Posted on December 27, 2011 with Comments Off
For those who don’t know, Republic Wireless is a young mobile virtual network operator that has been launched just recently. The network has announced that it will now be offering an unlimited everything plan with the hope of inviting more customers to the network.
Unlimited everything means unlimited text, call and data for just $19 a month. The network has actually announced this before although back then, you have to abide with their strict rules of using less than 550 minutes, 150 text messages and the sort which have all been removed now.
The only thing left is that customers would have to still choose from the MVNO’s phone portfolio.
Posted on December 23, 2011 with Comments Off
Following the announcement of the PS Vita memory card prices and variants, Sony has released the first batch of games for their second-generation handheld gaming device.
A total of 25 games will be made available upon launch with an additional of 100 games to follow with prices ranging from $9.99 – $49.99.
Moreover, every customer will get six AR Play cards they can exchange for augmented reality games called AR Play for free.
For prices, you can check out Sony PlayStation’s site.
Posted on December 9, 2011 with Comments Off
Sprint has now announced that they are putting up the HTC Evo View 4G tablet on sale and it is now available for a low low price of $230 and guess what? It’s contract free! You’d only have to pay an additional $5 shipping and handling fee which totals to $235 and the tablet is yours.
As a reminder, the HTC Evo View features a 7-inch touchscreen with a pixel resolution of 1024 x 600 while a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm processor is under the hood. A 32GB internal storage is in place while a 5 megapixel and a 1.3 megapixel camera is fitted on it’s back and front respectively.
Posted on December 1, 2011 with Comments Off
Samsung has today announced and confirmed that they are rolling out with a volume bug fix for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus next week. A very good news for both the consumers and retail stores who have put on hold the selling of the device. There’s still no official date for the update but I guess one week is not a long time to wait for an update.
For those who don’t know, the bug involved the Galaxy Nexus adjusting the volume up and down by itself for no apparent reason and rendering the phone useless while this is happening.
Posted on November 29, 2011 with Comments Off
Microsoft has announced that Windows Phones that will be released in Russia will come with the search engine Yandex instead of their home-brewed Bing. This is not a new move as we’ve seen phones and tablets dumping search engines and even social networks in exchange of a locally popular one.
We’ve seen some phones dumping Facebook in China in exchange of a locally popular social network which I can’t honestly recall. LOL.
Anyway, so that’s about it, if you live in Russia, then you can probably see Yandex strapped as the default search engine on your Windows Phone.
Posted on November 13, 2011 with Comments Off
If you’re one of the something something that are affected by the battery life issues of the iPhone 4S or rather the iOS 5, then the iOS 5.0.1 update might be the answer to your concerns.
According to Apple, the update will fix the battery life issues that have affected a reasonable number of consumers. According to complains, the iOS 5 drains a good 10% of your battery per hour and this is while the phone is sitting on the table, unused.The issue have been associated to the iOS 5’s location services features which Apple now claims fixed.
Posted on October 31, 2011 with Comments Off
Apple has been reported to be talking to the government of Zimbabwe to be able to bring solar-powered iPad to rural schools in the country.
Supervised by the Zimbabwean ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, the merger will soon be able to hand over iPad units that can be charged through solar panels to students that are studying in rural areas around the country.
This plan is obviously to improve the level of education on remote schools. I think it’s a nice thing that Apple, whose known to steer clear of charity programs is now doing something to help the less fortunate countries.
Posted on October 19, 2011 with Comments Off
It seems like the demand for the iPhone 4S is far from reaching its peak as Apple has now put up the unit as a “Reservation only” product. This means that you just can’t walk-in on an Apple store to get one but rather you need to reserve your device at least a day in advance.
On Apple’s website it reads: “iPhone 4S is available in store by reservation only. Reserve yours after 9:00 p.m. tonight for pickup tomorrow. When you come in, you’ll choose a carrier and plan, and we’ll get your iPhone up and running before you leave the store.”
I just hope Apple catches up to the demand real soon.
It seems like the demand for the iPhone 4S is far from reaching its peak as Apple has now put up the unit as a “Reservation only” product. This means that you just can’t walk-in on an Apple store to get one but rather you need to reserve your device at least a day in advance.
On Apple’s website it reads: “iPhone 4S is available in store by reservation only. Reserve yours after 9:00 p.m. tonight for pickup tomorrow. When you come in, you’ll choose a carrier and plan, and we’ll get your iPhone up and running before you leave the store.”
I just hope Apple catches up to the demand real soon.
Posted on September 22, 2011 with Comments Off
If you think Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and other mainstream camera manufacturers have the smallest cameras around, you might wanna take a look at Hammacher’s “The World’s Smallest Camera”, yes it is named simply that and features a measurement of 1 1/8″ L x 1″ @ x 1 1/16″ D.
From the measurement, the camera can theoretically fit on the tip of one’s index finger. The camera features a 2MP image sensor which can shoot photos with a 1600 x 1200 resolution while a video capture feature fairs at a resolution of 640 x 480 at 30 fps which is still not bad for its size.
The camera is available to order from Chinavision for $99.95.
If you think Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and other mainstream camera manufacturers have the smallest cameras around, you might wanna take a look at Hammacher’s “The World’s Smallest Camera”, yes it is named simply that and features a measurement of 1 1/8″ L x 1″ @ x 1 1/16″ D.
From the measurement, the camera can theoretically fit on the tip of one’s index finger. The camera features a 2MP image sensor which can shoot photos with a 1600 x 1200 resolution while a video capture feature fairs at a resolution of 640 x 480 at 30 fps which is still not bad for its size.
The camera is available to order from Chinavision for $99.95.
Posted on September 20, 2011 with Comments Off
LG has announced today that they are working on an HD smartphone however, the company didn’t disclose the model name of the device. Despite of this, we think that it could be the LG LU6200. If so, then we can expect the new HD phone to come with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and a 4.5 inch HD display with a pixel resolution of 1280 x 720.
As some of you might already know, LG has signed a deal with Capcom to release a number of game titles that Capcom hold on the Android platform starting with the Street Fighter IV game.
LG has announced today that they are working on an HD smartphone however, the company didn’t disclose the model name of the device. Despite of this, we think that it could be the LG LU6200. If so, then we can expect the new HD phone to come with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and a 4.5 inch HD display with a pixel resolution of 1280 x 720.
As some of you might already know, LG has signed a deal with Capcom to release a number of game titles that Capcom hold on the Android platform starting with the Street Fighter IV game.