Verizon Wireless introduced on Monday the Samsung Reality, a new slider QWERTY handset with social know-how. The Reality features a 3-inch WQVGA touch screen with Samsung’s customizable TouchWiz interface, which now includes a Communities widget so users can update their status, post pictures from the phone’s 3.2-megapixel camera, and upload videos to YouTube right from …
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Apple wants to sell concert tickets on iTunes, and deliver the goods directly to your iPhone or iPod touch, according to a patent filed by the company. The system is called Concert Ticket +, and the folks at Patently Apple have whipped out their Slap Chop and broken it down into easily digestible chunks. Concert Ticket + includes the ability …
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Cablevision, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable are teaming up to allow their subscribers in New York City and the surrounding area to roam onto each other’s Wi-Fi networks. All three companies currently offer free Wi-Fi service to their cable subscribers in areas surrounding the Big Apple, including parts of Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Starting Thursday anyone who subscribes …
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It’s funny. I was just IMing with my dear colleague Jasmine France this morning about how companies come up with product names (spurred on by the Droid Incredible announcement) when I stumbled upon this Engadget Mobile article. HTC is turning to its fans for help with picking out a name for a new device the company is cooking up in …
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After an early slip up, HTC and Verizon Wireless officially introduced HTC’s latest Android smartphone on Thursday, the Droid Incredible. The Droid Incredible will hit stores on April 29 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. It runs Android 2.1 and the latest version of HTC Sense. The latter includes such features as a new …
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It may seem crazy at first, but talking into the Novophone is actually a lot more comfortable–and fun–than holding your cell phone to your ear. Novophone The first time I saw the Novophone, I laughed. Then I mocked. Then I got a little thirsty. Finally, after thinking about it for a while, I started to develop some genuine interest in …
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If you’re itching for Sony Ericsson’s Satio phone, you now can purchase it unlocked from SonyStyle.com. Sure, it will cost you a hefty $649, but you’ll get a pretty device that’s packed with features. Inside you’ll find a 12.1-megapixel camera, a music player, e-mail and messaging, stereo Bluetooth, PC syncing, USB mass storage, a personal organizer, assisted GPS, Wi-Fi, an …
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Three days after its late Monday launch, Opera Software spread the news that its server-assisted Opera Mini browser for the iPhone capped over a million downloads the first day of widespread availability, which was Tuesday. That’s 1,023,380 downloads to be exact, according to Apple’s end-of-day download count. Good enough for us; cue Dr. Evil. Opera went on in a press …
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The first 3D televisions will be available in Australia next week, but you’ll have to wait until 2011 to be able to buy the most popular 3D Blu-ray movies at retail. No retail 3D Blu-ray till at least 2011 for Monsters vs. Aliens. (Credit: Dreamworks) Monsters vs. Aliens, the first 3D Blu-ray movie in Australia, ships exclusively with the Samsung …
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When Verizon released its anti-AT&T “There’s a Map for That” campaign, AT&T came out swinging with a slew of ads featuring actor Luke Wilson to respond to Verizon’s claims. The back-and-forth ad war has finally come to an end, however, at least from AT&T. AT&T to end its Luke Wilson ad campaign. The network says it plans to launch a …
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