Archive for April, 2010 - Page 30

One of the strangest tablet rumors we’ve heard here at TFTS was the potential 8.9-inch BlackBerry tablet already being manufactured by suppliers for RIM. While we can understand why computer and eBook reader makers desperately want to fight Apple on the tablet battlefront, why would RIM want to pursue the [...]

Samsung really impressed a lot of people with their Samsung Galaxy S phone, which came out of nowhere and as it stands looks to be one of the top new Android phones this year. Unfortunately, most of us were heartbroken when the device was seen heading through FCC approval with [...]

When Barnes & Noble’s first eBook reader was launched everyone was pleasantly surprised to see it. The nook sold like hot cakes before the holidays last year but then it received a huge blow from Apple as the iPad arrived. But Barnes & Noble will not roll over and die [...]

AMD loves to brag about how many DirectX 11 graphics cards they’ve shipped. I think it’s clear to everybody that when their executives casually mention the number on their earnings conference call, they’re really trying to ‘twist the knife’ on NVIDIA, who’s own Dx-11 cards were plagued with delays, shortages [...]

As we reported a few days ago, Israel has banned iPads from entering their country. They’re being turned away from being shipped into the country and if you try to bring them into the country on your person, they take them away at the airport and don’t return it until [...]

Band No Dobut is filing a lawsuit against Activision, the largest game publisher in the United States after complaints over how they’re represented in their latest music game, Band Hero. The game allows players to ‘unlock’ in-game avatars that look like famous musicians, and the game will then show the [...]

It’s really strange how AT&T isn’t saying all that much about the upcoming iPad 3G. It’s even stranger that Sprint is trying to make money off the iPad even if the device doesn’t come with support for its CDMA network.

Don’t get all too excited folks, as this is just another tablet-related rumor. Just earlier today we’ve seen the Dell Streak 7 and Streak 10 tablets and now we’re looking at a potential HTC Tablet which is expected to hit markets at some point in the second quarter of 2011.

If you happen to be a Verizon FiOS customer, and also a person who was looking to get a Wireless-N capable router in their home then you may want to listen up. According to Verizon spokesperson Bill Kula, FiOS will begin offering a new Wireless-N capable router sometime in July [...]

Here in my hometown (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) there is a little motorcycle company called Harley-Davidson. I don’t care for their overpriced, ancient motorcycles, but many do and now the company is getting some free advertising on the online video chat site, Chatroulette.