Archive for April, 2011 - Page 9

HTC Surround Windows Phone 7 "NoDo" Software Update Expected Soon

HTC Surround NoDo Update Moves Into Scheduling Phase, Means The Surround Will Finally Catch Up To The AT&T Branded Focus & Quantum Smartphones
By on Thursday, 28. April 2011

AT&T confirmed the good news in terms of the NoDo software update process for two of their three Windows Phone 7 smartphones back on April 20th. And while that left those using a Samsung Focus or LG Quantum smiling, it did not bring the same joy for those using the [...]

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Motorola Xoom Software Update Now Rolling Out

Verizon Offers Up Latest Xoom Tablet Update, Brings Enhancements, Improvements & New Features To Include Bluetooth Support In Google Talk
By on Thursday, 28. April 2011

Motorola Xoom users with Verizon have already seen a few software updates come available up until this point. Of course, one of the nicer ones was the support for Flash that came back in mid-March. But that aside, this latest update includes a nice mix of new features as well [...]

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Free Tethering On AT&T No More?

AT&T Sends Out Final Warning Text Message To Illegal Tethering Users, To Add $45 Tethering Package To Monthly Plans
By on Thursday, 28. April 2011

A while back, AT&T let it be known that they were cracking down on those who are tethering their phones to other devices without the official tethering data plan from AT&T. It’s quite easy, as there are a number of ways to do it on iPhones, Android phones and BlackBerrys, [...]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Accessories Announced

Asus Introduces Accessories for Its 10.1-inch Convertible Tablet Computer
By on Thursday, 28. April 2011

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is an interesting tablet in itself, with a removable keyboard that turns it into a netbook. Asus makes it even more interesting with a slew of new accessories. Is that a smart cover we see there?

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Wi-Fi Motorola Xoom Honeycomb Tablet Coming to Sprint on May 8?

Leak Suggest Sprint Will Launch The Xoom Wi-Fi on May 8 for $599.99]
By on Wednesday, 27. April 2011

We’re yet to confirm whether the Motorola Xoom is a success when it comes to overall sales, but in the mean time we’re ready to announce the arrival of the Xoom Wi-Fi at Sprint stores. Or at least, if the leak after the break is to be believed, we are. [...]

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Verizon HTC Trophy Spotted On Verizon, Coming Soon?

Best Buy Accidentally Adds HTC Trophy To Web Page, Does This Mean The First Windows Phone 7 Device On Verizon Is Coming Soon?
By on Wednesday, 27. April 2011

Even though there was no CDMA baseband support for Windows Phone 7 originally, we’ve known for a while that the HTC Trophy was coming to Verizon, ever since Verizon started pre-selling the WP7 device to Microsoft customers. Well, with the HTC Arrive coming out on Sprint, we’ve been eagerly waiting [...]

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Yahoo! Sells Delicious to YouTube Founders

Avos Acquires Delicious Social Bookmarking Service From Yahoo! Should We Expect Anything Exciting?
By on Wednesday, 27. April 2011

If you’re an avid user of Yahoo!’s Delicious bookmarking service, you might have been surprised with the news that Yahoo! was giving up the Delicious in order to streamline its services. With a new announcement, Delicious might just yet get a new lease on life.

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Royal Wedding: Mobile Phones To Be Jammed

London Police To Set Up Mobile Phone Jammers At Westminster Abbey For Wedding, Is Security The Reason?
By on Wednesday, 27. April 2011

We’re just two days away from the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, and here in the United States, the complaining about “Why is this on the news?” is reaching a fever pitch. For those who day care, it’s come out today that cell phone jammers will be [...]

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Google Chrome Now Supports Speech Input Via HTML5

You Can Now Talk to Your Web Browser, With Google Chrome's HTML5 Voice Input Support
By on Wednesday, 27. April 2011

Google has been brewing up new features in the Beta releases of Chrome OS. Chrome has recently been updated with features that will let you actually talk to websites via HTML5

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Droid Bionic Not Scrapped, Just Getting a Face Lift & Some Botox

Motorola Official Droid Bionic Says 4G LTE Android Superphone Is Coming In Summer; Going Through Some Changes As We Speak
By on Wednesday, 27. April 2011

Motorola’s first Android 4G LTE smartphone, the Droid Bionic, which was announced officially at CES 2011 right alongside the Atrix 4G and the Xoom, has been, as you certainly know, postponed for later this summer. We already told you the device was not going to be scrapped but merely tuned [...]

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