Today, we’ve found new Blackberry Slider pics. Last time when the Slider was compared to an 8900 we didn’t get to really see who was fatter/thinner, but it seems like according to the profile shots, the Slider sucker is thicker than the 8900. On another note, we definitely know it’s not the Storm3. Throw that out. What we do know is that rumors have been flying around stating that it looks exactly like a Bold 9700, and a UAProf found on RIM’s website lists that a certain 9700a has a portrait HVGA+ display (opposed to the 9700’s landscape HVGA+ display). While this may all seems plausible, we’re dealing with prototypes here. So we’ll have to wait like one of my old friends (now an enemy) and twiddle our thumbs for a bit longer. Shot of the new F-S1 battery after the break.
Source: BGR, CrackBerry
That’s right. After years of rumors, leaks, speculation, hoping, guessing, and chaos, Apple is taking orders for their iPad. As you can see above you have plenty of options. So, will you buy an iPad (aka the device that can’t multitask, has no SD card slot, and a closed OS)?
It’s 8:10 AM here on the East Coast. I wonder if it’s just for this 
While we might have knew that pre-orders for the iPad started tomorrow, no one knew exactly when. Until now obviously. You can set your alarm clocks to 8:30 AM on the East Coast or 5:30 AM on the West Coast to pre-order yor iPad for an April 3 release. From there on you can transmit your $499 to Steve Job’s coffers. See you there, fanboys (and fangirls).
Today’s average forum goer at the Android Forums has something new to chatter about today. Going straght down to the juicy details: there’s about half a gig of RAM, 320MB of that is usable, 8 megapixel camera, a Snapdragon that’s downclocked to 768Mhz (but the new Sense Ui is still said to be “blazing fast”), and measures exactly 117.5 x 58.5 x 11.9mm, meaning that’s it’s just a bit narrower, shorter, and thicker than the Nexus One.
The iPad isn’t even out yet, and the eBook app wars have begun! Barnes & Noble is promising the book savvy that “around the time” of the slate’s launch, a B&N Reader app for access to their 1 million+ eBookStore catalog will be “designed specifically” for the iPad. That means you’d have books, magazines and newspapers at your fingertips, and might even be able to dodge Apple’s prices on books, whether it be small or high. Now where’s that Kindle app?
In an interesting turn of events, while Google is fuming against China in the recent cyber attacks scandal, Motorola seems to be leaning towards Microsoft in China to provide Bing search and maps on their Android phones; surely to protect their own interests and to make a quick buck in the process. In fact, as of this quarter, the entirety of Motorola’s Android phones that use Google search and maps will be replaced by Bing. Devices that are in customers hands or sitting on shelves will receive an OTA update that brings the new Bing apps. What’s interesting here though, and terrifying as well, is that there is no doubt that this wouldn’t be forced onto other markets. I’m looking at you U.S.A.
