Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
According to a report at Fortune, the Verizon [VZ] iPhone 4 will be landing early in 2011. There have been (according to Verizon), a number of meetings between Apple [AAPL] and Verizon for a number of years. That coupled with Verizon now selling the iPad seems to indicate that the device could be landing soon.
The Fortune article is certainly worth a read as it goes fairly in depth in to Verizon as a company and what can be expected from the network when it lands. [Read more…]
ViewSonic has released details of the US launch of the ViewPad 7 and 10 models. ViewSonic confirmed that the 7 inch model will launch in the forth quarter of this year with a price tag of $479 while the larger 10 inch model will arrive early next year with a price tag of $629.
Each of the ViewSonic tablets is slightly different. The larger of the two devices is actually a dual booting machine that runs both Windows 7 Home Premium and Google Android 1.6. When switching it on you get to choose which OS boots up. For times when you quickly need to check email, you can boot in to Android and quickly grab those. For times when tasks are a little more demanding, you can then choose Windows. [Read more…]
Orange has announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab as being available as of now here in the UK.
The Galaxy Tab on the Orange network comes with various subsidised options which starts off at the most expensive price being £529 for the hardware and drops to £499 at the cheapest point. [Read more…]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab will be launching in the US in a few weeks on November 10th.
The Tab will be launching on the T-Mobile network in the US. As well as launching on T-Mobile direct, Amazon will also be offering the Galaxy Tab on T-Mobile although the shipping date for Amazon is set at November 9th, a day earlier. Shipping is also free with Amazon on this product. [Read more…]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab release date has finally arrived here in the UK. Carphone Warehouse is now selling the new tablet with prices starting at £99.99 going up to £499.99 depending on what monthly commitment you are prepared to make.
To get the Galaxy Tab at £99.99 you need to commit to a 24 month contract paying £40/month. To get it at £499.99 the contract is just 1 month (rolling) and is £10/month if you keep the contract active. [Read more…]
Acer has announced the Acer Liquid Metal smartphone. This particular phone runs the Android 2.2 operating system and is classed by Acer as the latest generation of Acer smartphones.
The Liquid Metal has a 3.6 inch screen, has an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 processor and has 802.11n wireless networking.
The phone is a HSDPA device capable of connecting up to speeds of 14.4Mbps when in optimal network coverage. [Read more…]
The Elonex eTouch Android tablet is being made available at Toys ‘R’ Us here in the UK. Price wise, it is being listed as the cheapest tablet around at just £90 for the smaller 7 inch model.
This puts it about £100 cheaper than the nearest rivals, the Next and Disco tablets we mentioned previously.
Two new models are being made available which includes the 7 inch priced at £89.99 and the larger 10 inch model priced at £149.99. [Read more…]
When Microsoft [MSFT] announced Windows Phone 7, we heard at the time that the storage memory would be located inside the device and would not be replaceable. This has turned out to be true in some cases, but some devices like the HTC HD7 use a microSD card internally. This prompted the:unwired to test and see if the HTC HD7 would accept a different memory card.
What the team did was take out the original Class 2 8GB microSD card and replace it with a class 6 microSD card of the same capacity. After a bit of trouble and a few hard resets, the new and faster memory card actually worked as it should and still does without any problems. [Read more…]
October 26th 2000 was the day that Sony’s PlayStation 2 hit the shelves in stores all over North America. It reached record sales of over 146 million units since then.
It sported a DVD player and cutting-edge technology to bring gamers the latest in gaming graphics that the world had ever seen. All this was for a paltry sum of $300. [Read more…]
US Cellular has confirmed that it will also be selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab along with the other networks in the US – T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T.
The Galaxy Tab its self will be the same os other models in regards to technical specs although it will be made compatible with the US Cellular network. [Read more…]
Verizon [VZ] today has started selling the iPad. The company is selling the wireless versions of the iPad in the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities and is also selling a MiFi mobile hotspot along with it to allow you to access the internet whilst on the move.
In regards to pricing, the 16GB iPad with the MiFi included starts at $630. Moving on to the 32GB and 64GB models, they are priced at $730 and $830 respectively. [Read more…]
Virgin Broadband is now offering 100MB broadband here in the UK.
Although you cannot get it just yet, pre-registrations have started for the service.
“The launch of our 100Mb service is a significant milestone in the UK’s broadband evolution and a vivid illustration of the power of our next generation network. From establishing the UK’s first ever broadband service in 2000 to the launch of 100Mb in 2010, in the space of just ten years, Virgin Media has led the greatest developments in digital Britain”.
