Here’s a pleasant surprise for us webOS users! A recent NPD study has revealed that while Apple’s iPad may be number one, the rapidly shelved HP TouchPad is number two. Techcitement knew the firesale was going to boost those numbers and that they were number two on Amazon for a while. But considering Samsung has […]
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach, our thoughts (along with the thoughts of most of the U.S.) turn to finding great deals. This is often the best time to upgrade or add a line. This year, Amazon Wireless makes an offer that’s very, very hard to refuse. Amazon’s Wireless store always has the occasional […]
The Samsung Focus Flash is the low-end sequel to Samsung’s original Windows Phone 7, the Focus. Running Windows Mobile 7.5 a.k.a. Mango. and available on AT&T’s 4G network, the Focus Flash can already be found for a penny on Amazon (their version of a free phone). I’m only going to touch upon the software here, […]
One of the nice things about Android is that you have so many options to fit your personal needs, style, and budget. The downside is that the user experience varies widely, especially when dealing with lower budget handsets. Usually, the user experience on the low end suffers from some sort of cut corner here or […]
Any good (fictional) spy uses biometrics as authentication – Bond used fake fingerprints, Charlie’s Angels copied someone’s retina scan, and Chuck’s intersect has facial recognition technology. Yet as companies have implemented biometric-based authentications, it’s been laughably easy to beat. Fingerprint locking technology was once thought to be the gold standard in security. Fingerprint sensors popped […]
Motorola unveiled the Droid RAZR for Verizon today, and it’s an extremely svelte, powerful, and fast Gingerbread-powered phone. Bringing back the iconic RAZR brand popular in the early 00’s, Motorola is trying to gain back some of its former glory. Since the first revitalization of Motorola with original Droid back in November 2009, Motorola has […]
Google’s long-awaited new flagship device, the Galaxy Nexus was officially announced last night. It’s a powerhouse of a phone, sporting a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, a 720p HD Super AMOLED display, and a camera that can record video in 1080p, just for starters. There are LTE and HSPA+ versions of the device, which means we […]
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kdHgEeE1HQ’] Samsung’s offering at CTIA 2011 was, shall we say, slightly less exciting than it was supposed to be. You could kind of tell that from the display booth they had. It was large, but felt like it was missing something. That said, Samsung didn’t come to the show empty handed. It’s not like […]
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbI1uKqcqrA’] The headlines from CTIA 2011 may be a bit subdued after Samsung and Google postponed their big announcement, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything awesome to look at from the show. I managed to get a hands-on with the HTC Sensation XL, which may be the first cell phone to come with […]
According to a statement made from a Samsung rep to CNET, the debut of the Samsung Galaxy Prime Droid (or whatever they are officially calling it) and the latest update to Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, has been delayed out of respect for the passing of Steve Jobs, the guy who created their biggest competition. So […]
