If the mobile gods had so chosen, the Samsung Nexus S would not have been a “pure” Google phone on in Google’s flagship Nexus line. Instead, the phone you see above, codenamed “Zeus”, was going to take the cake. (Image comes from a slide in the ongoing Oracle vs. Google trial.) The dual-slider featured a slide-out game pad much like the Xperia Play but also a second slider that slid out over top of the game pad. Now we know what...

CES 2011 is said to be the year of the tablet. And at the ASUS press keynote, that phrase rang true as the company unveiled four tablet devices: Eee MeMO, Transformer, Slider, and Slate. The tablets are definitely slick looking and show ASUS’ attention to detail — much the same as Apple. However, as ASUS noted in their keynote, they like to provide choices to consumers. With that said, hop inside for the full rundown — pictures, words, and press...

Straight up: How’s RIM’s new BlackBerry Torch? If you’re looking for something short and sweet, take this — Late. That’s pretty vague, however. But the BlackBerry Torch is so much more than that as it perfectly illustrates RIM’s ability to improve quickly and decisively while at the same time coming off looking worn down and tired. How can that be? I’ll come right out and say that the Torch is hands down RIM’s best...

Have an itch to get your hands on the latest and greatest BlackBerry OS?! Never mind the simple fact that the Torch is the only BlackBerry that has a working version of OS 6 and the fact that it’s not even for sale yet. Small beans they are. For the true CrackBerry user, merely having the 1′s and 0′s that make up the best effort from RIM yet is enough to send chills down your spin. Fair enough. Go and get it: BlackBerry Torch OS 6...

It’s tuesday, and we all know what that means! OS 6.0 for BlackBerry is here! RIM has come a long way over the years. Though recent “major” revisions of the OS have been rather uninspiring and low key. Couple that with some pretty serious competition from Google, Apple, and even Palm, means RIM had better a real winner in OS 6. So without further adieu, OS 6… Universal Search & Unified Inbox One of the biggest parts of OS 6 we’ll get...