Archive for May, 2011 - Page 15

Just yesterday we told you the story about how some Charlotte Best Buy employees were given free Veer 4G smartphones (along with a printer) after a training session for the webOS based smartphone. And well, it looks like HP had another and much bigger trick up their sleeve.

Those who have been considering a subscription to the New York Times and planning to read on the iPad may want to check out this latest offer. It seems the New York Times has teamed up with the folks from ZAGG and will be giving away special New York Times [...]

Barnes & Noble announced the second generation Nook the other day and one of the points they were touting was the battery life. Which for those who may have missed that announcement, was up to two months. Sounds good, sounds really good, especially when a quick check of the Amazon [...]

And another carrier has gotten official with the long and often rumored HTC Merge smartphone. The latest is US Cellular who have announced that the handset would be available for purchase beginning on May 31st.

Japan is a unique mobile market. They’ve had sophisticated phones with email and internet long before smartphones were popular in the West, yet, the Kanji characters and other cultural differences have made some Western-style smartphones slow to become popular there. Long story short, Japan is a unique microcosm in the [...]

We knew today was coming, and it seems to go without saying that many Verizon (and probably some non-Verizon) users were waiting. Today is May 26th, also known as a rather nice smartphone launch date for Verizon, who have not one or two devices coming available — but four.

Alcatel seems to have been keeping a secret as of late. Of course, this is a secret that has been revealed by way of a recently discovered FCC filing. That being said, it looks like Alcatel is about to enter the tablet space.

After some reports of hardware defects with the T-Mobile G2x, it was then listed as “Temporarily Out Of Stock” on T-Mobile’s website. That led to speculation that the phone had been yanked while LG worked to correct the alleged build quality issues with the phone. Now, T-Mobile has officially commented, [...]

Android is notoriously popular for users’ ability to unlock and root their smartphones and tablets. But with news that HTC is enforcing strict bootloader security in its upcoming HTC Sensation and Evo 3D, users voiced out their concern. Now HTC is reviewing their bootloader policy.

After Acer bought the Gateway brand sometime back, many Gateway products became based on current Acer lines, such as netbooks and notebooks, although differentiated by design and badging. Sightings of the Gateway PT-A60W and PT-A60G Android tablets have been reported, and these are said to be rebranded Acer Iconia Tab [...]