Archive for February, 2011 - Page 23

Steve Jobs Accidentally Gave Russian President An American iPhone

Russian President Gets AT&T iPhone From Steve Jobs, Locked And Effectively Worthless In Russia
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is known to be a gadget fiend. He Tweets regularly, he owns a Galaxy Tab, and is also an avid photographer who owns a $15,000 Leica camera. So, an iPhone would be perfect for him right? Well, Steve Jobs thought so, but unfortunately, the Apple CEO [...]

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Samsung Epic 4G Gets Android 2.2 February 21st

Been Longing For The Froyo Experience On Samsung's Epic? The New Update Hits Monday
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

We’ve been following this one for some time now, so it stood to reason that it had to finally drop sometime, but for those of you waiting for Android 2.2 to actually hit your Samsung Epic 4G, you will finally get your way. This Monday is the new date of [...]

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Fujitsu HOAP 2 Robot Cleans Dry Erase Boards

One of Fujitsu's New Robots Learns To Wipe A Dry Erase Board, May Do Windows Next
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

Admittedly, a robot that can wipe down a dry erase board isn’t exactly overwhelming news, but the implications of this will excite where the story itself might not. This comes from the folks who only recently taught a robot to fire a bow and arrow, and it’s steadily getting less [...]

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Apple King of the App Store, But Losing Ground Rapidly

Report Emerges That Shows Apple Had Nearly All The App Market In 2009, But Lost Over Ten Percent Of Market In 2010
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

The figures are downright shocking, but they all draw the same conclusions: one, Apple used to be the undisputed lord and master of the universe in terms of apps but lost a huge chunk of business in just a year. And two, Blackberry isn’t dead. For anyone who thought it [...]

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Steve Jobs Spotted In White House Photo

Official White House Photo Of Obama's Private Dinner With Tech CEOs Shows Back Of Apple CEO's Head, But No News On His Health
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

The past few days the tech blog world has been a mutter with chatter about Steve Jobs. First, we heard that he was taking business meetings at home and even made an appearance at the Apple campus in Cupertino. But, then the National Enquirer printed shocking images of a frail and balding [...]

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Verizon iPhone 4 Cases From Speck

Speck Confirms Verizon iPhone 4 Case Compatibility, Offers A Range Of Cases Including Fitted, GeoMetric, PixelSkin & More
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

While its been a little while since the iPhone 4 was released on Verizon, there may still be some confusion as to which cases fit which models. After all, the Verizon and AT&T iPhones are slightly different and therefor some cases that were designed for the AT&T model may not [...]

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Lenovo Confirms LePad Tablet Will Begin Shipping Worldwide In June

Lenovo Remains Mum On The LePad Tablet Price, But Confirms It Is Coming To China In March & The Rest Of The World In June
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

Lenovo may have officially announced the LePad tablet back during CES this past January, but that does not mean that was the first we had ever heard. The Lenovo LePad has been talked about for some time now, but the good news in that respect — it looks like it [...]

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THQ Sends Out North Korean BBQ Food Trucks To Promote Homefront

THQ Sends Out Korean BBQ Food Trucks With Subsidized Good Food For The People, Some Have Homefront Demo Stations
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

The upcoming video game Homefront from THQ tells of an (hopefully) alternative future where North Korea has (somehow) become a world superpower and occupied the United States. The player will play as a resistance fighter trying to expele the Koreans from the United States. As apart of a real world marketing [...]

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O2 UK Will Be Getting A White Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Coming To O2 UK, Will Arrive In White & As An Exclusive Offering
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

Earlier this morning we learned that Verizon would not have an exclusive offering when the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play ‘Playstation’ phone came available here in the US. But at the same time, one carrier over in the UK will be getting an exclusive in terms of the Xperia Play.

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Google Music Service Expected To Launch With Newest Android Products

Google Music, Honeycomb & Xoom Expected Out At Same Time
Filed by on Friday, 18. February 2011

Sometimes waiting is the hardest part, and there has been plenty of waiting for Google’s music service to finally kick off. There have been abundant rumors of when exactly this new service was supposed to go live but the latest rumors seem to make the most sense as industry insiders [...]

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