Our current Twitter client of choice, Tweetbot, received a rather stout 2.3 update today, bringing with it a packed back full of UI tweaks, new integration options and new gestures. The biggest and most notable visual change now occurs on the single tweet view. Now as soon as you enter a single tweet you are presented with monochrome-ish icons for replying, RT’ing, etc. From the single-tweet view above you can now also swipe left-to-right to get back to the main...
Ah, yes. The drop test. The most unnecessary yet constantly sought after component of any new smartphone. HTCpedia took HTC’s latest One X smartphone and decided to see just how resilient it was to the negative effects of gravity and concrete. It’s worth noting the One X does survive both a hip height and shoulder height drop with just a few scratches to the case. In the end, though, the face-down drop does in the One X like all other competitors before it....
How much is too much for a small RC helicopter? $49.95? To some, the answer is a resolute “Yes!”. But what if we showed you this Angry Birds RC Helicopter. Function-wise it’s basic – you fly it around. End of story. There aren’t any projectiles to shoot, flashing lights or custom sounds. Still, we have a feeling many a parent are going to have to snatch this up for their kid(s). Flight time is said to be in the 8-10 minute range after an...
Apple has long been seen as a consumer first, enterprise last company. But since the iPhone’s debut in 2007, people and the corporate world have been sucked into the land of iOS. Up until the last 1-2 years, RIM was the defacto standard for your typical corporate workplace, though has changed recently, with iOS and Android taking up bigger roles. But even with their increased corporate presence, the questions regarding how secure the consumer-focused platforms really...
Well all knew it was coming: The day in which Sprint would formally announce that they had abandoned WiMAX hardware. Welcome. Today is that day. At a conference held earlier today, Bob Azzi, Sprint’s Senior Vice President of Networks stated that the carrier “will not release any more WiMAX enabled devices moving forward”. Sprint’s 1900 MHz spectrum is now being prepped for the carrier’s ongoing switch to LTE, and the carrier is also in the...
