Archive for March, 2011

HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon available now (video)

We’ve been waiting a looooooooong time for this, and today is the day you can find Verizon’s first LTE handset, the HTC ThunderBolt, on sale and available on store shelves and online. Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, and a host of others will be selling the 4G handset for $250 on-contract, OR……Wirefly is selling this 4.3-inch [...]

Sony Blu-Ray Players will ship with VUDU

Sony’s 2011 network connected 2011 Blu-ray player line-up will now ship with VUDU instant movie streaming service built-in.  The models include BDP-S280, BDP-S380, BDP-S480, BDP-S580, BDP-S780, BDV-E280, BDV-E580 and BDV-E780W. VUDU is a subscription free service that provides instant streaming of 1080p movies with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.  They claim to have the most extensive library of [...]

HP TouchPad official with June Launch

It was reported earlier that the HP TouchPad, the company’s first webOS tablet, would ship in June, and HP’s CEO has comfirmed this date. Leo Apotheker officially announed the release date at the enterprise-focused HP Summit in San Francisco. He also went on to detail that the webOS PC initiative would launch in beta, and [...]

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, Sidekick Reborn

While the design of the old Sidekick seems antiquated, that hasn’t stopped T-Mobile from bringing back this iconic design with a brand new Sidekick 4G, though quite a few things have changed. First, Microsoft-owned Danger is not producing this phone.  Google’s Android OS powers the Samsung-manufactured device, and it’s pretty feature packed. The new Sidekick [...]

DROID Incredible 2 spotted

Perhaps my favorite line of Android phones, the HTC INCREDIBLE, because of its size and power….Now images leaked of the its offspring, the DROID Incredible 2. Blogger AndroidSpin got a hold of a few images detailing its design.  They’re also reporting some keen specs, specifically a 4-inch Super LCD WVGA display, 1GHz Qualcomm MSM 8655 processor, 4GB [...]

No NFC for iPhone 5, says Apple (video)

A UK paper is suggesting that Apple will not include Near Field Communications (NFC) technology in its next generation iPhone5.  The publications says that Apple informed mobile carriers of its decision to forgo NFC over several meetings, citing several large UK mobile phone carrier sources. Analysts suspect that Apple may be working on its own [...]

Flash 10.2 coming to Android March 18th (video)

On March 18th, Flash 10.2 will be arriving on Android devices, according to Adobe.  The updated version will support Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3 (Gingerbread) devices which meet the Flash Player hardware system requirements, and a beta release is scheduled as well for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablets. However there are some interesting things to consider. [...]

No NFC for iPhone 5, says Apple (video)

A UK paper is suggesting that Apple will not include Near Field Communications (NFC) technology in its next generation iPhone5.  The publications says that Apple informed mobile carriers of its decision to forgo NFC over several meetings, citing several large UK mobile phone carrier sources. Analysts suspect that Apple may be working on its own [...]

Some Android devices getting Playstation games (video)

According to information posted in NVIDIA’s Tegra Zone Android application, Sony PlayStation games will be making their way onto Tegra-based, Android devices in the not-to-distant future. “Sony Computer Entertainment is bringing its PlayStation games to NVIDIA Tegra-equipped phones and tablet devices later this year,” proclaims a post within the application. The electronic company will deliver “PlayStation [...]

HTC Thunderbolt in stores March 21st

Reliable sources are confiming the news that the HTC ThunderBolt is now scheduled to launch on March 21st, following repeated delays. This date lines up with an earlier report that noted a March 21st release date briefly featured on HTC’s Facebook page. This new powerhouse of a phone is sure to grab some big sales, [...]