By Jacob Kleinman |
Qualcomm unveiled its quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor earlier this year and the first benchmarks are starting to crop up. Engadget recently had a chance to give the processor a whirl and published its own benchmarks using Qualcomm’s mobile development platform (MDP) devices. The new processor came away the clear…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday, I met someone who needed a charger for his iPhone 5 because he was headed to a concert and, unfortunately, his ticket was stored on the phone. He couldn’t reach any friends, either, because said phone was dead. He may not have to worry…
By Jacob Kleinman |
AT&T is now offering its customers an exclusive aurora red model of the Galaxy S4 for $199.99 with a two year-contract, the same price it currently charges for Samsung’s flagship smartphone in black or white. The red smartphone is available for purchase through Samsung’s website or…
By Joey Davidson |
Two of Nintendo’s most famous faces, one more famous than the other, sat down together during the week of E3 in order to duke it out in Pikmin 3‘s Bingo Battle mode. As we catch up with all of the videos and assets that have…
By Joey Davidson |
Who would have thunk it? We’re well into the zombie craze, even though some among us think we should be well beyond it, and another post-apocalyptic title goes all “smash hit” on us overnight. This time it’s the currently Xbox LIVE exclusive State of Decay…
By Jacob Kleinman |
AT&T is offering Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet for just $199–that’s $200 off the full price with a two-year contract–when you buy a Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Active or Galaxy Note II smartphone from the carrier. The deal starts Friday, June 21 in stores and online.…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s dark horse this year could wind up being the company’s supposed low-cost iPhone, which many believe will hit later this fall in emerging markets. When/if it does, the device will reportedly sport a more rounded, plastic back, multiple colors, and a 4-inch screen. But,…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Microsoft announced a new initiative on Monday to sell the Surface RT tablet to schools around the world in bulk for under half its full retail value. The offer went into effect on Monday and lasts through August 31. The deal is good for institutions that are…
By Brandon Russell |
Buried beneath some of the more flagship features included in iOS 7 are some neat tricks Apple failed to mention at WWDC. And even deeper below the surface, in the reach of only the savviest developers, the Cupertino company seems to be testing a series…
By Jacob Kleinman |
HTC confirmed the rumored Desire 200 handset today on its official website. It’s an entry-level smartphone that will sit in the smartphone family below the Desire 600. The Desire 200 features a similar, if stouter, design to the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s HTC One. We see…
By Jacob Kleinman |
HTC accidentally confirmed the rumored HTC One Mini by its speculative name on one of the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s own websites earlier today. Aside from revealing that the long-rumored handset is in development, the leak contains few details except that the device will feature a…
By Todd Haselton |
T-Mobile announced Tuesday morning that the Sony Xperia Z will be exclusive to its network in the United States. The phone will be available with T-Mobile’s no contract Simple Choice plans, though the carrier did not announce a price. We recently reviewed the Xperia Z,…
By Joey Davidson |
Last year, Firaxis Games and 2K relaunched the classic X-COM series with XCOM: Enemy Unknown. While not perfectly faithful to the games fans remember playing way back when, this revisit was a nice and tough return to classic gaming with modern day elements. XCOM: Enemy…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Microsoft announced a major update to voice search for Windows Phone today that promises to make your handset twice as fast and 15 percent more accurate when analyzing voice commands. The update is currently only available in the United States. Microsoft released the new video above…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Skype’s video messaging service, which launched in beta form in February, is now live for Android, iOS and PCs. Oddly, Microsoft’s own Windows Phone operating system was left out of the fold, though we imagine that will launch in the near future. The latest addition to…
By Joey Davidson |
This game is looking like pure virtual insanity. Killer is Dead is the brainchild of Goichi “Suda 51″ Suda and his studio, Grasshopper Manufacture. Every single asset, screenshot batch and trailer that’s released for the title has looked outright nuts. In keeping with that form is…
By Ashley Esqueda |
We’ve had our eye on the OUYA since the Kickstarter launched last year. Some big claims were made, including hopes of a paradigm shift in gaming and indie publishing; as of now, all backers have received their devices (we’ve got one in the office, too).…
By Jacob Kleinman |
In a continued effort to expand Chromebook availability, Google announced new deals with Walmart and Staples today. Both retail chains will sell Google’s Chrome OS-powered laptops at stores across the country, director of Chromebook marketing David Shapiro announced today in a blog post. Until now,…
By Todd Haselton |
The iOS 7 for iPad simulator shows us a good idea of what we might expect when the mobile OS hits the iPad. We already have an idea of what iOS 7 on the iPhone looks like, the beta is widely available to developers and we…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Fresh photos of an alleged assembled iPhone 5S display have leaked online, and some Apple components found in the new pictures appear to match up with individual parts leaked earlier today. Following the news that the iPhone 5S logic board had leaked online this morning,…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Microsoft has released another TV ad mocking the iPad’s alleged failings in comparison to a Windows 8 tablet, using Apple’s own Siri as a weapon against its rival company. This time the latest iPad goes head to head with a Dell XPS 10 tablet, and Siri…
By Joey Davidson |
During Nintendo’s special Wii U Software Showcase last week at E3, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai took to the small stage in order to announce a brand new character for this upcoming entry in the Nintendo family brawler franchise. The Wii Fit Trainer will make her…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Spotted at an airport terminal by a Spanish tech journalist, Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak sounded off on everything from iOS 7 to the NSA PRISM scandal to the meaning of digital ownership in the era of Cloud computing. After giving Apple’s iOS 7 a test…
By Jon Rettinger |
Apple recently introduced a completely revamped—and much taller—AirPort Extreme that the company says gets up to 3x faster Wi-Fi over the previous model. “The new definition of fast,” Apple’s site boasts. And you know what? From our preliminary, very unscientific tests here at TechnoBuffalo’s Irvine…
