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When the Motorola Droid X was released last year, we were pretty stoked that a monstrous Android device would be coming from the comeback kid. After the success of the original Droid, it didn’t seem like Motorola could do any wrong. But alas, the joy for die-hard Android fans was short-lived when they discovered that…
Yesterday we saw the Verizon iPhone for the first time, after years of rumors and speculation, and many of us were thrilled. Now we have a choice of carriers – AT&T’s stranglehold on the Apple smartphone is over and users in bigger cities might actually have an iPhone that works. However, there is one small…
While there have been a few people who’ve dropped hints saying that Honeycomb will be compatible with Android phones, we’ve yet to get a real confirmation that Honeycomb will be hitting anything other than tablets. Well, it seems Engadget recently got a chance to sit down with Matias Duarte, the WebOS designer lead that Google…
There are no doubts the mobile technology could be a force for good. The so called Thimble concept we’ll be discussing today perfectly illustrates that. The idea here is to connect what looks like a Bluetooth-enabled one-finger glove with a mobile phone to transmit information to visually impaired. The mentioned glove takes ambient input from…
There’s no getting around the fact that 2011 will be a big year for tablets. From iPad to Galaxy Tab to various other Android-powered tablets, the coming year will bring much in the way of super-portable, casual computing devices that blur the lines between “mobile” and “laptop.” In addition to the still market-leading iOS and…
The Nexus S is officially available at Best Buy stores everywhere today, and it’s running the much-anticipated Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Now that we’ve seen everything the new version of the OS offers, as well as the Nexus S, are you as impressed as you thought you’d be? Not too long ago, I asked if Android…
I can remember the days when Rogers offered unlimited evenings and weekends, with evenings starting at 6PM. Seems like many, many, MANY years ago, but I’ve always felt that 6PM was a reasonable hour to consider as ‘evening’. Since my early days as a mobile adopter, Rogers has kept pushing the hour back, and the…
While many users are just now receiving Android 2.2 Froyo on their handsets, some are already anticipating the wake of Android 2.3, otherwise known as Gingerbread. People are expecting Gingerbread to make a huge splash when it goes live, but I, for one, don’t think it will. Earlier this year, I asked the question, ”…
In a bid to stop the multiple deaths that happen while using cell phones while driving, the U.S. Department of Transportation is reportedly mulling taking a harder line and using technology to block cell phones while driving. “I think the technology is there,” said Raymond LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation. “And I think you’re going…
Your iPhone or iPad can get me sick around this time of year. That’s because it’s flu season, and every time you sneeze into your hands and wipe it all over your touch screen device, you could be passing on a virus when you decide to share it with someone else. So unless you’re immunized…