Android · HTC · Mobile · Verizon · WTF

A Few Verizon Droid Incredibles Head To The Party Early

  • April 21, 2010

For the few lucky ones who earned their Droid Incredibles early, we envy you. You see, there was a glitch in Verizon’s systems that allowed some phones to be shipped out early. The result? New owners posting their good luck on YouTube, while making the entire gadget world cringe in jealousy. Remember that the official launch is more than a week away, so this wasn’t a tiny glitch, but a glitchy glitch. Oh, and if you were hoping to snag one early, well I have some news for you, friend: the shipping error has been fixed. So there’s the end of the report, which is a bitter one to say the least.

Via: MobileCrunch, Engadget

BlackBerry · Breaking · Leaks · Mobile · WTF

BlackBerry 9670 is officially leaked, and is officially hideous

  • April 20, 2010

That object above is the new Blackberry, or in a more formal manner, the BlackBerry 9670. It’s a CDMA handset with Wi-Fi, a full QWERTY keyboard with trackpad, 5 megapixel camera (a first for RIM), 360×480 internal display with a large external display, the spanking new Blackberry OS 6.0, a microUSB port, microSD internal storage slot, Bluetooth, and a metallic finish casing. The first thing you have to recognize is that this is early clamshell hardware, but early nonetheless, this thing freakingly ugly. Since this is the only unreleased gadget we have for the evening, you’ll have to ping our good friend Boy Genius to check out the high-res gallery at the source link. Good times, these leaks.

Source: Boy Genius Report

Apple · Apps · News

iPhone OS 4.0 beta 2 is ready to roll

  • April 20, 2010

Alright, listen up iPhone developers. Now’s the time to get yourself together, find your iPhone, turn on your Mac, and get digging into the new iPhone OS 4.0 beta 2. No one has an idea what’s in there (besides you!) so whatever you find, use our tips line to get it all sorted. In the meantime, hopefully there’s some tasty bits in there.

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Apps · BlackBerry · Leaks

Blackberry OS 6.0 screenshots and details hit the webs

  • April 20, 2010

If this week hasn’t been a great week for leaks, then there never will be. If you’re a Blackberry fan, get ready to enjoy every last bit of this report, and then head over to Boy Genius’ fortress for the whole run-down of screenshots. Since RIM has been very quiet lately, according to Boy Genius, an “AT&T connect” showed them what’s new in OS 6.0. Starting with:

  • There’s a new web browser that’s entirely Webkit-based, and includes tabs and multitouch.
  • A new, completely re-thought and redesigned media player.
  • “Kinetic Scrolling” that feeling where you remove your finger while scrolling and it continues for a while; it’s system wide in the new OS.
  • The homescreen now has several customizable pages, like Android, but no widgets so far.
  • BG mentions that the new OS was demoed on an AT&T “touchscreen device”, leaving possibility that it’s the Blackberry slider, or something.

For the whole screenshot gallery, head over to BGR.

Mobile · Reviews · Samsung · Windows Phone

Samsung Omnia II Review

  • April 20, 2010

Let’s start this off in a straightforward style. The Samsung Omnia II is a 3.7-inch 480×800 AMOLED resistive touchscreen smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.5, a 5 megapixel camera with 720x480px video capture, 8GB of internal storage with a microSD expansion slot, GPS/Wi-Fi/Verizon 3G, and FM radio. Right off the bat though — exactly when you turn it on — things start to go wrong.

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Apple · Breaking · Tablets

The iPad 3G launch day is April 30th, at 5PM

  • April 20, 2010

Wondering when the iPad will get AT&T 3G? Well, if you pre-ordered your iPad (like a smart man or woman) it’ll arrive at your doorstep on April 30th. If you lacked the intelligence (if you really did) to do so, you’ll have to jump into your geek pants, and head over to an Apple Store at 5PM to get the 3G iPad. As the saying goes: smart bird gets the worm. OK, I came up with that one.

Source: Apple

Hardware · Laptops · Lenovo · Windows

Lenovo Thinkpad L Series Is Your New Eco-Friendly Laptop

  • April 20, 2010

Just two days before Earth Day, Lenovo has released the new L series, aimed at being very, very eco-friendly. Starting striaght off the bat with specs — as always — an entry-level model starts at $649 and gets you a Celeron P4500 CPU, 160GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM. You can upgrade the 14-inch L412 and 15-inch L512 with a Core i3 or Core i5 processor, ATI Radeon HD 5145 graphics, up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 500 GB HDD, has 4 USB ports, a 7-in-1 card reader, and purported battery life of up to 10 hours on a 6-cell battery.  The only main drawbacks here are weight: 5.22 lbs is the L412 and the L512 adds an extra half pound on top of that. In the meantime, you can check out the gallery and press release, which is hiding somewhere after the cut.

Lenovo L Series Gallery

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Android · HTC · Mobile

HTC Desire officially headed to US Cellular

  • April 19, 2010

After lots of anticipation of the HTC Desire’s seemingly AT&T-exclusive debut, U.S Cellular has officially spread out the words on their Facebook wall and stated that the HTC Desire, complete with HTC Sense running on top of Android 2.1, a 5 megapixel camera, and 3.7 AMOLED 800×480 screen will be on their network ”coming this summer after our rigorous testing is complete”. So now that all’s said and done, U.S Cellular (not a top-tier 3G provider, mind you) did have one little tasty bit to leave on it’s FB page: “Now have fun guessing which other Android phone we’ll launch.” Interesting.

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Cameras · Gadgets

Panasonic DMC-G2 and DMC-G10 Micro Four Thirds cams get priced

  • April 19, 2010

Back in early March, on a Sunday actually, when the gadget news stocks were so low that no one had anything to do, the Panasonic DMC-G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds cameras saved the day with a press release. But, we were really bugged out that they didn’t include pricing. Well (finally!) the G10 will retail for $599 and the G2 for $799. Both have 12.1 megapixel sensors, 3-inch screens, and 720p HD video modes (more on them here), with the G2 getting a color choice of red, blue, or black. Both are coming out in late-May. So far, so good for the micro 4/3rds revolution.

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Apple · Breaking · Mobile · News

iPhone 4 gets reviewed; someone just got fired

  • April 19, 2010

So that’s pretty much what it looks like now, which is exactly like what’s been floating around the web for days. While this may not be the final design, this is no doubt the next iPhone, the iPhone 4. New features include:

  • It measures precisely 4.5″ x 2.31″ x 0.37″ and weighs 140g, which is small
  • Better camera with flash
  • Front-facing camera
  • Higher-res screen but slightly smaller than the 3GS
  • A flat glass-coated back, uses a micro-SIM card, has a noise cancellation mic, and a metallic feel all around the sides, with seams here and there, including the buttons.
  • It’s also 3 grams heavier, has a 16% larger battery, and runs iPhone OS 4.0
  • It’s the new iPhone 4

However, Apple has reported that they lost the prototype, and they want it back, which is why they remotely wiped the entire OS off the handset. Reportedly, when Giz first got news of the prototype from a tipster, it was running iPhone OS 4.0, even before the official announcement. Check out the extra shot seen after the “read more” link, then scuttle to the source link and check out the whole review, ’cause we’re done here.

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