Month: February 2011

This arcade-inspired sorting game is easy on the eyes and perfect for quick-play sessions, but a lack of depth and some game-stopping slowdown issues may seriously shorten it shelf-life on your iDevice. Read the original post by Ryan Rigney

There may not be a ton of enthusiasm in the publishing world for Apple’s new policy for subscription services — particularly when it comes to giving Cupertino a 30 percent slice of the pie. But the iPad juggernaut may be too big for them to push back. Read the original post by Joel Mathis

(AHN) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers on Wednesday that growing inflationary pressure in China is helping American companies increase their competitiveness. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Walmart offers the Adjustable Height Drafting Stool in Red (pictured), Wine Red, Black, Blue, or Silver for $39. Shipping adds $14.97 or opt for free Site-to-Store. Even with shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $6, although we saw it for $5 last week (since expired). Sales tax is added where applicable….

BARCELONA& Mobile handset manufacturer HTC pulled out all the stops at the 2011 Mobile World Congress, introducing no less than five smartphones and a tablet computer, the Flyer. In addition to two handsets featuring one-touch Facebook connectivity, the ChaCha and the Salsa, HTC also revealed updates of the Incredible, Desire and Wildfire smartphones. The Flyer…

Other World Computing offers its OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 FireWire 800/USB 2.0/eSATA Drives with prices starting at $479.99. With free shipping, each is at the lowest total price we could find. Each drive holds up to four 3.5″ SATA 3Gbps hard drives and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and NRAID (Span). Some best…

Warner Bros. has launched “App Editions” of its movies, with the first two entries being “Inception” and “The Dark Knight,” announced on Feb. 16. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Today only, newegg.com offers the Hanns-G 24″ 1080p Widescreen LCD Monitor, model no. HH-241HPB, for $149.99 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find by $40, although it was $10 less back in November. Features include 1920×1080 (1080p) native resolution, 1,000:1 native (15,000:1 dynamic) contrast ratio, 300 cd/m² brightness, 5ms response time,…

LightSquared reportedly has five customers interested in its 4G network, which will compete with Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. Meanwhile, Sprint weighs LTE, while AT&T eyes voice over LTE. – LightSquared the wireless company backed by billionaire Philip Falcones Harbinger Capital Partners that last year announced its intentions to launch a ?wholesale? nationwide 4G…

Meritline.com offers the A-DATA 16GB microSDHC Class 6 Secure Digital High-Capacity Card with Secure Digital Adapter, model no. AUSDH16GCL6-RA1, for $33.95. Coupon code “MLC116509021625NL1″ cuts it to $25.95. With free shipping, that’s $1.62/GB, $4 under our December mention, and the lowest total price we could find by $13. Read the original post by dealmac.com

At Gadgetwise in The New York Times, Sam Grobart invites recent iPhone purchasers to “check out our many guides to the various apps available for your new smartphone.” The blog rounds up personal app choices from technology columnist David Pogue, media columnist David Carr, former tech reporter John Markoff, and App Smart columnist Bob Tedeschi,…

Peter Kafka reports on All Things Digital that Apple enjoyed a “tiny bit of Grammy glow” Sunday night when, for the first time, “something recorded exclusively for its iTunes store won an award.” Writes Kafka: “Train’s version of ‘Hey, Soul Sister,’ which won the ‘Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals’ category, first…

Young women find dogs sexier than smartphones. The bad news for geeks was released Thursday in a Retrevo.com study aimed at finding out whether gadgets make people more attractive as love interests. Read the original post by Weekend Balita

Apple on Wednesday released a new document outlining technical differences in how GSM and CDMA iPhones handle certain calling features. Read the original post by Lex Friedman