Archive for May, 2011 - Page 19

Say what you want about the Dell Streak, and to be honest, I have received more than my fair share of comments from Streak users after I have sold it short in the past. Bottom line, I am not all that convinced that the Streak 5 has a big user [...]

It looks like Asus has continued the Computex 2011 announcement teasing. Just a few days back we saw the image which showed a (for lack of better word) device with some text that read “pad or phone” and today they have returned, except thankfully this one gives a tiny bit [...]

We have seen quite a bit of rumor, speculation and leaks in terms of the LG Revolution and Verizon Wireless up until this point. But that being said, as of this morning we now have an official release date along with the pricing. And the best part — those interested [...]

In the past two weeks, Activision saw their biggest game of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, spoiled by a massive leak of information and images posted by a gaming blog. Since then, employees from Infinity Ward and Activision have come out, and they have downplayed the seriousness [...]

Tech fans may know that originally BlackBerry promised that their BlackBerry Playbook tablet would be sold by a number of carriers, including Verizon, AT&T and Sprint in the United States. Yet, we haven’t heard a peep about the Playbook coming to Verizon or AT&T (even though Sprint is rumored to [...]

At CES 2011, Toshiba excitedly announced plans for a Windows 7-powered tablet computer and plans to build their own Google Chrome OS powered notebook computer. With other manufacturers taking the lead in that regard, Toshiba seems to have lost interest.

We have been waiting for the Motorola Droid X Gingerbread update for quite a while as we’ve seen a bunch of rumors and reports claiming that Verizon would launch it soon. But that never happened and we ended up, like in most Android OS upgrade cases, crying “Wolf!” more than [...]

The days of your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch being secure with your four-digit passcode are over, as Russian security firm Elcomsoft has come up with a commercial toolset that can break into iOS using a series of techniques.

WWDC 2011 is coming soon but this year’s Apple developers’ conference is not going to be centered around the next-gen iPhone. Word on the street is that the iPhone 4S, or iPhone 5, will be launched in September only, as this year’s WWDC will be all about the new operating [...]

That was fast. While news has it that Sharp wants to release its Aquos smartphone line to the American, European and Chinese and other markets within the year, the clamshell form factor 007SH is already being applied for FCC certification.