Windows Phone for $99
AT&T has confirmed that the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone will go on sale April 8th for only $99 with a two-year contract. This is big improvement over the $800 bundles Nokia was selling the Lumia 800 for. The phone goes on preorder this Friday with two colors—black and cyan—available. We’ll see if this aggressive pricing fairs well for the Windows Phone...
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The Samsung Galaxy Note is big…relatively speaking. It’s the biggest smartphone currently on the market and has been dubbed by some as a phablet—part phone and part tablet. The larger screen is meant to make writing with Samsung’s stylus, called the “S-Pen” easier. Hence the note in Galaxy Note. The idea sort of makes sense; smartphones and tablets do a lot of the same things, so why not combine the two and cut down on your techy clutter? Unfortunately, the Note doesn’t seem to perform well as a smartphone or a tablet, so it might be a while before the phablet becomes a fad....
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Haiku Home Automation for HAI Developer: Nullriver, Inc. Price: $49.99 Compatibility: iPad and iPhone Description: Haiku combines HAI’s proven home automation controllers with iOS’s unbeatable user interface experience and versatility. This leverage brings the consumer a solid, user-friendly and convenient home automation interface that is as usable from anywhere in the world as it is from the comfort of your couch. Pros: Frequent updates, intuitive layout, great interface, easy setup Cons: No version for Android, reports of crashes after updating SnapLink Mobile Developer: Home...
read moreEspier Android App
Android users have long maintained that their phones offer many more options than the iPhone and now that list of options includes becoming an iPhone. The new Espier launcher perfectly mimics the iOS home screen on your Android phone and even includes some gesture controls. Of course, the real question is why you’d want an Android that acts like a iPhone, but at the very least the launcher can give you some (more) bragging rights over iPhone...
read moreIs There a Divorce App?
The internet is filled with stories of cheating spouses done in by their social networking accounts, but Apple may have set a new record for the fastest breakup due to an app. Merely four days after its release, info from the new Find My Friends app is being claimed as evidence in divorce proceedings. Find My Friends (FMF) is like a blend of Facebook and Google maps: you send someone a request through the app and, once they accept, you can see their location on a map. It sounds a little creepy to me, but Apple’s description makes it sound rather benign and even useful (assuming...
read moreiPhone/Galaxy Drop Test
The true measure of a smartphone isn’t how great the camera is or how many apps it has—it’s how durable it is when dropped. And it will be dropped. No matter how careful you are, it is the fate of every expensive gadget to be dropped (or worse) at least once in its lifetime. Luckily there are people out there who get a kick out of “testing” to how much abuse certain gizmos can take before they bust. Here’s SquareTrade’s iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S II drop test. This might be a little painful to watch for technophiles, but remember that it’s...
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