This week Google talked a whole lot about the history of the Android operating system. Back in 2006 and 2007 Android was very much like an older BlackBerry or Windows Mobile smartphone. It had a keyboard, and a small square display above the keyboard. Google actually said that touchscreens could … [Read more...]
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Will Get Ice Cream Sandwich On January 12th
January 3, 2012 By
Before ASUS made the Eee Pad Transformer Prime official there were many rumors that it would be the first ever Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet and that it would run that operating system at launch. But those rumors ended up becoming false since the tablet launched with Android 3.0 Honeycomb … [Read more...]
Galaxy Nexus Now Available Unlocked In The United States
November 24, 2011 By
One of the best smartphones in the world really isn't even available in the United States quite yet. That smartphone is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and right now it's only really available directly from a carrier in the United Kingdom. We've heard reports that on December 8th both Canada and the … [Read more...]
Amazon To Release Their Own Smartphone In Q4 2012
November 18, 2011 By
This year Amazon launched the Kindle Fire which is really their aim to get some market share in the e-reader and in the tablet market at the same time. And from what I know they are succeeding in both. It's a cheap $200 tablet that can do a lot of what the other tablets on the market can do. Plus … [Read more...]
New Sprint iPhones Won’t Be SIM Unlocked Anymore
November 11, 2011 By
Ever since Sprint announced that they have the Apple iPhone 4S they weren't quite sure about if they were going to keep the SIMs locked or unlocked on the smartphone. The iPhone 4S as you know is dual mode meaning it supports both GSM and CDMA while the Sprint model only needs the CDMA radio to work … [Read more...]
Unlocked iPhone 4S Now Available In The United States
November 11, 2011 By
Apple is known for releasing a new iPhone pretty much every year, they had the iPhone 4 last year and now this year we have the iPhone 4S. The problem with this is the fact that you usually have to buy a two year contract if you are going with a carrier like AT&T or Verizon, and you have to pay … [Read more...]
Sprint Unlocks, Locks, Then Unlocks Your iPhone To Unlock It
October 16, 2011 By
Sprint explained a lot about the iPhone 4S unlocking. And it gets confusing, first they unlock it, then lock it, then unlock it. And if that does not make sense, maybe their explanation will. "Sprint's policy is to have the iPhone 4S SIM locked to our network domestically and internationally. At … [Read more...]
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Ray Now Available Unlocked In The US
October 1, 2011 By
Sony Ericsson did announce something on Friday. That thing being that the Xperia Ray is now available unlocked for the US. Well this Android phone is now available unlocked in the US, and the thing we first thought? Well, that is of course price. The price of this device is $429.99 unlocked. And … [Read more...]
Motorola Will Even Upgrade Rooted Xooms To 4G
March 6, 2011 By
The Motorola Xoom is Motorola's overpriced Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet. Pretty much everything is good but the really high $800 price, and Verizon. But it has been a very hacker friendly tablet which I like. From iFixit's teardown of the Xoom is looks very easy to take apart, there isn't really … [Read more...]
Dell Announces Venue Will Sell In The US Unlocked This Year
January 7, 2011 By
So the Dell Venue was launched in Korea not too long ago, and nobody really mentioned anything about it ever coming to the United States, but it looks like Dell is giving us a bit of information about it. So if you don't know the Dell Venue was leaked way back in the Spring of 2010, and was … [Read more...]
