Archives for January, 2011

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Sprint: The First National Wireless Carrier in U.S. to Offer International 4G Roaming

Do you have Sprint service and travel outside of the U.S. often? If so, your carrier is the first U.S. carrier to offer you International 4G roaming service. Thanks to a deal Sprint just struck with Digicel and Global Mobile, you will have 4G International Roaming access in most places outside of the U.S.

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BLEEP The Cords with the Powermat Kit: EVO Edition!

Let’s face it: Charging sucks.

At the end of a long day, I’d often have at least four or five devices in need of a fill up: Cameras, MP3 Players, Cellphones, tablets, and even batteries! (External Batteries gotta charge somewhere!) Now, any average joe would shell out for the standard, circa 1980s power strip to plug in all the cables, and patiently plug each device in. However, the not-so-average-joe, like me, says “Bleep That Crap! I’m getting a PowerMat!”

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The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast for 01/27/11

Here is our cast from last Thursday, enjoy!

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RIM Blackberry 2011 CDMA Roadmap–6 New Devices

After weeks of speculation of new Blackberry devices, such as a touch screen bold or a new Storm, we finally have a tentative roadmap thanks to the users at Crackberry who got their hands on a couple of CDMA roadmap leaks. Also, a new device not previoulsy mentioned is a Touch Screen Curve, codenamed Malibu.

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Google’s Holding an Android, Honeycomb Event February 2nd

The title and image says it all. Google will be giving you an in-depth look at Honeycomb, demo devices and Android’s ecosystem February 2, 2011 at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.

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New Version of Angry Birds Coming Your Way

Are you a fan of Angry Birds? I know of several Android users who are and this is great news for you all. Rovio and 20th Century Fox have teamed up to develop a new version of Angry Birds based entirely on Rio. It’s supposed to be released to all app stores by March, including the Android Market hopefully.

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Motorola Atrix 4G To Have 1080p Video Capture Post-Launch, All For $150

We all know the Motorola Atrix 4G is one of the biggest and most anticipated Android phones coming soon to At&t. At launch, it will do 720p video capture, like most high-end Android phones out now. According to the Motorola Fact Sheet, there will be a post-launch software upgrade that will enable 1080p video capture.

If that’s not enough news to get you pumped about this phone, maybe the price tag will be. Sources are showing that this phone could sell for $150 at Costco and Amazon Wireless.

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UPDATE: VZNavigator VX in 3D from Verizon Wireless – Video

UPDATE: You thought we were joking didn’t you? Now that it’s been released take a look at the video on Youtube for an idea of just how good VZNavigator VX in 3D will be.

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UPDATE: AT&T – Now the largest carrier in the United States?

Folks, according to recent studies Verizon is no longer ahead of the game when it comes to having the most subscribers. Thanks to the iPhone, AT&T has now passed Verizon and taken their spot for being the largest carrier in the United States.

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UPDATED AT&T Focusing more on Android – Wanting to be #1

Update! It appears the two carriers are clashing for the title of #1 Read on to find out more about the discrepancies!

For months now users of AT&T have asked why aren’t there more high end Android devices available? Most of us imagine it’s because of the iPhone popularity, which is probably going to change soon. With AT&T no longer having the iPhone all to themselves they are finally putting more focus on Android devices.

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PPCGeeks Spotlight: s2w

Welcome to another edition of the PPCGeek Spotlight where we get enlightening perspectives and great insight from well known and successful community members and leaders. In this edition we highlight a very well known, respected and talented member of PPCGeeks.com, s2w.

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[TIP] Unsteady Streaming problem solved on Sprint EVO

Recently a member of PPCGeeks, Darklord, was having problems with his Sprint EVO and it’s streaming capabilities. Apparently the recent 3.70 update changed the settings on the EVO to something that disrupts streaming. He has given us details of his experience and told us how to fix it. If you have the Sprint EVO and streaming doesn’t work well, keep reading

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A new HTC buttonless device floating around the web

A new, HTC buttonless device has been denied it’s right to be kept a secret. Images have been taken and spread around the web like a wildfire. We can tell it’s a touchscreen device with, what looks like, no front facing camera. The image also shows a dual-LED flash, which reminds me of the Incredible. What about you?

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Update: Release dates for Samsung Vibrant 4G & Pics

Remember our recent review on the Samsung Vibrant 4G found here? That image was only a front view so here are more images and the release date, take a look.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 & Galaxy S 2 will be at the Mobile World Congress Show

Rumors of the Samsung Galaxy 2 Tablet and the Galaxy S 2 Tablet have been floating around recently and have been confirmed, according to the leaked image above, that they will be at the Mobile World Congress show next month.