Saturday, December 17, 2011

Smartphone - Smart Phone Technology

Smartphone - Smart Phone Technology

A Negative Correlation Between Fun and Facebook

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 02:34 PM PST

I have a friend who is not on Facebook, and never has been. One friend. Let's call him Marley, like the puppy (don't spoil the ending, I'm still reading). He didn't leave Facebook. He's never been a member. He knows about it. All of his …

Unlucky thieves snatch $1.7m-worth of PlayBook tablets

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:52 AM PST

Ah, the irony: over the past few weeks even RIM has admitted that the BlackBerry PlayBook is so unloved it can't even give it away, and now $1.7m-worth of the 7-inch slates have actually been stolen. A truck transporting 22 pallets of the PlayBook to Ontario, …

Avi Greengart’s Last Minute Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide 2011

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:52 AM PST

Every year SlashGear puts together a gift guide that covers all the usual big ticket gadgets that people want for the holidays. It's a great guide. However, what if you you're looking for something a bit different or trying to find something for someone a …

Motorola DROID XYBOARD 8.2 Review

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:23 AM PST

This week we've seen two Motorola tablets, both of them with essentially the same name DROID XYBOARD, this the smaller of the two at 8.2-inches in screen size. While the 10.1-inch display sized iteration costs a bit more and does afford you a bit more …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 visits the FCC with Verizon LTE support

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST

Worth Reading? +2 [2 votes] The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 has just passed through the FCC, but this time around it's packing support for Verizon's 4G LTE network. We first saw the device back at IFA 2011, where it was yanked from the show due …

NASA tests metal ballista, space harpoon for Comet Nucleus mission

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST

This week the coolest team of space explorers on the planet at NASA have announced their next raging action and adventure television episode called "Space Harpoons!" – or that's what you might think if you'd not read too deeply into their press release which details …

Porting Siri to iPhone 4 now legal following iOS 5.0.1 update

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST

IPhone 4 owners looking to take advantage of Apple’s Siri software from the iPhone 4S now have one less barrier standing in their way. Sure, plenty of tricks have been available in the past that allow users to hack Siri onto an iPhone 4, but …

Samsung Galaxy Note may be headed to AT&T early next year

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST

The supersized Samsung Galaxy Note may land on AT&T early next year. Pocketnow said Friday that the device could also pack support for AT&T’s 4G LTE network when it does. The Galaxy Note is equipped with a huge 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen and, due to its size, is …

iPhone 4S now available in 20 additional countries

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:09 AM PST

Apple launched the iPhone 4S in 20 new countries on Friday. In addition to previously-launch markets, the blockbuster smartphone is now available in Bahrain, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United …

Apple’s A5 chip reportedly now manufactured by Samsung in Texas

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:09 AM PST

Apple and other consumer electronics companies typically look to the Far East for components, but a new report suggests that the production of Apple’s current mobile processors has now moved to the United States. Reuters on Friday reported that the chip powering Apple’s current iPhone, …
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