Month: February 2011

Android Shipped on 43% of U.S. Smartphones: Nielsen

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Nielsen said Google’s Android platform ran on 43 percent of smartphone shipments from July 2010 to December 2010. Apple iOS grabbed 26 percent while RIM’s Blackberry took 20 percent. – Google’s Android operating system continued to be the hit of the U.S. smartphone world, accounting for 43 percent of smartphone shipments from July 2010 to…

Android 3.0 Honeycomb Is the Most Important Version Yet: 10 Reasons Why

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News Analysis: Android 3.0 Honeycomb will prove to be the most important Android version for several reasons. But its essential for the success of Android Tablets in 2011. – With the first month of 2011 down, consumers and even some enterprise customers are undoubtedly becoming more and more excited to find out how Android-based tablets…

Samsung SMX-F40 SD Card 52x Zoom Camcorder for $110 + free shipping

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Crutchfield offers the Samsung SMX-F40BN/XAA Secure Digital Card Digital Camcorder in Black for $129.99. Coupon code “3A825″ cuts it to $109.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $17, although we saw it for $7 less in December (since expired). It features 720×480 MPEG4 (H.264) recording, 52x optical zoom, 2.7″…

Motorola i1Q iDEN Android smartphone surfaces

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When Verizon Wireless rolled out the Motorola Droid Pro some time ago, we never really expected to see a doppelganger of sorts – but fast forward to today, and you get the Motorola i1Q iDEN Android smartphone , boasting a touchscreen display and full QWERTY keyboard located right below. Read the original post by Ubergizmo

Refurb Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18MP DSLR w/ Lens for $650 + free shipping

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Adorama offers the refurbished Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera bundled with the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (pictured), model no. 4462B003, for $649.95. With free shipping, that’s $149 under the lowest total price we could find for a new bundle. (It was $30 less in December, since expired.) Sales tax is…

VZ Transfer app restores contacts to your new Verizon iPhone

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Verizon Wireless has released VZ Transfer into the App Store, allowing Verizon iPhone users to restore contact information from Verizon’s Backup Assistant service to their newly purchased iPhone 4. This application is only for Verizon wireless users. Download the free application to transfer your contacts from your Backup Assistant device to your new device. All…

Samsung 32GB HD Flash Memory Digital Camcorder for $300 + free shipping

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Buy.com offers the Samsung 32GB Flash Memory Digital Camcorder, model no. HMX-H105, for $299.99. With free shipping, that’s $100 under our April mention and the lowest total price we could find by $107. Features include a Schneider Kreuznach Varioplan-HD 10x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization, interlaced 1920×1080 (1080i) video recording, 32GB internal flash…

How can Apple and News Corp get you to subscribe to The Daily?

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Tomorrow Apple and News Corp will unveil The Daily and an iPhone/iPad subscription service for iOS to go along with it — but will I subscribe? We’ve been discussing that for a few weeks now on the iPad Live! podcast and it’s led to some of the most heated exchanges Chad, Georgia, and I have…

AT&T Adding iPhone Mobile Hotspot, More Tethering Data

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AT&T must be feeling the heat when it comes to the upcoming Verizon iPhone. Without exclusivity the wireless company will find itself competing for every last iPhone customer in the US. Verizon made waves when it announced that the CDMA iPhone would offer a personal hotspot for up to five Wi-Fi devices. AT&T is set…