Archive for December, 2011 - Page 7

Back towards the beginning of November we saw some leaked information that suggested US Cellular was going to be launching a “new 4G smartphone” and a “new 4G tablet.” And well, given the timing of the leak and the appearance of the devices in the image — many suspected that [...]

It looks like we have gotten another chapter in the saga as to whether the original Galaxy Tab tablet and the Galaxy S smartphones will be getting an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. And sadly, while on the positive side, this may not be the news that users were hoping [...]

Those shopping for a new mobile phone and doing so using Amazon.com now have another mobile carrier to choose from, MetroPCS. Yup, MetroPCS has been officially added to the available device lineup with Amazon.

The native Facebook application for iPad certainly took its time to hit the App Store, therefore we’re not surprised to hear that the update that would offer iPad users Timeline support is delayed.

Gameloft is readying its Android Market titles for a holiday sale. The company officially announced that all its games will cost just $0.99 from Thursday, December 29 through Thursday, January 5. In case Santa got you an Android tablet or smartphone that’s decent enough to run some of Gameloft’s games, [...]

The 7-inch HP TouchPad Go that we’ve seen in various reports is a real device, a smaller webOS-running tablet that HP never got a chance to launch after the giant computer maker decided to quit the mobile business.

Intel is trying to break into the mobile and tablet market, after having lost its relevance in this field to the likes of Qualcomm and Nvidia. With the upcoming release of its “Medfield” class Intel Atom chips, benchmarks have been leaked, and results are said to be mixed to positive.

Remember back in 2006 when no one really knew if the idea of downloadable content would work? To some people, paying extra for seemingly unnecessary add-on content was a silly idea, and whether or not the idea would succeed was anyone’s guess. Fast forward to six years later and, well, [...]

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, even after Christmas. The time is also when most cyber-criminals ramp up their efforts to steal money and identities. Mac users, in particular, are warned against an official-looking email that asks you to input user information.

Google+ is growing fast, gaining more than half a million sign-ups each day. At this rate, Google’s social network is not likely to surpass Facebook in terms of user base anytime soon, but will still get significant numbers through 2012.