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It’s safe to say that Nintendo is enjoying at least some success with their new-ish handheld now that they’ve dropped the price and launched some quality software. Particularly, the Nintendo 3DS is doing well in its home nation. According to Famitsu, Enterbrain (a Japanese entertainment sales data collection company) has tallied the Nintendo 3DS sales in Japan

Verizon announced on Tuesday that its Jetpack 890L 4G LTE hotspot will be available on May 24th for $19.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year contract. The ZTE-made Jetpack 890L was first unveiled during the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show and supports up to 10 Wi-Fi-enabled devices at once, as well as

Apple is allegedly testing two new iPhones in its Cupertino headquarters, both of which sport a 3.95-inch display with a sharp 1336 x 640-pixel resolution. The company will ultimately choose to launch just one of the new iPhones, which are currently dubbed the N41AP and N42AP. 9to5Mac said that both devices are currently in the “PreEVT”

Google announced Tuesday that it has finished acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion following the approval of national and international government regulators. Google named Dennis Woodside as the new chief executive officer of Motorola, an executive who previously served as Google’s president of Americas. “I’ve known Dennis for nearly a decade, and he’s been phenomenal

Earlier this month, a Sony representative confirmed to users on the Japanese company’s official forums confirmed that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for its new Xperia S handset would be available later this month. They also dismissed “speculation” that the software may not arrive until June or July. But just six days later,

The long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy Note has begun its rollout in South Korea following a brief touchdown in Europe earlier this month. The software can be downloaded now using Samsung’s Kies desktop application for Mac and PC. In addition to those core Ice Cream Sandwich features — such

Samsung has appointed David Beckham its Olympic Games ambassador and its using his soccer skills to promote the new Galaxy Note Olympic Games edition. In the Korean company’s latest ad, the LA Galaxy star kicks soccer balls at a wall made out of drums to play Ode to Joy. Beckham also uses the Note’s S Pen functionality to

If you’re an Android user and you’re yet to try out the Amazon Appstore, now is the perfect time to sign up. Thanks to its new ‘Test Drive’ feature, you can now use over 5,000 Android applications on your handset before you commit to making a purchase. The best part is, you don’t even have

Nokia and Microsoft are partnering with Pizza Hut Australia to give food lovers and Windows Phone fans alike a chance to win one of five Nokia Lumia 800 smartphones, or a $100 Pizza Hut voucher. To enter for your chance to win, simply head on over to Pizza Hut Australia’s Facebook page and fill out

Hulu is launching a huge slate of original and exclusive comment for the summer months.

Grand Theft Auto IV mods are like the gifts that just keep on giving. We’ve seen some wild stuff go down in Liberty City, and most of it has been at the hands of the community of gamers rather than its developers. R2-D2 descending from the sky, cruising through a pack of civilians and then going

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) again ruled in favor of Research In Motion and Apple in a patent infringement suit brought by Eastman Kodak. The claims were made in the ITC’s latest initial determination, which was published by judge Thomas Pender. “I hereby reaffirm on remand that no violation of Section 337 of the Tariff

Sony’s Music Unlimited Application, which competes directly with services such as Spotify and Rdio, is now available in the iTunes App Store. There’s a catch, however: you’ll need to live in New Zealand in order to download the app right now. This is good news, though, since it means that Sony will likely expand the

How long is sixty seconds, really? Enough time for Nic Cage to steal a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500. And also the time it takes for 72 hours of video to get uploaded to YouTube. Wow. Sounds like I have a pretty significant back catalogue of cat videos ahead of me. In just seven years,

Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion, which is set to be released this summer, is reportedly being infused with even more iOS features. According to 9to5 Mac, the most recent Developer Preview 3 has automatic application downloads partially enabled, but it’s not 100 percent functional. When the feature does go live, however, it will work the

Just because Motorola’s set-top box business may potentially be sold off doesn’t mean the telecom company can’t dream up the TV of the future. The company demonstrated a new interactive TV experience at a cable show in Boston that will reportedly launch later this year. Billed as the “next generation” of TV, Motorola Mobility’s new

Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon goes over Apple news and rumors – from what to expect out of WWDC 2012 to what features iOS 6 might have and should have. Tune in for all this and more in this episode

The Samsung Galaxy S III has had its share of pre-order options abroad, but now thanks to Amazon, you can put your early bid in for a U.S. friendly unlocked version of Samsung’s Exynos 4 Quad packing slugger. Available on June 1st, Amazon lists both the Pebble Blue  and Marble White color options of the 16GB

The very first Tizen-powered smartphones, netbooks and in-vehicle infotainment systems are expected to launch during the second half of this year, according to one industry report. Tizen, which was originally announced in September 2011, combines aspects of Intel’s MeeGo platform as well as Samsung’s LiMo operating system and is expected to launch to manufacturers at the end of

The stock market wasn’t too kind to Facebook in its second day on the NASDAQ. Things didn’t go so well for Facebook on its first day of trading last Friday. From sales starting late due to software issues to closing out trading with barely any gains, it was not an auspicious start for one of

The popular music streaming service Spotify is now available to our friends down under in Australia and in New Zealand. I’m madly in love with Spotify’s service — particularly its premium option, which costs $9.99 per month and allows me to stream tunes on my phone and store it offline — but it’s also great

T-Mobile USA’s Amaze 4G isn’t the only Android device on America’s fourth largest carrier receiving a software bump Monday. T-Mobile will begin rolling out software version T989UVLDE today, which will bring a plethora of fixes to Samsung’s Galaxy S II. It may not be the Android 4.0 update that many of you have been craving, but

If you’re a globe trotting Verizon customer, your smartphone options can be somewhat limited. However, it appears that Big Red may be looking to bulk up its roster of devices capable of international travel. Said to be coming in the form of a software update, the HTC Rezound, DROID 4, and DROID RAZR are expected

The trailer above is actually made up of mostly (if not entirely) the game footage we had a chance to catch during the eyes-on preview at PAX East in Boston a month or so ago. There’s references to the Alien cannon within; stuff like the lower half of a once whole android. According to the folks

Google’s planned $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility could close as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, Motorola Mobility said in a regulatory 8-K form filed on Monday. The acquisition gained China’s approval over the weekend. “As the transaction has now received all required regulatory approvals, the companies are moving to close the