5 years ago, before we had iPhones, Android, and other modern smartphone operating systems such as Windows Phone 7 and webOS, the Danger-made Sidekick was where it was at. But over the years, competitors have met and greatly exceeded the once prominent platform, turning it into more of a toy for young kids than the hip and cool device of young 20 somethings. Though the real writing on the wall was when Microsoft bought Danger back in 2008. A failed platform rebirth (KIN)...
Following in the wake of many other smartphone manufacturers, HTC took the wraps off of their latest Android devices, with one of them being the new, revamped Incredible S. A second-gen Snapdragon (8255) processor clocked at 1GHz, 768MB of RAM, 4″ WVGA Super LCD display, 8-megapixel rear/1.3-megapixel front facing cameras w/ LED flash and 720p HD video capability round out a rather stout phone. The Incredible S is going to ship with Android 2.2 (Froyo) initially,...
Today marks a big day for tablets. The Samsung Galaxy Tab — the first tablet to be called the true “iPad competitor” — is officially for sale in North America. The debuting carrier,T-Mobile, is offering up the Galaxy Tab for $399 after agreeing to a 2-year contract. If T-Mobile isn’t your cup of tea, fret not. Over the next several weeks, Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T will also see their own versions of the Galaxy Tab released as...
While T-Mobile and Android developers have been going back and forth as to the “feature” status of the T-Mobile HTC G2′s on-boot de-rooting, I’m proud to say that the developers have overcome the digital nannies and prevailed. The temporary-root bug on the G2 has been patched. The move to permanent status can probably be attributed to the recent release of the source code by HTC combined with some developer elbow grease. Unfortunately, as of...
What better way to spend a Friday morning than oogling over Verizon’s LTE spec sheet currently making it’s way through Big Red retail training channels? As you can see, VZW is boasting quite loudly how their upcoming LTE network will be many times better than both Sprint’s WiMax or T-Mobile’s HSPA+ networks. And with speeds of 5-12Mbps down and 2-5Mbps up, I’d hop aboard the “bash the competitor’s network” too. But...
