT&T to Verizon’s more stable network, where dropped calls are a rare occurrence and data…
You just have to love these iPhone/iOS versus Android market share stories. They’re almost meaningless, but people are still so damn passionate about them. And while they do offer little to no value in many cases, as I’ve stated before, what they reveal is what no one else is talking about: that players like RIM,…
This week at CTIA 2011 in Orlando we saw something that we really haven’t seen in smartphones before: glasses-free 3D displays. We knew they were coming, but it’s certainly something else to hold it in your hands and to see for yourself. The two showstoppers were most certainly the HTC EVO 3D for Sprint, and…
Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the tablet-optimized version of the OS, has been met with either intrigue and awe, or complaints and slander. One analyst is on the latter side, and believes that Honeycomb will likely only stay within the group of “geeks”. In all honesty, it likely will in the beginning, but that’s not necessarily a…
Those of you looking to avoid signing a contract to get a Motorola Xoom may have been waiting for the WiFi-Only version.To that end, PCWorld’s UK site decided to post the pricing of the WiFi version as £449.99 before quickly pulling it offline. Well, it’s made its way back to the site, with a couple of changes.…
Remember the HTC Shift, that 7-inch tablet computer with full QWERTY keyboard? It had 2 big problems – price and performance. The hardware just couldn’t keep up with Windows, it was expensive and I doubt the Taiwanese company managed to move enough units (whatever “enough” means). Now may be the time to re-think the Shift…
Android Honeycomb is going to be unveiled very soon, and Google exec and designer Matias Duarte gives us a little insight on what he wanted out of the platform. The main theme seems to be that Duarte doesn’t feel like humans should do what a computer should, hence his distaste for Android task killers. If…
When you bought that fancy Motorola Droid back in November 2009, how did you feel? It was pretty cutting-edge, right? According to its huge advertising campaign, there was finally a phone on the market that could reliably compete against the iPhone. Verizon customers had the latest and greatest Android device in their hands. But two…
We knew the day would come: Google Voice now lets you port your mobile number into its service. That means you can now pay to turn your cellphone number into a Google Voice number. As we mentioned before, there are a few costs involved – $20 to port and whatever termination fee your carrier will…