As of late, Microsoft has been in headline after headline with their Vista successor Windows 7. The up and coming OS is by far the most important release of the year for Microsoft. Forget Windows Mobile. Forget My Phone. Microsoft’s immediate future rests on 7. The latest leaks and rumors concerning 7 center around the release date of the RC1 build’s release date. According to Neowin, 7 RC1 will be publicly available on April 10th 2009. Even though...
If you haven’t picked up an Xbox 360 yet, or, simply need a 4th, you will soon have another option besides white and black. Seems as if a red version of the 360 will soon be available at EB Games. Not to worry folks as the red on these 360′s will come on the cases themselves, NOT in the form of an illuminated red ring. The red beauty’s latest leak comes in the form of a retail database listing snapped by a Toys-R-Us employee. (Picture inside)....
If you are lucky enough to currently reside in San Francisco, use T-Mobile as your cellular carrier, have been with them for more than 22 months, and don’t have any issues with past billing, T-Mobile would like to share something with you. If you meet the requirements above you are now eligible for T-Mobile’s pilot program of their Unlimited “Loyalty” voice plans. What’s the big deal? Only that unlimited calling starts at the rock...
HDMI cables aren’t exactly the most resilient connector in the cable world as they are easily knocked loose meaning you will spend many minutes of your life plugging a cable back into your device over and over again. For some, they don’t really care, but for others, that’s where the locking HDMI cable by PPC comes in. Built specifically for the home video enthusiast who needs a strong and reliable yet good quality cable, the World’s FIRST...
Is the Aqua style on Leopard mixed with the flat style of iTunes combined with the other UI inconsistencies driving you crazy? Think back a couple years to when every one in the Mac world was speculating about what UI changes Leopard would bring to the OS X world. Coming from the Aqua style of Tiger, many thought Apple would tone it down about in the UI department cutting out some of the “shine” and “gloss”. However, judgement day came and...
When Nextel just isn’t good enough and you can’t risk smashing up your precious at the worksite, Verizon would like you to stop on by their neck of the woods and take a gander at their latest PTT offering: the CDM 8795. You may at first glance and even second glance pass right on by this fine display of mediocrity, however once you allow yourselves to get close you’ll notice that it isn’t that bad after all. While it won’t win any whiz bang...
Boy Genius has had the opportunity to talk directly with representitives at Rogers in Canada who are claiming that the news released yesterday about Rogers’ plans for a February 2010 LTE launch are completely inaccurate. Even after letting Rogers listen to the audio clip BG had obtained from his source regarding the story, they continued to deny the claims. To listen to the full phone call BG had with Rogers hit up Boy Genius Report. So dear readers, now that...
Windows Mobile users who are all to familiar with the joke that is Mobile IE have yet another option in the mobile browser world. Torch Mobile announced at MWC that they have updated their browser, “Iris” to v1.1.0. Besides getting some new numbers, the beta tag has been kicked to the curb. For those of you unfamiliar with Iris, it is a web-kit based mobile browser that will display web pages just as if you were browsing on a desktop computer, however,...
Think back two to three years and try to remember what camera phones were like…0.3/1.3 megapixel cameras were the norm (and sadly more or less still are), and 2 megapixel camera’s instantly shoved you to the VIP club of cell phone users. My how times have changed. While 1.3 megapixel cameraphones still make up the majority of cell phone cameras, 2 and 3.2 megapixel cameras are swooping in fast. And at Barcelone this year many 8+ megapixel camera phones...
If the whole Android look gets you going but the actual OS or device still hasn’t won you over you have a new option. Brian Collins over at Blackberry News has created now a tie for first (IMO) for the best looking Blackberry Storm theme. It captures the slick look of Android and really gives your Storm a whole new lease on life. One little tidbit that might also sway you to this theme is that so far, with other 4.7 Plazmic built themes, device performance tends...
