Archive for May, 2010 - Page 21

Nvidia Shows off Android Powered Tablet

Nvidia Shows Everyone What Android On a Tablet is Capable Of
Filed by on Thursday, 20. May 2010

Perhaps you want one of those fancy new tablet computers but the iPad just isn’t tickling you in the way that such a device should? Does the lack of Flash, USB ports or a respectable amount of RAM have you shaking your fists in fury at Steve Jobs? Well love [...]

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Samsung Champ To Be Cheapest Samsung Touchscreen Phone Yet

2.4-Inch Touchscreen Featurephone To Be Only $100 Without Contract
Filed by on Thursday, 20. May 2010

It isn’t the Samsung Galaxy S, but the Samsung Champ is another offering in Samsung’s long tradition of these small and cheap featurephones that feature (no pun intended) touchscreens. Their newest is the Samsung Champ, and it looks to be the cheapest of the cheap, as it will only reportedly [...]

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Palm App Catalog Hit With Bug

Palm Users Unable To Install Apps After Strange Catalog Bug
Filed by on Thursday, 20. May 2010

webOS may be a critically acclaimed OS (that HP is crazy about), but webOS users had some issues with the mobile operating system last weekend when they couldn’t install paid or free apps purchased from the Palm App Catalog. The bizarre bug has been fixed, and was apparently related to [...]

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Hanvon Takes On Apple In Dramatic Press Conference

New Hanvon Tablet Looks Okay, But Drew All The News With Literal Apple Bashing
Filed by on Thursday, 20. May 2010

We’ve seen a few of these tablets coming out of Asia. Some of them are interesting, but they usually get little attention here in the West. However, this time, the Hanvon tablet is getting a lot of attention on major tech blogs – why? Because at the press unveiling, Hanvon [...]

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Google I/O: New WebM Open Video Format Gets Introduced

Google Gets Serious About Video Standards, Offers V8-Based Solution Called WebM
Filed by on Wednesday, 19. May 2010

One of the new initiative/products Google announced today at Google I/O is WebM, a new open standard for video formats which is based on VP8 and Vorbis. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Time will tell, but it’s definitely interesting to see Google explore new things in [...]

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New Twitter iPhone Application Now Available in the App Store

Twitter Official Application Replaces Tweetie 2 in the App Store, Now Available for Free
Filed by on Wednesday, 19. May 2010

As you may already know, Twitter officially purchased Tweetie a while ago as the company seemed to be determined to offer its customers a better mobile experience on one of the most popular mobile environments, iPhone OS.

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Verizon iPhone Rumors Say Simultaneous Voice & Data Available on CDMA iPhone

AT&T Defends Exclusivity Deal with Apple, Not Worried About the Verizon iPhone Threat
Filed by on Wednesday, 19. May 2010

With all the details we currently have on the next-gen iPhone, we can’t but wonder if a CDMA device is coming from Apple anytime soon. According to various leaked reports, Apple is building no less than 10 million CDMA iPhones but nobody can confirm that at this point.

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Google I/O Hacked: Android & Google TV Announcements Coming Tomorrow

Second Google I/O Day to Unveil Expected Android News & Android TV Talk; Flash, Tablets & Froyo Probably Included
Filed by on Wednesday, 19. May 2010

The first Google I/O keynote came and went and while developers are probably learning more interesting stuff about cloud computers, Google apps and Chrome, we’re a little disappointed that Android wasn’t really the star of the first day.

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Price of Gold Affects CPU Prices

Chip Packagers Forced To Raise Costs On Price Of Gold, Will Your Favorite Gadgets Get More Expensive?
Filed by on Wednesday, 19. May 2010

Gold may have been a safe investment during the economic recession the past few years, but now, the record high price of gold may be having an adverse affect on your favorite consumer electronics! DigiTimes is reporting that the high price of gold is causing many processor packagers to raise [...]

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HP Mini 210 Netbook Now Available With Verizon

Verizon Wireless Now Offering The Windows 7 Powered HP Mini 210-1076NR Netbook, Priced At $149.99 On-Contract
Filed by on Wednesday, 19. May 2010

Verizon Wireless has quietly added another netbook into their current lineup. The new model is the HP Mini 210-1076NR and its priced at $149.99 on a two year agreement.

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