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MobileWhack’s Xmas Gadget Gift Guide

Paul Briggs — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:51:33 +0000

‘Tis the season! Here is MobileWhack’s Xmas gadget gift Guide this, below is a quick list of the latest consumer devices. I hope it’s useful. While we expect the new Kindles will make many people’s lists this year, below are five other products that show off the diversity of consumer devices enabled by Freescale including: [...]

Belkin Conserve Insight Energy Use Monitor Review–Keep An Eye On Your Meter Indoors

Steve Anderson — Fri, 27 May 2011 04:01:52 +0000

Last week we brought you the Belkin Conserve, which let you automatically shut off the power to certain devices you plugged into it. And now, we let you find out just how much power your devices are actually pulling with the Belkin Conserve Insight, which Belkin sent out for review. The Belkin Conserve Insight is [...]

Belkin Conserve Outlet Review–Keeping Your Devices Properly Powered

Steve Anderson — Fri, 20 May 2011 04:01:18 +0000

You may find it strange that I’m talking about an outlet in a space geared toward mobile electronics, but let’s face it: all our mobile gear, from our tablets to our cell phones, needs power. And sometimes, we burn a lot more power than we actually need on our devices, and the folks out at [...]

Android Market Will Now Allow 4GB Apps

Jeff Baker — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:52:21 +0000

There is a ton of buzz circulating regarding the various mobile platforms with much of the spotlight being focused on both Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Despite their varying user interfaces the biggest advantage both of these platforms have over the competition is the fact that they both have some of the most vibrant application stores on the [...]

Samsung Replenish is coming on May 8th from Sprint

Mark Rollins — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:15:48 +0000

Just a few days ago, we reported on the specs of Sprint’s First Eco-friendly Android phone, the Samsung Replenish, and we now have more, including this picture here. The Replenish is planning on joining the ranks of a lot of eco-friendly phones like the LG Remarq and the Samsung Restore. The Replenish is made from [...]

ecoATM recycles mobile gadgets for cash

Mark Rollins — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:41:24 +0000

I believe that we reported on the ecoATM sometime last October, and the company unveiled a new version at DEMO Spring 2011. For those who are not aware of it, it is a fully automated eCycling Station that has a built-in cash dispenser. The ideas is that people put in their used phone and get [...]

Motorola XOOM’s Processor Gets Overclocked to 1.5GHz – Video Included

Jeff Baker — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:20:43 +0000

While there are many different tablets expected to hit the airwaves in the next couple of months all eyes are currently on the Motorola XOOM powered by Google’s Android ‘Honeycomb’ 3.0 mobile platform. If you’re not familiar with this tablet, it features a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 1280 x 800 resolution, an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor clocked [...]

Google Chrome Powered Cr-48 Notebook Hacked to Work on AT&T’s 3G Network

Jeff Baker — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:48:13 +0000

If you’ve been paying attention you may remember that not too long ago Google began sending out the very first publicly available Chrome OS powered notebooks. This notebook is dubbed the Cr-48 and was only available to those who signed up for a special giveaway program. Anyways, if you were one of the lucky few who did manage to get their [...]

Google Launches eBook Store, Competes With Apple, Barnes & Noble, Amazon

Jeff Baker — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:11:10 +0000

E-readers are becoming quite popular with Apple touting the iPad’s eBook reading ability quite high not to mention dedicated devices from Barnes & Noble and Amazon like the Nook Color and Kindle, respectively. Each of the above mentioned companies not only push e-reader devices, but they also offer eBooks for sale through virtual retail outlets. [...]

Sudoku Deluxe Green Edition for mobile phones

Mark Rollins — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:25:17 +0000

Some of you might be big time Sudoku addicts, and the Sudoku Deluxe Green Edition is giving a good reason to play on your mobile phone. Mobile Deluxe has teamed up with Trees of the Future to make Sudoku Deluxe Green Edition. Together, they want to plant 100,000 new trees, and players of this app [...]