By Sean P. Aune |
The CEO of France Telecom, the parent company of the U.K. carrier Orange, spoke with the French media recently and gave a launch date for the iPhone 5 in no uncertain terms: October 15. “If we believe what we have been told, the iPhone 5…
By Emily Price |
Verizon Wireless is set to launch a new $50 per month Unlimited plan this week. According the the Wall Street Journal the plan will be available in select markets in Verizon stores as well as Walmart, Target, and Best Buy locations. The current unlimited plan…
By Joey Davidson |
This isn’t a pre-released “leak,” this is the first legitimate packaging of Minecraft‘s Adventure Update. 1.8 is now, officially, live. Open your Minecraft client, and get it going. What can you expect to see? Well, for starters, check out the trailer above as it details some…
By Killian Bell |
Logitech has become the first big name to launch a its own version of Apple’s Magic Trackpad for Windows PCs. The Wireless Touchpad is a $50 alternative to the traditional mouse that provides desktop PC users with a large, 5-inch multi-touch trackpad. In many ways, Logitech’s…
By Killian Bell |
Are you one of the early adopters of one of RIM’s new BlackBerry 7 OS lineup? If you are, you may be familiar with the label on its box that reads “Hot Spot Capable.” However, despite this label, none of these devices really are hotspot…
By Killian Bell |
UPDATE: Prices corrected in second paragraph. Those of you in Japan will be lucky enough to get Sony’s latest handheld just in time for Christmas. The company has confirmed at a pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference that the PlayStation Vita will indeed launch on…
By Killian Bell |
HTC has today unveiled its latest Sensation smartphone — the HTC Sensation XE — which looks like the company’s most exciting Android smartphone to date. Not only is it faster than its predecessor with a whopping 1.5GHz dual-core processor — up from 1.2GHz —…
By Noah Kravitz |
As I said in Part One, I wound up relying on my phone to communicate way more than normal over the past two weeks. Without a doubt the BlackBerry Bold 9900 was my tool of choice for Email and messaging, with Motorla’s Android-powered XPRT running…
By Joey Davidson |
Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption was a huge success. This third person action title set in the wild west had gamers riding, shooting, hunting, slaying and robbing for months beyond its initial release. The title picked up universal acclaim from both professional critics and gamers and…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that someone finally kicked Microsoft in the behind and told them it was time to get back to innovating, as opposed to just rehashing the same thing over and over. While change can be a good thing, it is also something that humans…
By Noah Kravitz |
The first Galaxy S II phone to hit a US carrier is here. Sprint’s Epic 4G Touch takes Samsung’s GS2 formula and stretches it out across a massive 4.52-inch Super AMOLED display. Packed to the gills with technology including a dual core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB…
By Killian Bell |
Just when you thought you couldn’t possibly want a Bentley any more than you do now, Bentley shows off this fancy concept for its flagship Mulsanne — complete with two iPads, an iPod touch and a Mac mini. The vehicle was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor…
By Joey Davidson |
This clip checks in at more than a minute in length as it features several tracks, new items, new karts, new mechanics and new perspectives. Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS was given a precise release date this morning by way of a large press…
By Mike Perlman |
And it’s about time. According to the Intel Newsroom, Google is working with Intel on optimizing future versions of Android for the low power family of Atom processors. What this determinately means is that Android will someday perform exceedingly well on Intel-based devices. “By optimizing…
By Jon Rettinger |
We previewed the Motorola Droid Bionic at CES, held our breath over the rumors and long delays, and then recently finally cast off the box and put our hands on the super-sleek release version of this now-mythic device. So what’s left? Well, after so much…
By Killian Bell |
There are a huge collection of application in the App Store that introduce a handy scanner to your iOS device, and contrary to popular opinion, some of them work incredibly well. That 5-megapixel camera on your iPhone 4 will actually do a pretty impressive job…
By Sean P. Aune |
Do you have a burning question about tech? Well, it’s time to ask Jon Rettinger and hear him answer one of your pressing queries on video. Until 4 PM PST on Thursday, September 15th, leave a comment with your question for him, and then you’ll…
By Joey Davidson |
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the first full Zelda title that’s been designed exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. For a console that’s just about five-years-old, it says a lot that Nintendo’s only now getting around to treating it with a proper entry in one of their…
By Joey Davidson |
Nintendo sent over a press release this morning adding two screenshots, boxart and the trailer you see above to the docket for their upcoming Mario entry on the Nintendo 3DS. Go ahead and watch the trailer while being mindful of the nods towards classic Mario elements, mechanics…
By Emily Price |
This morning at its BUILD conference, Microsoft showed off its newest operating system Windows 8. Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft, started off his presentation by talking a bit about Windows 7, which has finally surpassed Windows XP usage.…
By Emily Price |
Apple has plans to release the golden master of iOS 5 to overseas assemblers some time between September 23 and September 30th, perfect timing for a mid-October launch of the phone. The information comes from sources speaking to AppleInsider who claim the phone went into…
By Emily Price |
We’ve already heard a bit about the HTC Bliss, an Android phone the company is supposedly targeting at female customers by attaching a a light up “charm indicator” to that will notify its owner when she receives a new message. Now This is my Next…
By Emily Price |
Samsung has filed a complaint in France against Apple, claiming the iPad and iPhone infringe on three of its patents. Rather than focusing on the design of the product like Apple has in its similar suits against Samsung, the company instead focused on the technology…
By Killian Bell |
So… despite recent rumors that Apple’s new Thunderbolt Display would be here by now, we’re still waiting for the device to start shipping. However, one promising sign that its release is imminent comes in the form of an EFI firmware update for the company’s latest…
