There’s no denying that the folks behind Android technology are extremely busy. Today, they previewed the newest operation platform the Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Now with 3D technology best seen when using Google Maps 5 and an easier to use interface, the new design looks sleek and sophisticated – at least according to the video they …
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Tablets May Get All the Hype, But Smartphones Still Favored By Consumers
Although the latest tablets may be generating all the buzz, a new Nielsen survey shows that for the average consumer, hype typically doesn’t translate into a purchase. According to the 27,000-person survey, only 6% of respondents said they were interested in buying a tablet. And while Amazon’s Kindle is its best-selling item of all time, …
Another Apple Leak? New Pics Could Be Next iPhone Prototype
Smartphone Medic released pictures from a reliable source of what they believe to be a new Apple iPhone prototype. It’s just the metal frame that’s under the casing, so don’t freak out thinking that the next iPhone has gone all cyborg. The website has put the two models (the unknown version and an iPhone 4G frame) together and compared …
CES: What’s Next for Microsoft?
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered a keynote address on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, focusing on his company’s Xbox 360 entertainment initiatives, the new Windows Phone 7 mobile platform, and what we can expect to see from future versions of Windows PCs.
Xbox 360 Kinect
Microsoft’s “Kinect” …
AT&T Slashes iPhone 3GS Price To $49
The Verizon iPhone might be announced any day now. But, to keep customers with them and more importantly to attract some new ones, AT&T announced at CES that they are cutting the price of an iPhone 3GS to just $49 with a two-year contract and data plan, according to the Wall Street Journal. (If only the guy in the picture above knew how …
Should Cell Phone Searches Without A Warrant Be Legal?
The police in California can now search your cell phone or handheld device without a warrant for evidence for a case, according to a ruling issued today by the state’s Supreme Court. The judges determined that police have the right to examine items they seize, which can range from text messages to app history to websites that you …
Device Charges Your Phone, MP3 Player While You Run
Now you have no excuse to wait to go on that run because your phone or iPod doesn’t have enough juice yet. The nPower PEG charges any device with a standard USB 2.0 while you’re on the go, allowing you to multi-task like you’ve never done before. Using your kinetic energy, you place the device vertically in your bag, and presto, you’re …
App of the Week: Garmin StreetPilot GPS for iPhone
Turn your iPhone into a Garmin GPS system for just $40 with the new StreetPilot app. It uses your phone’s data connection to keep maps up to date and provide real-time traffic updates so you don’t get caught behind a gaggle of mouth breathers rubbernecking a forlorn twin mattress on the side of the highway. It’s a mattress! You all have …
Skype Launches Free Video Chat App For iPhone, iPad
Trust Skype to come through where Apple fails: While the iPhone’s own FaceTime only works on WiFi, Skype today releases an updated app that will let iPhone users video chat on both WiFi and AT&T’s 3G network.
The app will also allow iPad and iPod Touch users to receive video calls, with those using the latest iPod Touch being able to …
New Year’s Resolution: Improve Your Tech Etiquette
Love social media? Great. But what about social reality?
You might feel the need to tweet about having dinner “W/ my bestest” but consider the potential animosity that may be silently shooting your way from across the table. Face it: Our attachment to our mobile devices has hit an extreme, so much so that a Pew survey revealed …
Android App Stores Doubles In Size In Just 63 Days
Apple, it’s time to be nervous (Oh, alright, you might have another three years or so). After taking almost two years to reach 100,000, the number of apps available on Google’s Android phone doubled to 200,000 in a staggering 63 days.
Admittedly, that’s still 100,000+ below the number of apps available from Apple’s App Store, but with …
Three Tech Anti-Predictions for 2010
For my latest Technologizer column over at TIME.com, I peered ahead into 2011 and compiled a list of products and trends that should have an impact before the year is out. I tried to avoid making out-and-out predictions: I think that so much is unknowable that if your prognostications pan out it may be due to luck as much as anything …