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Microsoft doesn’t exactly have the cleanest track record when it comes to mobile operating systems. This can be made evident by their most recent attempt with Windows Mobile. While it certainly wasn’t the worst mobile OS to make the rounds, users have run into their fair share of headaches when [...]

Thanks to the open source nature of Google’s Android mobile operating system, hardware manufacturers far and wide are able to produce handsets powered by the software. At the top of the food chain are devices like the HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy S and Motorola Droid X. All three of [...]

There is a seemingly endless number of hardware manufacturers currently in the mobile industry. Not only are there laptop manufacturers but they are smartphone manufacturers and more recently, tablet manufacturers (among other industries). While the classifications remain somewhat constant, hardware from device to device changes dramatically.

Out of all of the first person shooter franchises available on the market there is one that continues to impressive time and time again both with game play and sales numbers and that is none other than Call of Duty. Originally released back in 2003, Call of Duty currently sits [...]

Tablets have been getting a lot of air time recently and with good reason. On the consumer side of things, tablets are an intriguing new form factor that can have a seemingly endless array of uses. On the business side of things, popular tablets like Apple’s iPad have put up massive [...]

The first person shooter genre is one of the video gaming industry’s biggest. Back in the genre’s early days there were only a few games that had gameplay similar to what we know today. However, now a days there are several competitors on the market and the genre is more [...]

Apple’s original iPad kick started the tablet craze that we’ve come to know today. While it was not the first ever touchscreen touting tablet computer, it was pretty much the first big name slate tablet computer thus making it such a sought after device. Luckily, while the iPad is pretty [...]

Consuming media in the home is certainly not a new concept but with the addition of new technologies the task has changed quite a bit. Back about a decade or so the only way to watch a movie or TV show was to rent it, go to the movie theaters [...]

Once upon a time when a device got released it pretty much had its primary function and that was about it. Now a days, with the advancements of technology even a seemingly simple device can have  a plethora of different uses thanks to some software tweaks. Just look at those [...]

Mobile broadband is becoming more and more of a necessity as time goes on. Originally, cellphones were just good for making calls and eventually sending SMS messages but now things are drastically different. In fact it seems that people are using their handsets more for gaming, browsing the Internet and everything [...]