Are you ready to rock and roll with the tablet market? If your answer is in the affirmative, then why haven’t you purchased an iPad already? What’s that? You prefer to shop around before dropping some serious money, eh? Well good news for you then – Verizon Wireless has teamed up with Samsung to release Full Article…
The advent of the Apple iPad has certainly changed the way the tablet market worked, in a rather similar manner as with how the iPod actually offered a new revolution in the world of portable music. Sure, the Walkman by Sony back in the 1980s took the world by storm and sold plenty of cassette Full Article…
If your home does not yet have a dock of sorts for iDevices, then you’re in luck. After all, it would be great for you to always get the latest and greatest devices (within budget, of course), don’t you think so? iHome intends to fulfill that need of yours with their newest release, which would Full Article…
We recently dedicated a Throwback Thursday to Winamp and, as many of you were quick to point out, the product is still alive and quite awesome. Today, via a blog post, Winamp maker Nullsoft reminded us just how awesome their product is with the release of a Winamp beta for Android. The media player, which Full Article…
This week’s specials are in, and the folks over at your local Best Buy Mobile location have a few solid treats in store. Free Phone Friday, for those who failed Obvious 101, is a promotion that gives customers a new selection of free phones each week in October… on Friday. Here is this week’s lot: Full Article…
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings reaffirmed Wednesday that the home entertainment giant is looking closely at flipping its service model. Netflix currently offers a range of mail-order DVD rental packages with “Watch Instantly” video streaming as a free perk. As the popularity of streaming video services continues to grow, Hastings has repeatedly made public the company’s Full Article…
I remember seeing that Will Smith movie The Pursuit of Happyness where he is trying to sell a bone density scanner. Clearly, he was in the wrong business, because I can’t remember the last time I had my bones checked out by a bone density scanner. I believe that the main character is quoted as Full Article…
Just when I thought I was finished reporting on realtime digital video alteration with diminished reality, I see this. This RT2 chara AR Project was on display at the Digital Content Expo 2010, and it is a very interesting augmented reality experience that has to have three studios in three different places to make some Full Article…
If you haven’t heard that Windows Phone 7 has launched, you’ve probably spent the last couple of weeks under a rock. So let us reiterate: Microsoft’s new smartphone OS has been released in a number of handsets and here we’re taking a look at the LG Optimus 7. The new Windows Phone by LG features Full Article…
We knew something was going on with Dell’s branding with the resurrection of the XPS laptop line, and this morning we caught up with a few of the company’s executives to learn all about the entire restructuring. As you can see above, there will now be three core brands — Inspiron, XPS and Alienware — Full Article…
Influential technology columnist Walt Mossberg has weighed in on Windows Phone 7 operating system.His verdict: It’s “not fully baked.” Go buy an iPhone or Android device: “I couldn’t find a killer innovation that would be likely to make iPhone or Android users envious, except possibly for dedicated Xbox users.” “I see Windows Phone 7 as inferior to Full Article…
Those bad tempered avians are back in a special edition of the game to celebrate October 31st. Angry Birds Halloween is, predictably enough, very much like the original game, basically boasting 45 new spooky levels featuring gnarled trees and pumpkins as well as pigs. The game is out for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, but Full Article…
At this morning’s Apple event, Steve Jobs told us that if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up, we’d get the new MacBook Air. But they’ve been busy — there are two! Introduced today, the 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch MacBook Airs come in at less than three pounds and are wedge-shaped — 0.68 inches at its Full Article…
If you’re a member of our Canadian readership, and anxious to join the Galaxy S legion, listen up. Rogers has just announced that after several ”manufacturer delays” they have received their first shipment of Samsung Captivate smartphones. Paul Brannen, vice president of Samsung Electronics Canada, had this to say: Due to a worldwide shortage in Super AMOLED technology Full Article…
The BBC has given an official launch date for its BBC One HD channel, with the broadcaster announcing it is to go live on 3 November. The channel will run alongside BBC HD and will be a simulcast of BBC One, with a number of key programmes getting the HD treatment. These include: EastEnders (which Full Article…