Archive for June, 2010
iPhone 4 Early Birds with Some Defective Displays
You’ve just opened your brand new iPhone 4 and you are ready to play around and then take it out to show off to your friends who are still waiting for theirs, but then you notice something is not quite right. Looking closer, you realize that your display is all splotchy. That is the case [...]
Motorola Droid X Announced for Verizon
Today Google, Verizon and Motorola announced the latest Android powered smartphone, the Droid X will be available on July 15th for $199, after a rebate and a 2 year contract. The Droid X joins the Droid and the Droid Incredible as a member of Verizon’s star Android devices and is clearly meant to counter the [...]
iPhone 4 Sees 400%+ Mark-Ups on eBay
Currently, there are many iPhone 4 devices available on the popular online auction website, eBay. These auction iPhone 4 devices are in most cases marked up in price 400% or more over those purchased on a 2 year contract with AT&T. The iPhone 4 is in extremely high demand. 600,000 units were pre-ordered in just [...]
Teardown of the iPhone 4
The people over at ifixit.com got their hands on the newly released iPhone 4. They completely dissembled the “world’s most wanted device” to see what kind of secrets lie beneath. After looking over the iPhone 4 teardown, there were a few things that stuck out, or caught my interest. First of all, I really like [...]
White iPhone 4 Coming Late July
If you have been holding off to get the new iPhone 4 in white, be prepared to wait a bit longer. Apple just announced that the White iPhone 4 model will not be available until the second half of July. Apple and AT&T have had trouble meeting demand of the iPhone at all, so it’s not a surprise to see that [...]
iPhone 4 Faster than 3GS, but slower than iPad
Macrumors wasted no time in benchmarking the new iPhone 4 against the iPhone 3GS and the iPad and found that, in early testing, the iPhone 4 is faster than the 3GS, but slower than the iPad. The early results show that the iPhone 4 is 31% faster than the iPhone 3GS. The benchmarking is something [...]
Gateway LT23 Netbook: Fashion Conscious With All Day Battery
Gateway has announced a new netbook, the GateWay LT23 series which is targeted at users who want to have a fashionable netbook that’s thin and weighs just 2.76 pounds. The 10.1″ netbook is a new design for Gateway and features an, “organic woven pattern that appears to be mosaic.” This fashion focused design extends past the [...]
Layar Augmented Reality to be Pre-installed on 1 out of 3 Smartphones
Layar recently announced that its augmented reality browser will be built into a third of smartphones shipped worldwide. Layar already has 2.2 million users with 700,000 people viewing augmented reality through the app on a monthly basis. Augmented reality on phones allows people to view the world through their phone’s camera, with information being fed [...]
MSI X-Slim X350 Ultraportable Reviewed
Laptop Magazine has just shared a review of the MSI X-SlimX350 notebook, giving it a slightly above average 3.5 out of 5 stars. The MSI X-Slim X350 is a new ultraportable from MSI that has over 7-hours of battery life. The most pertinent details from the review of the 13.4-inch computer are the long battery life and comfortable [...]
Acer Aspire AS5745 with Optional Touch Screen and AS7745 with Plenty of Power
Acer has two new multimedia notebooks to announce – the Acer Aspire AS5745 and AS7745. These are thin and light notebooks designed primarily for entertainment with plenty of powerful options. The AS5745 series is a 15.6-inch HD notebook with a 1366×768 resolution. It can be configured with a touch screen display on some models including the [...]
