Archive | June, 2011

TouchPad Predictions Coming True: Third-party WebOS Devices and a 7-inch TouchPad

Posted on 30 June 2011

Recently we spent some time looking at the pros and cons of the HP Touchpad in an article published the other week (lots of great discussion happening in the comments!). The TouchPad is launching tomorrow in the US and will shortly be available in the UK, Ireland, France, and Germany (and in a number of [...]

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Motorola Xoom Testing Notes and Benchmarks

Posted on 29 June 2011

As with the HTC Thunderbolt, I’ll be dropping my Xoom testing notes here. This isn’t a full review (though Laptop Mag has a nice thorough one if that’s what you’re looking for). These are just a few thoughts I had while using the device (and waiting and wondering when the 4G upgrade will be come [...]

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Can Nokia Earnestly Sell the N9 When They’ve Publicly Abandoned the OS?

Posted on 28 June 2011

By now you’ve certainly caught wind of Nokia’s N9, their first, and only, Meego handset. I want to be excited as everyone else is about the phone, after all, it looks great and Nokia has never disappointed me in the hardware department. However, the phone is running Meego, an OS that Nokia has publicly dropped [...]

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Today Only: Archos 7 Home Tablet (refurbished) for $79.99

Posted on 24 June 2011

  News flash! Woot.com is throwing out the Archos 7 tablet out for an amazing $79.99. Ok, the truth is that you’re not buying the best of breed tablet – this is a refurbished 7” (800×480 resolution) WiFi enabled tablet that comes with an old Android 1.6  operating system . The screen is resistive meaning [...]

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An Open Letter To PopCap: Where is Insaniquarium for Smartphones and Tablets?!

Posted on 23 June 2011

Following my open letter to the makers of Worms, here’s another game-themed letter to the makers of another fine game. Dear PopCap, Insaniquarium. That’s really all I should have to say. Here we are, a few years into the mobile app store scene and the game is nowhere to be found. This amazingly addictive game [...]

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Nokia’s N950 Developer Phone is More Appealing To Me Than the Recently Announced N9, Too Bad Consumers Will Never See It

Posted on 23 June 2011

Over the last few days, the internet has been abuzz over Nokia’s first (and only?) Meego phone, the N9. However, more appealing to me is their recently uncovered developer phone, the N950, which is very similar in design to the N9 except it has a cool flip-out QWERTY keyboard. The real shame is the fact [...]

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With Rumblings of a Dual-core Galaxy Tab 7, Will the 1.2GHz 4G Version Ever See the Light of Day?

Posted on 22 June 2011

Apparently lost in the shuffle, Samsung’s 4G Galaxy Tab 7 (with Verizon 4G LTE support, improved camera, and faster 1.2GHz {single-core} CPU) didn’t see wide coverage back when it was announced at this year’s CES in January. Six months later, we’re left wondering where it is. Now we’re seeing rumors of a dual-core Galaxy Tab [...]

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HTC Thunderbolt Testing Notes and Camera Quick-test

Posted on 22 June 2011

If you’ll recall, the HTC Thunderbolt was released as Verizon’s first phone compatible with their 4G LTE network, which provided impressive speeds which are even capable of functioning as a high-end gaming connection for consoles. Beyond the impressive 4G speeds, the phone has HTC’s hallmark build-quality, a good camera, and a great kickstand to boot. [...]

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Battery Monitor Widget is a Must-have for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer

Posted on 21 June 2011

I stumbled on this pretty cool widget for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer [tracking page] that allows you to monitor both the tablet battery and the keyboard docking station battery. Asus didn’t actually give us any way to keep track of the charge in the dock other than a blinking LED which is next to [...]

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Panasonic Announces It’s Getting Tough with the Tablet – Toughbook Rugged Android Tablet Coming in Q4 2011

Posted on 21 June 2011

With most manufacturers releasing Android tablets for the consumer market, Panasonic has chosen to go the opposite direction by announcing plans to deliver an enterprise-grade Android tablet. Panasonic describes its Toughbook as being designed with enterprise strength hardware security, real life durability, reliability, and marketed to “appeal to a wide variety of users, including mission [...]

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Toshiba Thrive: Not Just Another 10.1″ Honeycomb Tablet — Now Available for Pre-order

Posted on 19 June 2011

Toshiba has recently jumped on the Android 3.1 Tablet bandwagon with its Thrive offering that is now available for pre-order on amazon.com. See full specs, links, and more info on the Toshiba Thrive in our device database. The Thrive has a 10.1” screen @ 1280×800, flash support, 1G RAM, dual-core Tegra 2 processor and comes [...]

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45 Mbps LTE Demonstrated in Cologne Germany

Posted on 16 June 2011

Thanks to (Deutsche) Telekom in Germany we had a nice hands-on with the first LTE service here in Koeln (Cologne.)  At 80 euro per month this is clearly a premium service but if you can justify it in and around Koeln, its a super high speed service. We measured 45Mbps this evening! This is obviously [...]

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Strengths and Weaknesses — A Look at HP’s TouchPad

Posted on 14 June 2011

I can’t believe how long it feels like it has been since HP announced their forthcoming tablet back in February. I suppose that’s just a side-effect of this fast paced world of technology. HP has recently announced that the HP Touchpad will be available for pre-order on June 19th, and will be hitting the streets [...]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Review, Part 2 — USB Connectivity Tests and HDMI-out [video]

Posted on 13 June 2011

Damian and I are at it again with another indepth review of the Asus eeePad Transformer and this time, we decided to throw as many USB goodies at the Transformer [tracking page] and keyboard dock as possible in an attempt to defeat it. The USB selection included a Samsung USB keyboard with a trackpoint, a [...]

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Eee Pad Transformer Review, Part 1 – Intro and Comparisons [video]

Posted on 12 June 2011

Damian was lucky enough to get his hands on an Asus Eee Pad Transformer as well as the keyboard dock directly from Taiwan and we dedicate this video exploring the Transformer’s design and ergonomics with comparisons against an array of others tablets that we have handy at that time, including my beaten up, original Transformer, [...]

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LG Revolution Gallery

Posted on 11 June 2011

The LG Revolution, Verizon’s third 4G phone, has been unboxed, and now we’ve got a full gallery ready for your perusal. Get a sneak peek at the shots you’ll find in our eventual full review below: See the full LG Revolution gallery here Tweet

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Apple Finally Takes My Suggestion and Adds a Split Keyboard to the iPad

Posted on 11 June 2011

Ok… it’s rather unlikely that they even saw my old story, but back in June of 2010, I wrote an article titled ‘I’m dying for Dial Keys on the iPad’, the gist of which was that Apple should add a split-keyboard to the iPad to make it thumb-typeable. I used Dial Keys, an old UMPC [...]

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