With each new year comes a resurgence in talk and rumors revolving around next-gen gaming hardware from both Microsoft and Sony. While gamers on both sides of the fence are chomping at the bit for some new hardware, the Xbox 360 and PS3 have managed to push the limits year after year, honestly impressing us despite their 5+-year age. With that said, as we begin to inch towards the spring months rumors are once again kicking into high gear. And wouldn’t you know it, the...
Verizon is currently boasting of having LTE live in “30 NFL cities” by years end. AT&T is equally as proud, though admittingly behind Verizon, have stated that they will have some form of LTE network go live mid-way through 2011. However, both Verizon and AT&T have already mentioned that they won’t have any LTE phones in consumers’ hands until 2011 is several months old. With that said, a “little guy” is beating the big guys...
You know, I never really gave much thought into radio towers and how they work. I mean, I know the basic principles of it all. But the actually nitty gritty details such as “How do you replace the light at the top?” never really sunk very deep into my brain. I can now consider that ship sunk after watching a video of a radio tower repairman scaling to the top to replace nothing more than a simple light bulb. If you think it’s a simple task, punch...
Are candybar/slider phones getting a little long in the tooth for you? Over the last year, we’ve seen several manufacturers show off squarish style phones that as hard as they may try, still come out looking stubby and fat. Nokia thought they could change that negative image with the X5-01. Though after looking at the picture above for roughly 2.1 seconds, it looks like they failed — miserably. I could be a little biased about this whole fat-bottomed, square...
Beyond all the usual hype surrounding Sony, HTC, Motorola, and a whole host of other well known smartphone manufacturers, what else is there really worth seeing at MWC? Sure there’s plenty of exciting things to see on the software front too, but I’m talking about something truly unique. Dual-SIM phones anyone? Dual-SIM phones aren’t anything special these days as they’ve been around for quite some time around the world. Here in the US...
