One word: Wow. Barely a month and a half after launching the TouchPad tablet, HP shocked the tech world Thursday by abruptly announcing (as reported by All Things Digital) that it will discontinue its iPad competitor—and not only that, it will also stop making any and...
As of this Sunday, new AT&T wireless customers will have but two options when it comes to text and picture messaging: either get an unlimited texting plan (for individual or families), or pay 20 cents (or more) for each and every message. That’s bad news for...
So, you’re at an Internet café with your iPad—the non-3G model—and all your want to do is check your email for a minute or two. But the only Wi-Fi plans offered by the café’s hotspot are by the hour, or the entire day. Ugh! Enter Skype and its new Skype...
Tinny and not nearly loud enough: that’s pretty much how I’d describe the iPad 2’s iffy speaker, which barely cuts it when it comes to watching a movie or a TV show—even in the quietest of bedrooms, mind you. Possible solution: a new clip-on tablet...
Click on Netflix’s brand-new “Just for Kids” tab and you’ll find a kid-friendly paradise populated by the likes of Hannah Montana, Dora the Explorer, and the Cookie Monster. Needless to say, neither Freddie Krueger nor Tony Soprano are invited....
In a first for Apple, the latest version of Mac OS X is available primarily as a download—a hefty 4 GB download, mind you, meaning those with poky Internet connections might be in for a long wait. Now there’s an alternative for Mac users who’d rather...
Here’s an iPhone speaker dock with a generous dose of old-world elegance. Spotted by the fashion-conscious techies at Chip Chick, the iSuppli Gramo by Ozaki boasts an elegant, no-nonsense design—no fancy knobs, dials, or digital readouts here—complete with a...
The first old-school BlackBerry with a new-fangled touchscreen will go on sale later this month; just don’t expect it to be cheap. Both Sprint and Verizon Wireless announced Monday that they’ll be selling the BlackBerry Bold 9930 for $249 with a two-year...
Apple’s biggest competitor in the smartphone market is poised to buy Motorola, the legendary handset maker behind the Motorola Droid and—once upon a time, anyway—the stylish Razr and the old-school StarTac. It’s huge news in the business of tech, of...
A shock-proof case for your smartphone is one thing, but how about sensors that can tell if you just dropped your $500 handset—plus a series of tiny airbags to cushion the fall? It’s a sounds-crazy-but-just-might-work kind of idea, and it comes from the mind of...
