Tech Week In Review 1-28-2011
$700 Motorola Xoom Launching Feb 17th at Best Buy An internal Best Buy document leaked to Engadget nails down February 17th as the launch date for Motorola’s highly anticipated Xoom tablet. The Xoom features the latest and greatest version of the Android operating system, Honeycomb, which was designed to run better on tablets. The document [...]
Read MoreApple Launching Mobile Payment Network to Rival Credit Cards
About a week ago, Starbucks launched a national mobile payment network that would make it simple for customers to pay at the register using their mobile phones. Not much fancy technology involved, simply an app that displays a barcode that the barista can scan. They claim to be operating the largest mobile payment program in [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 1-21-2011
Motorola Bootloader Policy Motorola has recently come under fire regarding their bootloader policy. Motorola’s devices are developed so that the bootloader is locked. This means you can’t root them. So, even though they make some of the best and most popular Android handsets on the market, many Android fans steer clear. When one of these [...]
Read MoreT-Mobile USA Confirms Sidekick 4G and Samsung Galaxy S 4G
At a press breakfast today, T-Mobile USA CEO Phillip Humm confirmed the 4G HSPA+ versions of both the T-Mobile Sidekick and the Samusung Galaxy S would be “coming soon.” “We will launch as new the Samsung Galaxy S 4G … and coming soon, will also be a Sidekick 4G. Everybody knows the Sidekick, and we’re [...]
Read MoreMotorola Atrix Blurs the Line Between Smartphone and Computer
Unveiled at CES 2011, the Motorola Atrix is the most powerful smartphone on the market. It sports a dual-core Cortex-A9, NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor with a 960×540 screen. It has a gig of RAM (probably more than your mom’s PC), 16GB of storage, a MicroSD slot (up to 32GB), and a fingerprint reader. The hardware is [...]
Read MoreFord Stays Ahead Of The Game With SYNC Destinations App
The SYNC product from Ford has received acclaim from numerous industry experts as being ahead of its time. Last week, Ford continued on that pathway with the release of it’s first mobile app called SYNC Destinations. This app is free and currently available for the iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. A Blackberry version will be available in the near future as well. Drivers with 2010 or 2011 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars equipped with Sync traffic, directions, and information (TDI) can utilize every single aspect of the app. Find out more info inside.
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