By Killian Bell |
Last Friday, the upcoming HTC Deluxe was leaked ahead of its official unveiling. Packing a 5-inch 1080p display, the handset was expected to become the international version of the HTC Butterfly (which is exclusive to Japan) and the HTC Droid DNA (which is exclusive to…
By Killian Bell |
Those of you who picked up a Wii U this week will likely be spending some of your free time this Thanksgiving enjoying your new console. You’ll be pleased to know, then, that you can now use it to show off your favorite YouTube videos…
By Killian Bell |
With Samsung’s Galaxy S III becoming this year’s best-selling smartphone, the Korean company will obviously want to follow it up with a fourth. But how does it improve upon a device that is already way ahead of most of its competitors? Well, according to new…
By Todd Haselton |
We just finished reviewing Verizon’s HTC DROID DNA, which has a super sharp 1080P display and 440 pixels per inch (ppi). Samsung’s about to introduce something just a hair sharper, according to a new report from Asiae. The company is allegedly planning to introduce a 4.99-inch…
By Killian Bell |
After HTC announced the beautiful J Butterfly in Japan last Wednesday, we knew rival smartphone vendors would be rushing to ready their own 1080p smartphones. According to Korean daily MK News, Samsung and LG could be next, with both companies said to be preparing full HD phones…
By Killian Bell |
Since Apple debuted the Retina display alongside the iPhone 4 back in 2010, the Cupertino company has always had one of the best smartphone displays. Sure, they’re not the biggest displays, but their whopping resolutions provide them with more pixels per inch than most others.…
By Sean P. Aune |
The mysterious 5-inch HTC mystery device surfaces again, but with some new specs in tow. Earlier this month a mystery 5-inch HTC device surfaced that some believed might be joining the DROID family over at Verizon, but not a lot was known about it at…
By Brandon Russell |
The above phone is reportedly how HTC will attempt to pry folks away from the Galaxy S III this fall. The pictures don’t give away much, though the red accents seem to suggest the device could wind up on Verizon. Otherwise, what’s beneath the surface…
By Killian Bell |
LG announced on Wednesday that it would be bringing its 84-inch 4K Ultra HD television to North America and Europe in September, and it looks like the super-sized set may be about to get some competition. Sony is expected to announce its own 84-inch TV…
By Killian Bell |
Following its unveiling at WWDC this week, Apple’s “next-generation MacBook Pro” has received its first TV commercial, entitled “Every Dimension.” The 30-second clip seems a little more dramatic than Apple’s most recent ads — even those for the new iPad — with powerful music and…
By Killian Bell |
One of the little things that has always bugged me about my Apple TV is that I have to watch movie and TV show previews in standard definition. Admittedly it’s not a major issue, but if I can buy and watch the whole show in…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday I wrote a quick opinion piece on the top five features I want in the Galaxy S III. I’m a dreamer, though, and so several of those features may never make it to the phone when it launches. So, what kind of rumors have…
By Killian Bell |
Apple’s third-generation Apple TV is almost identical to its predecessor — both inside and out — but it’s now capable of playing full, high-definition video in 1080p. So what does it have that the second-generation set-top box doesn’t? Well, according to a teardown performed by…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple has updated its iTunes application to version 10.6 The update brings with it support for 1080p movies, no doubt for viewing on the new iPad’s high-resolution Retina Display screen, as well as an improved iTunes Match service. Match has an improved user interface and…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just unveiled the brand new iPad on Wednesday. As far as we can tell it’s just being called the “new iPad.” Not the iPad 3 or the iPad HD, although there are references to the “third generation iPad” on Apple’s website. It’s a pretty…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s senior vice president Phil Schiller just took the stage in San Francisco and announced the brand new iPad . It features a 9.7-inch Retina Display, just like the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S but with a higher 2048 x 1536-pixel resolution. Schiller said the…
By Todd Haselton |
The flood gates for iPad 3 rumors have really opened up. Earlier this morning we posted with images that suggest the iPad 3 will be a good deal thicker than the current generation iPad 2 and equipped with an 8-megapixel camera. Now, a fresh post…
By Killian Bell |
Skype has rolled out the latest update to its official Windows application today that introduces a number of newsworthy features. One of those is the ability to hold high-definition 1080p video calls. Of course, you will need a HD webcam — such as the Logitech…
By Dave Cryer |
The Galaxy Nexus might be super thin, but it still manages to pack in a 5-megapixel camera. That might seem lacking by comparison to some of the competition, but it is not always about the pixel count. Good optics, processing & user interface control are…
By Sean P. Aune |
From the realm of “too little, probably too late,” comes the news today that four electronics companies are teaming up to come up with a standardized version of 3D for home viewing to alleviate some of the confusion in the marketplace. Cue the screams of…
By Emily Price |
Apple may soon support 1080p movies in its iTunes store. According to AppleInsider five studios have submitted movies to Apple in an “HD+” format, HD+ reportedly being 1920×1080 with a bitrate of 10Mbps. Currently Apple only supports 720p (1280×720) video. iOS 5 was recently discovered…
By Adriana Lee |
A monster 55-inch multi-touch display? Well, why not? When it comes to screens, it seems like size really matters — not to mention features that have been hotly buzzed in the industry, like cloud computing and tablet-like interface. Enter the appropriately named InFocus Mondopad. This…
By Noah Kravitz |
Last Thursday the folks from Samsung flew a bunch of media folks down to LA, took us to the DreamWorks Animation campus, and told us all about their 2011 line of Smart TVs. We saw the D8000 LED and Plasma sets in action, got…
By Mike Perlman |
At the beginning of this millennium, the thought of planting video within the digital camera landscape was a preposterous notion. Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find any gadget that is devoid of video. The standard at the moment is 720p, but 1080p will gradually take…
