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Mar at 4:24 PM
New iPad Will Ship March 16 for Some, March 19 for Others
Posted by Brett 
in News, Tablets
As you probably already know, the new iPad launches in the U.S. next Friday. However, Apple has already sold out of the supply they have ready for the 16th. If you still want to pre-order the new iPad before it launches, it won't ship to you until March 19. This may be slightly disappointing news for iPad enthusiasts who waited a few days to pre-order. The good news is that the new iPad is on its way, and...
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Mar at 11:11 PM
Samsung Smartphones Without Bezels May Be Coming
Posted by Brett in News
Samsung has two major projects in the works that involve the displays of their smartphones and other devices. The first project is the creation of foldable displays. These foldable displays will be made out of plastic materials and be far less susceptible to shattering than the glass displays that most smartphones currently have. According to some sources, we can expect Samsung’s foldable displays to hit the market sometime in early 2013. And we can expect another exciting development...
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Mar at 11:33 PM
Sony Tablet P Launches March 4
Posted by Brett in News, Tablets
The Sony Tablet P has been available in the UK for a couple of months, and now it's finally coming to the U.S. This new tablet will officially hit AT&T store shelves on March 4. The Sony Tablet P is a foldable, dual-screen tablet PC that allows users to efficiently multi-task between its two screens. This Sunday, this new Sony tablet will go on sale exclusively at AT&T for $399 with a two-year data contract. Consumers will also...
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Feb at 10:11 PM
New Toshiba Tablet, Excite 10 LE, Launches March 6
Posted by Brett in News, Tablets
You may remember the Excite 10 LE from CES 2012. It was the Toshiba tablet that gained some notoriety for being the thinnest and lightest in the world. Now Toshiba has plans to release the Excite 10 LE on March 6. And tech geeks with a penchant for slender gadgets are already salivating. This new Toshiba tablet will be ten inches tall and just 0.3 inches thick and weigh 1.18 pounds. On its release date, it will truly...
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Feb at 4:52 PM
Skype for Windows Phone Now Available
Posted by Brett in Apps, News
Yesterday at Mobile World Congress, Nokia announced that Skype for Windows phone models is now available on the Windows Market. This version of Skype for Windows phones is a beta version that is only available for a select few Windows phones. These phones include the Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Focus S, Samsung Focus Flash, HTC Titan, and HTC Radar. If your Windows phone isn’t on the list, you can expect access to the new Skype...
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Feb at 10:31 PM
Box App for Android Boasts 50GB of Free Cloud Storage
Posted by Brett in Apps, News
Box, a popular cloud storage provider, recently launched an app for Android devices. All Android users who download the new app and create a Box account will receive 50GB of cloud storage space for free. Like other cloud storage services, Box allows users to store and access files and documents. Once you set up a Box account, you can transfer and access files to it from anywhere: your PC, your laptop, your tablet, and your phone. If you’re...
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Feb at 5:35 PM
Android Google Docs Real-Time Edits Now Possible
Posted by Brett in Apps, News
The Android Google Docs app received an update today that will allow users to collaborate on documents in real-time using their Android phones and tablets. This real-time collaboration feature was previously only available to those who were using Google Docs on their computers. As of today, Android users can share documents and instantly see what changes and edits other users are making to shared documents. The new Google Docs for Android update also adds a rich-text formatting...
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Feb at 12:12 PM
Blockbuster Video on Demand Headed to All Samsung Devices
Posted by Brett in News
Samsung just announced that they have plans to team up with Blockbuster to deliver Blockbuster Video on Demand to all Samsung devices. This means that Blockbuster on Demand will be available on all Samsung tablets, phones, and HDTVs. Samsung and Blockbuster plan to launch the streaming video service on Samsung devices in the U.S. and UK sometime in the first half of 2012. Blockbuster on Demand will be available on all other Samsung devices worldwide at some point...
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Feb at 10:50 AM
8GB Nook Tablet Headed to Walmart this Wednesday
Posted by Brett in News, Tablets
According to sources at Verge who talked to sources at Walmart, Barnes and Noble is going to release an 8GB Nook Tablet this Wednesday, February 20. This new Nook with less internal memory is expected to sell for around $199.00 (the same price as the Kindle Fire). However, the official price of the new Nook Tablet is still unknown. And Barnes and Noble has not released any sort of full list of specs. We can guess that Barnes...
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Feb at 4:15 PM
New Angry Birds Space is Coming March 22
Posted by Brett in Apps, News
Angry Birds has made tech news again this week by announcing their new Angry Birds Space game, which be released March 22. According to Rovio, Angry Birds Space will be a more educational spin-off of the current Angry Birds game. National Geographic and Nasa have both helped Rovio during the development process of Angry Birds Space. Rovio hopes that Angry Birds Space will help get kids more interested in science. Angry Birds Space will feature some brand new...
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Feb at 3:12 PM
Microsoft Office for iPad Brought to You by CloudOn
Posted by Brett in Apps, News, Tablets
If you use your iPad for work, you’ve probably noticed something very important is missing: Microsoft Office for iPad. Until recently, there was no way for you to make a quick change to a Word document and send it off to your colleague from you iPad. And you couldn’t use your iPad to update numbers on Excel or correct typos in a PowerPoint before a business presentation. Now, fortunately, CloudOn, a cloud-based document editing service, is available for...
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Feb at 1:34 PM
Pantech Crossover: Free at AT&T For a Limited Time
Posted by Brett in News, Phones
From February 21 to February 27, AT&T will be offering the Pantech Crossover for free with a two-year wireless contract. This deal will only be available if you order online and will include free shipping. Although the Pantech Crossover isn’t necessarily the most technologically advanced phone on the market, it reliably allows you to download and use apps, make voice calls, send texts and emails, and surf the internet. Its pull-out QWERTY keyboard is ideal for sending long...
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Feb at 12:17 PM
Swype for Ice Cream Sandwich Has Arrived
Posted by Brett in Apps, News
Swype for Ice Cream Sandwich devices is finally available. Nuance, the maker of Swype, has been working on a version of the text messaging app that would be compatible with the Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS for quite some time. Now, Nuance has finally released a version of Swype that will allow Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners to significantly cut down the time it takes to compose a text message. ICS users who opt to participate in the Swype...
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Feb at 10:32 AM
Samsung MicroSD and SD Cards Ship Today
Posted by Brett in News
Today, Samsung announced that they have started shipping their microSD and SD memory cards. This is Samsung’s first venture into the realm of memory cards, and it seems as though they’ve already outdone the competition, in true Samsung fashion. As of today, you’ll be able to purchase fourteen different Samsung microSD cards and SD cards. Each of these memory cards belongs to either the “High Speed” series or the “Plus Extreme Speed” series. The Plus Extreme series microSD...
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Feb at 8:28 PM
Sony Z Takes On iPod Touch
Posted by Brett in News
When you think of mobile media players, the iPod is probably the first device that pops into your head. This is for good reason. Apple’s flagship product has sold over 300 million units worldwide and has changed the way people listen to music. But it’s important to remember the forebears of mobile media players. The Walkman was introduced by Sony in 1979 and caused quite a stir. Now, instead of letting the Walkman go the way of the...
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Feb at 8:08 PM
Mountain Lion: A Real Beast of an OS
Posted by Brett in News
Apple’s latest operating system, Mountain Lion continues the company’s tradition of naming its systems after felines, but that’s not the only thing that long-time Apple users will find familiar. The system borrows a lot from iOS as well. Indeed the iPhone’s operating system is wonderful to use and provides incredible utility for a mobile device. Here are a few of the “other” highlights from Mountain Lion. Twitter Integration The new Mountain Lion does the best job of integrating...
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Feb at 7:01 PM
Apple Still Reigns
Posted by Brett in News
Apple had a record Q1 for fiscal year 2012 (the period between October and December 31, 2011), raking in $13.6 billion in profits. This was the highest Q1 for the company and even topped the most optimistic analyst’s estimates. The sales were driven by the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 sales. Sales of iPhones and iPads accounted for 73 percent of the company’s total income. This is why it was so surprising that many analysts named Samsung the...
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Feb at 6:36 PM
HP Raises The Bar On Lowering Power Consumption
Posted by Brett in Green, News
Hewlett Packard is setting out to change the way companies like Facebook and Amazon power their servers. In a conference in 2009, Facebook’s VP of technical operations, Jonathan Heiliger, explained his dissatisfaction with the current offerings from the leading chipmakers in the world. Heiliger’s complaints stem from the huge amounts of power that are sucked up by the massive servers of companies like his. Powering a single chip, even with the most efficient units on the market, still...
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Feb at 5:01 PM
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Freezers Go Green
Posted by Brett in Green, News
Earlier this year, Ben & Jerry’s launched a project to reduce the environmental impact of their ice cream freezers. The company’s new line of hydrocarbon ice cream display freezers use purified propane refrigerants that have virtually no carbon footprint. Currently, most freezers in the U.S. stay cool thanks to hydrofluorocarbon gases, which are considered greenhouse gases by the EPA. Almost every freezer we use, including those in our homes, produces greenhouse gas emissions thanks to the use...
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Feb at 4:10 PM
AT&T LTE Coverage Expands Today
Posted by Brett in News, Phones
Just as we were writing about the expansion of Verizon LTE coverage, AT&T was announcing that they expanded their LTE coverage today. The list of cities that have AT&T LTE coverage now includes Durham, North Carolina and select cities in Florida: Sarasota, Tampa, Bradenton, and St. Petersberg. In comparison to Verizon, AT&T has been pretty sluggish when it comes to bringing LTE to U.S. markets. As of today, the AT&T...
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