Xbox 360 slim owners listen up: Forget about the RRoD. It is effectively dead and buried. In its place is the RDoD (Red Dot of Death). The new 360 slim units won’t make use of the colored ring of death any longer, as Microsoft has opted for a more straightforward and less cryptic hardware failure indicator — a simple red dot. Yes, instead of one, two, three, or four red slivers, now all we’ve got to go on is a single LED. It’s easy for Microsoft...

…and for pre-orders! Of course, the record number of pre-orders could be from people tired of waiting in line. Though I’d be willing to say a few more stragglers who’ve been putting off jumping over to team Apple were finally wooed by the iPhone 4. Either way, for AT&T to not expect massive customer upgrades and subsequently prepare for the onslaught on a day such as today is downright ridiculous. While true, that Apple has been having issues all...

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, more bad news concerning the HTC Evo’s build quality surfaces. Today, it has to do yet again with the screen. If you’re lucky enough to have weathered the storm of separating front glass issues, settle down and hold on tight, because there’s more to be thrown your away. Apparently, the HTC Evo has a problem with touchscreen consistency when it isn’t being grounded (read: held in your hand). ...

You know a phone isn’t that great when it’s released with old, outdated software. Unfortunately, in the Android world the practice is all too common. What’s worse however is buying a phone with the aforementioned outdated software and promises of near future upgrades only to find out the opposite is true, that the company who swooned you with flashy advertising was lying and is unwilling to right their wrong. Samsung has a problem… According to...

I’ll straight up front, The Microsoft Kin isn’t exactly my cup of tea, but for feature phone hopefuls, it packs quite the punch. It has that social/communication base that the tweeners and non-smartphone users prefer — that’s why they pick them instead of smartphones. Those types of people don’t need all the extra bells and whistles of your modern smartphone nor do they want to stomach the extra dough that data plans require. Apparently...