Archive for June, 2010

Reviewers have fallen madly in love with Apple’s iPhone 4. All early reviews applaud the design and overall package, and some are hailing it as the best smartphone on the planet. Speaking of which, here is one of the first iPhone 4 unboxing videos shot in 720p. More »


Corroborating the weekend reports from some iPhone 4 customers that they have been notified that their packages will be delivered one day ahead of the June 24th launch, this morning, a good number of folks are saying that Apple has informed them that their pre-orders are indeed slated to be dropped off at their doors on the 23rd –rejoice! More »


It has been a long and painful journey, but Adobe has finally given Flash 10.1 to its mobile platform partners using the following operating systems: “Android, BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Phone 7 Series, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian.” Flash 10.1 on Android requires 2.2 FroYo, which is unofficially available for Google’s Nexus One and will be run on many Android smartphones by Q4 of this year. Adobe had kept its supporters waiting, but now the “F” ball is in their courts. Let the hunt for crashes, bugs, and security holes begin. The iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch will be spared from Flash 10.1’s havoc. More »


Smartbooks will try to intellectualize the dumb and slow netbook. Toshiba’s Android 2.1 powered AC100 is a 10.1-inch (1024×600) smartbook with a muscular NVIDIA Tegra 250, which is based off the duo 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor. More »


From Htcyou: BGR reports that some Verizon stores are closing by 4PM on Sunday, June 27th for an event that all employees must attend. No one knows what the meetings entail. The unprecedented closure for Verizon could be a company shake-up and/or the preparations for the launch(es) of the Motorola Droid 2 and/or Droid X. More »


Nokia is also anticipating a massive hit in its global smartphone market share to Google Android handsets and Apple iPhone. Among the four main American carriers, BlackBerry has slipped from the top spot. Sprint’s top seller is the HTC Evo 4G; T-Mobile’s front-runner is the MyTouch 3G Slide; the Droid Incredible and Motorola Droid are kings of Verizon, and the iPhone 4 is obviously AT&T’s darling now. More »


Some documents supposedly from Best Buy inventory files show that each location of the Big Blue will have no more than 70 units of the 16Gb iPhone 4 model, and many stores are receiving numbers in the 20 range. More »


I was saddened by the Microsoft Courier’s untimely technological stillbirth, but today Toshiba has brightened the hopes that a small, duo-screen tablet may have life after all, even if the price tag is a colossal $1,099! More »


From Htcyou: Blog Android and Me is the first to be graced with a preview of Motorola’s Droid 2, which looks like its predecessor (except for the re-worked keypad) but internally is housing a beastly 1GHz TI OMAP3630 processor (Droid has 550MHz TI OMAP343) with integrated PowerVR SGX530 graphics and 512Mb RAM (over 256Mb in the Droid). Benchmarks conducted show that the Droid 2 is substantially faster than the original, which is still one of the more powerful smartphones out there. More »


Quite a bit of speculation has surrounded the processor and graphics of Nintendo’s 3DS handheld, which some had guessed might have NVIDIA’s Tegra. Digital Media Professionals (who?) has just quashed many rumors by officially announcing that its proprietary 3D graphics chip Pica200 is inside the 3DS. Check out the video of DMP’s 200MHz CPU in action. More »


On the exterior, the Pandora Box is a virtual carbon copy of last generation’s Mac Mini. Apple has priced its new unibody model outside of the low end, but for budget HTPC shoppers who do not mind doing some work to get OS X running on the duo-core Intel Atom 330 processor (1.6 GHz, 4 threads) and NVIDIA’s Ion (GeForce 9400m) graphics, then take a look at a pretty little wannabe that is set for full HD video. More »


From Htcyou: A “tried-and-true tipster” is spilling the details regarding Sprint’s second WiMAX 4G Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Pro S. Most of the specs are in line with what we are expecting, but the SIM card slot is a pleasant bonus that might not make it into production. More »


What’s got interstellar dog fights and is the best trailer that was shown at E3? Halo: Reach.

- Looks can be deceiving — don’t let this iPad mouse pad fool you into believing it’s an actual Apple iPad.

-Speaking of iPad, an iPad imitation from China called the iPed has a 10-inch LCD display along with Android 2.1 and is…pretty cheap.

-If you’re a huge fan of Super Junior’s Siwon, we highly recommend that you enter to win an autographed Siwon photo.

-Tumbling actor Shunsuke Daito was recently involved in a motorcycle accident — hope he gets well soon!

- Nothing says cute like Hello Kitty engine oil! Who wouldn’t love to be powered by Hello Kitty?

- According to a Forbes poll, Michael Vick is the most hated sports figure — ouch.

- Snoop Dogg hearts True Blood so much he made a song and music video called, “Oh Sookie.” More »


Some companies are known to ship products a day or two ahead of official launch dates, but Apple has historically not done this. However, a few customers are reporting that their iPhone 4 may be shipped to them by June 23rd. More »


iRiver has a cult following for its digital audio players and multimedia devices. Over in the land of the rising sun, iRiver is reaching out to fashionistas by blinging out the N15 Jewel MP3 player, capping it with Swarovski crystals. More »


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