It’s game on for Android tablets. US game shop GameStop is selling gaming tablets: Android slates including the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with a selection of games, including Dead Space and Sonic, built-in and ready to play. All you have to do is choose your tablet from these Android Honeycomb models: the Acer Iconia, Acer …
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November, 2011
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3 November
Get a Sparq from T
You’ll notice two things about T-Mobile’s new Sparq messaging phone. The first is that you have to suffer through a “q” in the product’s name instead of a “k” as there should be. The second is that the phone is made by Alcatel, which so far has made barely a dent in the U.S. market. Though the company always shows …
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3 November
Vodafone prices Beats
Two new HTC smartphones, the Sensation XE and XL, will be available from Wednesday, 2 November, starting from AU$59 per month as exclusives to the Vodafone network. The new Sensation XE (front) and Sensation XL (back) (Credit: HTC/CBSi) Vodafone and HTC joined forces last night to officially launch the Sensation XE and Sensation XL, following an unofficial reveal on CNET …
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3 November
Case
There’s a new kid on the tough iPhone 4/4S block and it’s name is Tank. Case-Mate, the company behind Tank, is touting how protective the new “military-grade” case is, and thanks to a partnership with the folks behind the SharkEye cases, it has a unique retractable window that covers the screen but also gives you full access to the screen …
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3 November
Under
Smartphones keep luring more mobile users, especially those under the age of 45, according to a new survey from Nielsen. Only 43 percent of all mobile users own a smartphone, Nielsen noted in its third-quarter survey. That figure covers the gamut of 13 to over 65. But ownership has hit more than 50 percent among some specific age groups under …
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3 November
Motorola Razr Android phone delayed
The Motorola Razr has been delayed, but hopefully only by a week. Online tech retailer Clove had listed the Razr as coming out on 1 November, but now the product page on its site reads, “First stock delayed until week commencing 7 November.” That note is written in all caps on Clove’s site, but we took those out so as …
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3 November
Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition zoom in to Honeycomb
Hello Moto: hello, Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition, two new tablets powered by Android Honeycomb. The Xoom 2 boasts a 10-inch touchscreen, while the Xoom Media Edition has an 8.2-inch screen. They’re covered in rufty-tough Gorilla Glass and a splashproof coating, with 5-megapixel cameras on the back and 1.3-megapixel video-calling lenses on the front. Inside there’s …
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3 November
BilltoMobile CEO: Carrier billing poised to explode
BilltoMobile has been on a roll recently. The company, which handles purchases of digital goods that customers make on their phone by linking payment to their cell phone bill, just last month signed AT&T as a partner, locking up the fourth and last national wireless carrier. BilltoMobile CEO Jim Greenwell said that the industry is poised to see a rapid …
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3 November
Google pulls Gmail iOS app due to notification bug
That didn’t last long. Google’s warmly anticipated Gmail iOS app lasted all of an hour in the App Store before being pulled due to a notifications bug. “The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications,” reads a tweet from the official Gmail Twitter account. “We have pulled the app to fix the problem. Sorry we messed up.” …
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3 November
Competition and a weak economy plague cable TV
Cable TV is not dead, but its audience isn’t growing either. Cable operators all over the country have been steadily and slowly losing TV subscribers quarter after quarter. A year ago, some people wondered if Internet TV services like Netflix and Hulu were attracting so-called cord cutters. But Craig Moffett, an analyst with Sanford Bernstein, thinks there are other forces …
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