What does it take for a good idea to come to life? Perhaps some audacity? (in the good sense of course!) The idea: Pandora, Slacker, or Spotify radio, The audacity: “Apple could do that. We’ve got iTunes, so why not?” So here’s how Apple may be about to launch its own streaming radio service. Why not, indeed! Like most Apple...
Do you use custom ROMs on your Android device? Then you might be delighted to hear about what HTC Hero gains by Android ICS and Jelly Bean updates via custom ROMs. HTC Hero was first introduced back in 2009 and come running Android 1.5 Cupcake. Yet, in June the handset was treated to some Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich custom...
The new Amazon Kindle Fire HD is Amazon’s move in the advancing tablet world. The market for PC tablets is constantly growing. One area that is seeing even stronger growth is the more affordable sector. It is not therefore a surprise that Amazon has revealed their Amazon Kindle Fire HD. It takes aim at its rivals in two screen sizes....
Carriers / Motorola / Phones / Verizon
by Phones Review · Published 09/07/2012 · Last modified 09/13/2013
Android faithful? Then, you might like to know that Motorola Droid RAZR M is coming soon to Verizon and that as of right now you can put in a pre-order for the fairly reasonable price of $99.99 (Well, when signing on for the usual two-year agreement with the Big Red of course!) Here’s a quick sneak-a-peak of what the smartphone...
A NY HTC event is coming up on September 19th where we hope to meet the new HTC One ST. HTC One ST is a dual-SIM smartphone with a 4.3-inch WVGA display, and is using a 1GHz dual-core processor. It is supposed to run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich skinned with HTC Sense 4.0 UI. Indeed, this new dual...
After much confusion and frustration over the last few months with regards to the hardware receiving the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, manufacturers have promised to update the devices to the new software; Sony Xperia U Android ICS update rollout has been confirmed. Sony took to its official blog and posted the following; “The ICS rollout for Xperia U...
Apple / Carriers / Phones / Sprint
by Phones Review · Published 09/06/2012 · Last modified 08/20/2013
At the September 12 Apple press conference the launch of the new iPhone was officially announced for September 21st . Judging by some information however, perhaps not all U.S. carriers will get it on that same day. In particular, Verizon and AT&T are to have the new iPhone in stores on the 21st , yet Sprint might be late to...
Now that the beastly LG Optimus G has been announced officially, the Korean company has launched a teaser video online for all the world to see and marvel it. In the 45-second add LG touts its Optimus G flagship as a device offering limitless possibilities and making possible whatever users once thought impossible. Bold? Perhaps not entirely that much! The...
Here comes the second generation of Motorola’s DROID RAZR family – the brand new Motorola DROID RAZR HD. The trademark slender body of the handset has been changed a bit, yet it’s still more compact than a Samsung Galaxy S III or HTC One X, with 131.9 x 67.9 x 8.4mm of size and weighing just 146g. Its design is...
Carriers / Phones / Samsung / T-Mobile
by Phones Review · Published 09/06/2012 · Last modified 08/16/2013
T-Mobile has just announced their Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G smartphone, running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The new “baby” enjoys a 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreen, a sliding-out full-QWERTY keyboardd, and is based on the older generation Snapdragon S3 chipsets – a 1.5GHz dual-core Scorpion processor, Adreno 220 GPU and 1GB of RAM. Other remarkable featueres of the...
