By Mike Perlman |
Back in the day, I was a BlackBerry cheerleader with Pearl Pom Poms and a Bold miniskirt. RIM and I parted ways as soon as I happened upon an iPhone 3GS, but the love never dwindled. In fact, that love was recently illuminated by the…
By Noah Kravitz |
If it’s got an Apple logo next to the letter ‘A’ and the number ’5′ it must be the chip that powers iPad 2. Unless it’s the chip destined to power iPhone 5. Weibo, a Chinese site that @Grg describes as “(if Twitter and Facebook had…
By Emily Price |
Samsung is already preparing for battle against the iPhone 5, reportedly planning on filing suit against the handset in Korea as soon as it is released. Speaking to the Korea Times, an anonymous senior executive at Samsung said: Just after the arrival of the iPhone…
By Emily Price |
Verizon has started throttling data speeds for some of its top data users. Throttling officially went into effect last Thursday and only effects customers using 3G smartphones with unlimited data plans. Throttled speeds will reportedly only effect the top 5% of those users, so unless…
By Killian Bell |
LG has today unveiled the LG Optimus Q2 Android handset, and for those of you who love physical QWERTY keyboards, the Optimus Q2 looks like a must-have. Not only does it boast a slide-out keyboard, but this device is rocking a super speedy 1.2GHz NVIDIA…
By Killian Bell |
Google’s upcoming mobile payment service, Google Wallet, was teased in a humorous video featuring George Costanza over the weekend, but we could see the service launch today on the Nexus S. According to a leaked document, which is reportedly intended for Google’s payment partners, the…
By Killian Bell |
While we’re all eagerly anticipating the imminent announcement for Apple’s iPhone 5, rumors surrounding a second new device — the iPhone 4S — will not die. The latest hint that a slightly different iPhone 4 will launch alongside the iPhone 5 in the coming weeks…
By Emily Price |
Sandisk has unveiled a new 64GB microSDXC card to be used in tablets and mobile phones. The card can double the storage capacity of many mobile phones and tablets on the market, and offers “up to 30MB/sec4 transfer speeds and offers the Class 6 performance…
By Emily Price |
If you’re in the market for a Verizon handset, you might want to look at making your purchase on Amazon. The retailer is offering a free $50 gift card for any Verizon handset purchase made on the site between September 16 and September 26, 2011.…
By Mike Perlman |
As mobile devices continue to alter the way we communicate with one another, social etiquette seems to diminish. Cell phones, tablets, laptops and headphones are just a few of the culprits. What really grates our cheese here at TechnoBuffalo? Check this out. Jon Rettinger, President:…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s hard to be a smartphoneenthusiast these days. You stay up on the news, maybe even rumors, and make what you think is an informed choice – only to find your chosen handset less than spectacular in person. Or worse – you love it like…
By Noah Kravitz |
It’s two, two, two videos in one! Thursday night I headed out to the TechCrunch Gadgets/Mobile reader meet-up in San Francisco. Seeing as the event was sponsored by Samsung Mobile and I’d just received a Sprint Epic 4G Touch to review, I brought the Sammy…
By Noah Kravitz |
Just when you were ready to clock out on a Friday afternoon, the Internets came calling to remind you that tech news never sleeps and anonymous message boards can be like gold to tech geeks. A 4Chan thread details a purported hands-on session with the…
By Sean P. Aune |
The first of the Samsung Galaxy S II phones to come to the United States’ carriers has officially gone on sale on Sprint’s website today for $199.99 with a two-year agreement. The Epic 4G Touch is the first handset in the Samsung Galaxy S II…
By Mike Perlman |
Before hanging out with Stacey London from What Not to Wear, I compared the new LG Marquee for Sprint to an iPhone 4. In the end, the iPhone 4 won, but the LG Marquee did have some powerful ammunition. Its 3.97-ounce weight and swanky looks…
By Sean P. Aune |
Perhaps someone was a bit too quick to toot their own horn over a new handset being certified as being green, but it’s a bonus for phone fans as it allowed us to get our first glimpse of the Samsung Illusion. The picture you see…
By Killian Bell |
I was lucky enough to get my hands on the new HTC Titan during the device’s unveiling at an event in London earlier this month, and one of the most exciting new features, for me, is that front-facing camera — which means it’s capable of…
By Killian Bell |
This wait for the iPhone 5 seems to be taking forever. We initially expected Apple to announce the new device at WWDC back in June, and three months on we still don’t have a fifth-generation iPhone. However, according to The New York Times, we’re “just…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that someone knocked at least some sense into HTC in regards to some of the recent handset names we’ve been hearing, but the new choices aren’t all that much better. Apparently when HTC signed the recent deal to include Beats by Dr. Dre…
By Killian Bell |
We’re now close to covering all of the U.K.’s major carriers with our weekly top 5 phones roundups: we’ve already done O2, Vodafone and Orange, and this week we’re taking a look at T-Mobile. These roundups are designed to help you keep track of the…
By Mike Perlman |
According to BGR and TIMN, the iPhone 5 has been inadvertently outed by case maker Case-Mate. The manufacturer published the below web page on their website for a brief period of time–long enough to get picked up by gadget hounds–and then hastily took it down. I’m…
By Mike Perlman |
If AT&T’s HSPA+ speeds are giving you a sense of ennui, get ready to embrace the 4G LTE goodness this Sunday, September 18th. AT&T is officially rolling out its 4G LTE coverage in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio for starters, though the company is expecting…
By Sean P. Aune |
You can add Sprint to the long list of carriers who are cutting corners everywhere they can think of. The customers who were once considered elite shall now be struck down into the masses, losing several perks, as the Sprint Premiere program gets the hack.…
By Mike Perlman |
As Flavor Flav once said, “Don’t believe the hype.” But the real Public Enemy here is the lack of information surrounding the iPhone 5 and its whereabouts, let alone the mystery device’s potential existence. As the clues assemble–some more plausible than others–we are still left…
