Archive for April, 2011 - Page 24

Scosche Unveils The switchBACK surge g4, Brings A Backup Battery & Kickstand To The iPhone 4

Scosche switchBACK surge g4 For The iPhone 4 Combines Case, Kickstand & Extra Battery Power
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

Scosche is one of those companies that has some rather useful products. Me personally, I have about a half dozen of their USB chargers around the house and in the car. But USB wall and car chargers are far from their only product and well, some of them are slightly [...]

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iTunes Cuts Cloud Deal With Several Record Labels

Two Out Of Four Major Labels Reportedly Sign Deal With Apple's iTunes On Streaming
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

Apple’s move to get cloud services introduced as part of iTunes is reportedly one step closer, as Apple’s making overtures to the big labels to get them on board with streaming services. Some reports have emerged showing that Apple has managed to ink deals with two of the four firms, [...]

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Sony Ericsson Xperia arc & Neo Rooted

UK Firmware Users Get Superuser Access to the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc & Neo; Xperia Play to Follow Suit
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

Sony Ericsson earlier announced that their latest Xperia smartphones will ship with an unlockable bootoader. This seems like an open invitation to hacking, though. Just a week after release, the arc and Neo have been rooted.

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Amazon Updates Kindle For Android, Adds New Features & New Support

Kindle For Android Updated, Now Supports Honeycomb Tablets, Has Integrated Shopping & More
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

Just yesterday we saw Amazon announce that the Kindle Store had come available in Germany. And with that came word that Amazon.de was selling the hardware Kindle and that support was also going to be arriving for the mobile apps.

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Intel to Power Android Honeycomb Tablets Soon

Intel Gets Android Honeycomb Code from Google & Is Porting the Tablet OS to the intel x86 Architecture
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

Intel just got the Honeycomb code from Google. The chipmaker is now developing an x86 port of Android, and we might see Intel-powered tablets out in the market soon.

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Samsung Infuse 4G Tipped As Coming To Walmart In May

Walmart Advertising Circular Shows AT&T Branded Samsung Infuse 4G As Arriving In May With $178.88 Price Tag
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

The Samsung Infuse 4G smartphone was officially announced back in January during CES and since then, it has remained relatively quiet. Well, quiet with the exception of the FCC filing which came in March. Of course, it was that FCC filing that spurred things up again and also made us [...]

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Verizon Wireless Now Offering Refurbished Samsung Galaxy Tab Tablets For $149.99

Get A Verizon Equipped Galaxy Tab For $149.99, As Long As You Are Ok With Buying Certified Pre-Owned
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

While many are looking for Honeycomb when it comes to an Android tablet at this point, there is still the already proven to be popular Samsung Galaxy Tab with Android 2.2 to consider. Plus, at least with Verizon you will need to shell out $599.99 (on a two-year agreement) to [...]

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BlackBerry PlayBook 4G Release Date To Be May 8th? (Updated)

Leaked Documents Show Sprint Allegedly Planning To Release WiMAX PlayBook Early Next Month
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

The BlackBerry PlayBook recently launched. Currently, only the WiFi-only models of the device are on sale, though you can get 3G by tethering the tablet to a BlackBerry phone. We have a bit of news for those of you waiting for a native 3G version, as it looks like the [...]

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Verizon Branded Samsung Gem Now Available With Best Buy, Comes Priced At $29.99

Verizon May Not Yet Be Offering The Samsung Gem, However Best Buy Will Gladly Sell You One
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

The Samsung Gem has had a rather interesting life so far with Verizon, and the funny part here is that this is all happening before the phone has even come available. Not to mention, before Verizon has even officially announced the handset.

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Droid Charge Wireless Charging Cover Now On Sale

Inductive Charging Cover For Samsung Droid Charge Now On Sale In Verizon Stores, $30 Price Tag Attached
Filed by on Friday, 22. April 2011

It looks like the Samsung Droid Charge, just announced, will have some alternate ways to get “charged” up by its users. Even the phone was just announced yesterday, some tech blog readers have already noticed that some Verizon stores have begun selling inductive covers for “wireless charging” for the device.

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