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Acer Iconia Tab A200 Android Tablet
A Full-Featured HD Tablet at an Attractive $329 Price & Upgrade to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”
Acer has announced the availability of their new Iconia Tab A200, the latest addition to Acer’s line of full-featured Android tablets. The new 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A200 is a portable activity hub for gaming, e-books, movies, music, photography, social networking and more. Offered at the attractive...
Simple Home Automation Controlled Via SmartPhone or Tablet App
Belkin WeMo devices uses your Wi-Fi and allows you to control household appliances anywhere remotely via your mobile device
Belkin has recently launched WeMo (www.belkin.com/wemo), a line of simple, modular home automation products that allows household electronics to be controlled from anywhere using a mobile app on a smartphone or tablet. Consisting of two initial products, the WeMo Home Control...
All I Wanted For Christmas I Got!… An iPad 2!
Yep, I was holding out on getting a tablet, and I decided on the iPad after considering all my options. I waited to get the iPhone until the iPhone 3G came out, and while I yearned to get the iPad right away, I wanted to wait and see if Android tablets compared in user interface, touch and functionality as my iPhone 4S I absolutely love.
I currently have most of the electronic toys I want already,...
Smartphone & E-Reader Picks For The Gift Giving Season
It’s that time of year again when we all have to evaluate what the best tech toys to buy for the geek who wants all the greatest, newest gadgets. For all the gadget enthusiasts on your holiday shopping list, here’s some gift ideas I’ve come up with that I know will make your techie excited.
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iPhone
The ever-popular iPhone is now available on Sprint’s wireless service. If it’s iPhone...
chicBuds: Earbuds with a Microphone
A couple of months ago, I asked if any of you have a Transformer, and if you have as much problem with the microphone and speakers as I do. Well, I’ve been looking at earphones with microphones since then. The nice folks at chicBuds sent me a pair of their new Fauvette Gold Edition smartphone earbuds with microphone, and I have to tell you I’m very impressed!
While a lot of the earbuds they sell...
An In-Depth Look at iOS 5 From Apple
After using iOS 5 since it’s debut, I found a lot I like and some things that could be improved upon
Steve Jobs introduced iOS 5 at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC) in June, 2011, and I’ve been running the beta version on my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 ever since. As an iPhone app developer, I’m under Non-Disclosure, so in my iPhone Life article in the September- October 2011 issue, I had to...
Asus Launches Zenbook to Compete Against MacBook Air
The Asus Zenbook offers a seamless and smooth look, embedded keyboard and oversized, integrated touchpad all encased in a compact form factor of the machine
They say Windows-based laptop PCs can never compare to the quick-on, sleek and technical specs of Apple’s MacBook models, specifically the thinnest of the lines, the MacBook Air. ASUS is trying to change that stereotype as they launched their...
iOS 5 for iPhone
iOS 5 offers 200 new features coming to the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
When historians look back on the state of computing, they will point to Apple’s 2011 Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) as the date and location when Steve Jobs ushered in the “PC Free” world of computing. Or at least that’s what Apple hopes WWDC will be remembered for. I was there and I can report that the...
Inside the iPad2: 5 Weeks of Owning Apple’s Newest Tablet
Minutes after it went on sale in the U.S., I was walking out the door of my local Best Buy with an iPad 2 under my arm. So, I’ve been using it for as long as any non-Apple employee—about five weeks when I wrote this review! The following describes my “long term” road test of the new iPad.
Thinner and lighter than the original
The new iPad is slightly thinner than the original and weighs only...
Blackberry Playbook Hands-on Review: Pros and Cons
The iPad and iOS has had its coverage. Android tablets like the XOOM are getting more popular. Enter Blackberry, and their new foray into the tablet market, the Playbook.
Out of the box, the Playbook is different. As a smaller, 7-inch tablet, it has an over-large edge. It’s hard to ignore and makes the playbook screen feel too small. This makes the screen seem immediately smaller and explains...
