Archive for the ‘IT Gadgets’ Category

iPad 2 Expected to Launch in April 2011

DigiTimes announced on Tuesday that Foxconn is set to begin shipping the 2nd generation iPad within 100 days. Additionally, it is believed that the production cycle to create the iPad 2 is more efficient. If this is true, there can be anywhere between 400,000 to 600,000 units ready for shipping as early as February 2011. [...]

Galaxy Tab Vs. iPad: Who Will Be the Holiday Winner?

The debate begins and competition has finally arrived for the infamous iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab has touched down and is already making a nice sized splash. With distinguishing characteristics that could make each device a favorite, the key is that each device is very different. The Galaxy Tab, which can be found at T-Mobile, Sprint, [...]

Application on Android Phone Helps Find Carjacker

In Patterson, N.J., Stalin Guzman was leaving to get his family some food when a strange man approached him flashing a gun and asking for the keys to his car.  Luckily for Guzman his phone was coincidently left in the car and equipped with the Lookout application. The android application is primarily used to protect [...]

Samsung: Galaxy Tab Tablet Computer Sales Over One Million Units

Samsung launched its Galaxy Tab Tablet in mid-October and has already sold over one million units. The seven-inch device known to insiders as an early competitor to Apple’s ipad, began selling in the U.S. in mid-November. Utilizing Google’s Android operating system, the Galaxy Tab is being distributed by U.S. wireless giants – Verizon Wireless, Sprint, [...]

Xbox Kinect Sells 2.5 Million Units in One Month

In less than a month, Microsoft has sold over 2.5 million Xbox Kinect. To make things even better, sales of the new gaming system have been staying consistent. Microsoft believes that the “strong demand over Black Friday” was a big reason why they were able to get the Xbox Kinect into millions of homes in [...]

Microsoft: More than 2.5 Million Xbox Kinects Sold in First Month

Microsoft has experienced a huge first month for their long awaited Xbox Kinect, exceeding 2.5 million in sales in just the first month. The device, aimed to appeal to the novice gamer, runs $150 and allows users to play video games without the use of a controller. Comparatively Apple sold only 1 million iPads in [...]

Zynga’s CityVille Could be the Next FarmVille

Social gaming sensation Zynga, developer of FarmVille, revealed that they will be creating a new game that will be just as addicting – City Ville Zynga announced Wednesday that they will be releasing a beta version of City Ville within the next couple of weeks, available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. The game [...]

Google Voice is now an iPhone App

It was announced Tuesday that Apple will now start carrying Google’s voice app for the iPhone. Google Voice is an app that allows it users to utilize a new phone number so they can received forward calls, organize their voicemails, messages, and their call logs. Google first submitted their app to Apple back in June [...]

Android Phone Could Replace Credit Cards

According to Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt, the next wave of Android phones, which are set to be released in the next couple of weeks, could possibly replace credit cards. Schmidt announced at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that Android 2.3, also known as Gingerbread, can combine location services with a touch screen [...]

Facebook May Offer E-mail Services

Rumors have been flying around about Facebook launching a web-based email service, which would be similar to Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo Mail. Facebook already enables users to communicate internally between their 500 million users, however, the web-based e-mail service would allow the Facebook-ers to communicate with non-users by using an “@facebook.com” e-mail address. The social [...]