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…

For many guys, the “throne room” (aka: bathroom) is the sole place of true solace. Free from crazy kids, frustrated wives/girlfriends and whatever else distractions life may throw your way, the bathroom is a place where men think. This Mario/Donkey Kong/Pac-man bathroom owned by Technabob reader Gregory Pinzone is the god of all throne rooms, at least for geeks like us. Not only can you think about life’s current toils and tribulations, but re-live the…

If you were looking forward to a flagship LG Windows Phone 8 device, keep waiting. It appears LG has gotten cold feet over the Windows Phone hype. According to a an article by the Korean Herald, citing an earnings conference call from last week, LG is “stepping back” from Windows Phone and in turn will be placing more emphasis on the Android platform. That said, the spokesperson also stressed that “research and development on Windows Phone would…

In the modern smartphone world (U.S. more-so), bigger is better. It seems each flagship device tries to one-up the device before it with an ever-so-slightly larger display. The largest “phone” to date is Samsung’s 5″ Note (aka: “Phablet”). While it’s uses are best suited towards content consumption such as videos and games as well as content creation by way of various artistic apps and the included stylus, for normal day-to-day use,…

We already knew Barnes & Noble was looking to spin off their digital book/ereader device business from an announcement made earlier this year. What we didn’t see happening was Microsoft becoming a key player seeing as how they’ve been pretty litigious with Barnes & Noble over their use of Android and various cases of patent infringement. But that’s all water under the bridge now as Microsoft has announced a $300 million dollar investment in…

Many of you out there in internet land have no doubt gotten that super agent/spy “itch”, most likely after watching your favorite secret agent movie. For us, James Bond and the Bourne series are our favorites in recent memory. And every time we watch said movies, we get that fantasy of ours going thinking about just how awesome it would be to live out the lives of a secret agent. Thanks to hammacher-schlemmer, we can stop dreaming and start living. Their $49.99…

Cygnett is one of the more obscure, lesser known iPhone/iPad accessory manufacturers, though we’re not sure why. When we stumbled upon them via some random Twitter user’s tweet, we were instantly excited to try out some of their gear. A few tweets and email exchanges later, several cases were prepped and shipped to our humble abode. The cases: Apollo (iPhone), Metalicus (iPhone) and Alumni (iPad). Apollo The Short Story: The Cygnett by Apollo is the case to…

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…

That ridiculous “Wake Up” campaign allegedly orchestrated by Samsung the other day…apparently wasn’t theres. According to Slashgear’s Chris Davis, Samsung flat out (and bluntly) denied any involvement. Specifically, Samsung Australia responded to Chris’ request for comment with: “Samsung Electronics Australia has nothing to do with the ‘Wake-Up Campaign” Of course, Samsung Australia is but one small part of…

The latest source for a carrier’s Android update schedule isn’t an by way of email, phone, text or smoke signal. Instead, it’s Reddit. While the source of the leaks is rather uncommon all things considered, the information doled out is just as appetizing – Verizon’s upcoming Android 4.0 ICS update schedule. The leaker in question is a VZW employee with a changing job title who apparently felt like leaving his old position on a high note. The…