Archive for May, 2010 - Page 7

Ever since the United States Government launched the Global Positioning System in 1973 it has become a staple of everyday life. Not only have there been countless standalone GPS units from popular manufacturers like TomTom and Garmin, but GPS has also been embedded in cars and more recently, into cell [...]

We just told you that the new iPhone could potentially be shipping to retailers and consumers next month, the same month that Apple is expected to announce the device, but have you ever wondered what will happen to the iPhone 3GS? Considering all of the new features Apple is packing [...]

As the International release day for the iPad comes closer and closer we are still getting new information regarding some of the pricing for data plans. The most recent to make the announcement was Vodafone Australia and they seem to be decent offerings.

It’s not really a surprise, but AT&T employees are being total internally that the next iPhone is coming in June, reportedly “early” June. Since we knew that another iPhone was coming, this report is just a bit more believable than some random Verizon employee telling a customer that the CDMA [...]

Samsung has recently announced an updated version of their NB30 netbook. The updated model is the Samsung NB30 Pro. Yes, Samsung has simply added the Pro at the end and similar to the name change, the update in specs is almost as minor.

Insomniac Games, once a PlayStation-only developer, is now expanding to multiple platforms, as they’ll be joining forces with EA and their EA Partners program on a new game series. Insomniac made the Spyro games on the original PlayStation, the Ratchet & Clank games on the PlayStation 2, and they made [...]

The Kyocera Zio M6000 smartphone was officially unveiled back in March during CTIA Wireless, and that announcement was quickly followed with news of the Android based Zio heading to Cricket Wireless.

We’ve been covering the alleged poor working conditions at these Shenzhen factories for a few months here. Foxconn, the epic Taiwan-based manufacturing firm has had an increasing number of worker suicides which is worrying Western press outlets as well as the consumer electronics firms which use Foxconn as their OEM. [...]

T-Mobile is getting ready to add three more quick messaging style handsets to their currently available lineup. The models are the Samsung T669 Galaxy T, T479 Galaxy 3 and the T359 Smile. Though, in fairness to the name, that last is actually written out as :), which becomes a little [...]

Back on May 14th, Google announced the news that they were closing up shop on their web phone store and sending the Nexus One off to be sold by others including carriers as well as third party retailers. Well, it seems as if that switch is underway and the Nexus [...]