Brazilian smartphone shoppers will be a little surprised when they pick up an iPhone and see it powered by Android and not the expected iOS that the rest of the world is using. It seems back in 2000, prior to Apple’s iPhone existence, Gradiente, a consumer electronics company files for a patent on the name … Read more
We have been talking a lot lately about the BlackBerry launch of their 2 new devices and then there has been a lot of discussion on the rollout of Windows Phone 7.8 as well. The Surface Pro embargo lifted yesterday and the emails have been plentiful on that new tablet from Microsoft. There is obviously … Read more
For Sale Mint Condition HTC Titan and Accessories!!! So I’ve decided to get away from Windows Phone. My contract expired a few months ago with AT&T and I’ve been trying to get a Nokia 920, I even went to the AT&T store earlier this morning ready to buy a 920 and they have no 920s … Read more
Samsung the old established and BlackBerry the new upstart. My how things have changed form a decade ago. Last night’s Super Bowl featured commercials by both the well known brands and we pit them against each other to see which company got the right mixture of maintaining the viewer’s interest and delivering on their message. … Read more
We all know that Otterbox makes pretty much the best cases on the market today, the you gotta admit the color selection is a bit limited and well they all look the same. Otterbox has decided to do something about that and they’ve just launched a build your own program, or actually it’s a design … Read more
CBS got the memo – we like our second screens. We like getting extra data on mobile and having tablets with extra views. And sure you can serve us ads will you give us this stuff. They’re estimating that CBS will rake in an additional $12m from second screen content. You can stream the game … Read more
I know everyone gets sick of Angry Birds articles, but this is something different. It involves Star Wars so I am bound by SciFi passion to post on this update regardless if involves Angry Birds! The update gives 20 new levels in the Battle of Hoth with 2 new bonus levels. It even has some … Read more
Tethering without a plan is risky, especially if you stand to lose a precious grandfathered plan in addition to getting a surprise surcharge, and by means of deep packet inspection and other tricks your carrier can figure out if you’re surfing the web on your phone or on your computer tethered through your phone, red flags lighting up even if you’re using it lightly. It’s a very handy way to get people off grandfathered unlimited plans. Not to worry, Berserker from XDA cooked up SSH Tethering (no root required) which works in conjunction […]
I confess, I block ads, even on my phone – actually, I used to block ads on my phone but recently stopped because I ran into a set of server apps I really liked by Berserker, including SambaDroid, FTPDroid, WebDroid, SSHDroid and a kernel tweaking thing. These apps, great apps, detected that my hosts file had been modified (meaning they figured out that I obviously ran Adfree or […]
This genius was in the news, some article about 128GB iPads, and if you look closely at the picture, you’ll see him rocking what definitely isn’t an iPhone. What the heck is it? My vote is the LG Nexus 4. Here, let me line up the contenders. I needn’t stress how important it is that we figure this out for obvious reasons…
Yeah there’s no real date on this phone, but I like it, too bad I’m not on Sprint?! The Kyocera Torque is a rugged Android based phone that can withstand water, drops and dust. The phone can be submerged in water for up to 30 minutes and can withstand high humidity as well, like 95% … Read more
Samsung just announced the Garnet Red Edition Galaxy Tab 2 which will have a limited run apparently. It will be available starting this week for $219.99 at several places like Amazon, Office Depot, even Toys “R” Us, and it will be available until it sells out basically. You’ll also get a matching case for free … Read more