The mysterious clan of “people familiar with the matter” have told the Wall Street Journal that the next version of the iPad is being built. These people move around only at night, using darkness as their cover. Their identities are unknown to the public but it’s likely that they sleep in king-size beds and use linen napkins even when …
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White iPhone 4 To Be Sold At Best Buy?
The mythical white iPhone 4 might be upon us very soon… this time for real. Adding further confirmation to the rumors that Best Buy will carry the alabaster version of Apple’s smartphone, sources tell Engadget that they saw this tag at a local Houston store over the weekend.
Looks like it’s going to cost the same as the regular …
Amazon to Take on Netflix with Unlimited Video Streaming?
This seems a little too good to be true but rumor has it that Amazon may be getting into the unlimited video streaming game a la Netflix.
That in and of itself isn’t all that unbelievable, but there seems to be some indication that the unlimited streaming deal may be tied into Amazon’s expedited shipping program, called Amazon Prime …
What If Your BlackBerry Ran Android Apps? It Might Happen
Whoa, whoa, whoa. This latest BlackBerry rumor comes courtesy of BGR.com and it sounds so crazy that it just… might… work.
In the interest of not overly nerding up the story, the basic gist is that the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet—which we learned about back in September of last year—runs a new (for BlackBerry) …
Apple Prepping Pay-By-Phone Chip For New iPhone This Year?
You’ll be hearing a lot more about NFC—near field communication—this year, as more and more cell phone manufacturers add NFC chips to their handsets. It’s basically a way to use your phone at a tap-to-pay credit card machine used by various retail stores. You may already have tap-to-pay built into one or more of your debit or credit …
Motorola ‘Xoom’ Tablet Tipped For February 17 Release At $700
On the endless list of tablets birthed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier in the month, the Motorola Xoom stands out as one of the more impressive. It’s the first Android tablet to run Google’s tablet-specific “Honeycomb” operating system, according to Motorola, and packs a whole lot of power into its 10-inch form …
Latest PSP2 Rumors Claim Touchscreen, 3G Connectivity
Sony’s supposedly holding an event to formally announce the PSP2 later this week in Japan but, per Kotaku, one of that country’s biggest newspapers has let a few details slip. According to the report, the next Sony portable will feature an OLED screen that will be touch-compatible and will be able to connect to the network of NTT DoCoMo, …
HP Tablet Might Just Be A Small Piece Of A Palm-Infused Puzzle
With the Great Tablet War of 2011 beginning to take shape, let’s take a closer look at what HP may have in store. Engadget seems to be the beneficiary of some relatively detailed insider information but, as always, nothing’s official until we hear it directly from HP. The company has planned a press conference for February 9th, so we …
Pushing Pixels: Will The iPad 2’s Screen Be Insanely High-Res?
Of the myriad iPad 2 rumors making their way across the internet so far, there’s one in particular that’s both fascinating and unbelievable. And I say “unbelievable” not in the sense that it’s impossible to believe, but more in the sense that if it’s true, it’ll be unbelievable in a “that’s amazing” kind of way.
Several reports are …
Is Apple Killing Off The iPhone And iPad ‘Home’ Button?
Well this ought to be interesting. Apple has made the pre-release code for the next version of its iOS software available for developers to tinker around with. This is the underlying software that will eventually end up on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches—called iOS 4.3.
Scores of curious developers have finished scouring the code …
Humanity Disappoints Again, Believes “Facebook Is Ending” Rumor
On Saturday, the World Weekly News announced Facebook would shutter its site on March 15, never to appear online again. And the Internet fell for it.
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World Weekly, the longtime satirical tabloid probably best known for its “Bat Boy” series, claimed that running …
What Can We Expect From A Verizon iPhone?
The latest round of Verizon iPhone rumors comes yet again from the Wall Street Journal, a publication that hasn’t been short on Verizon iPhone rumors in the past. The fact that Verizon’s actually holding a press event tomorrow in New York is pretty helpful, though, so we may very well mark January 11th, 2011 as the day the Verizon iPhone …