Section: Audio, Accessories, Headphones, Portable Audio, Communications, Accessories, Cellphones, Smartphones 
If you are going to lay down a lot of money for the latest Apple product or smartphone, it is important to have nice headphones or earbuds that can match the quality of the product. The new Punch Plugs PP15MMi
by Rockford Fosgate are designed to work specifically with the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. It is important to note these earbuds are also compatible with other smartphones, not just specifically Apple products. The main difference between these earbuds and other conventional earbuds is its integrated microphone to take control of the device with just your voice. The microphone allows users to speak on the phone, switch the song, increase/decrease the volume, and pause the current song. The Punch Plugs PP15MMi sport 15mm dynamic drivers in order to provide superior audio quality. As you can tell from the picture above, it comes in a sleek black logo with the red logo printed on the outside of the earbud. Unfortunately, these sleek new earbuds do not come cheap, as they are priced at $129. The Punch Plugs PP15MMi are set to be available for retail starting in early July. Read [Rockford Fosgate] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, Portable Video  If there’s anything that the past year or so of movies, CES last January or the past week of E3 have taught us, it’s that 3D is apparently a big deal. We have 3D movies, TVs, sports, and now even handheld video game systems. However, until now there really hasn’t been much of a chance for most people to record anything in 3D.
Hammacher Schlemmer is looking to bring 3D to the masses with what could be the first 3D camcorder. The camcorder is capable of shooting both 3D movies and images, though with dual 3MP cameras, the video is only going to 640 x 480. With a 4 GB SD card, which isn’t included in the price, you can shoot 4 hours of 3D videos. However, you can really only shoot two hours at a time as the camcorder (which seems to lack a name) can only last for two hours on a single charge which takes six hours. The good news is that, like the Nintendo 3DS, the camcorder’s video doesn’t requie glasses when views on the included 7-inch media player. The idea of 3D video for everyone sounds nice, but Hammacher Schlemmer’s camcorder might no be the way to go. Until the screen technology behind the media player and the Nintendo 3DS can be applied to larger screens, it’s probably a good idea to just wait. 3D is expensive for everyone, and has a lot of opponents. Also, 640 x 480 video isn’t exactly the greatest and it still costs $600. If you really want to feel like James Cameron, it might be a good investment, but otherwise, 2D is still perfectly fine. Read [Wired] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Laptops, Networking, Wireless 
Similar to MiFi, the new Sony VAIO laptops in the Y and Z series support a feature known as Share My Connection which acts like a personal WiFi hotspot. Select models within these two new series allow for five different devices to connect via WiFi to “Share My Connection” in the Sony VAIO laptop. Devices that can connect via Share My Connection include PCs, other laptops, smartphones, cameras, etc. The secure connection ensures data privacy when connected on the portable network. When traveling, connecting to the web is essential and using something like SMC might save you a lot of money. In terms of laptop specs, the Z series features a 13.1 inch LED screen, optional Blu-ray player, and weighs only 3 pounds. The Y series comes with a slightly bigger screen - 13.3 inches. And since the Y series is designed for teenagers and young adults, it comes in five different colors (purple violet, fuchsia pink, pear green, teal blue and black), and will be available right before school starts again. Sony is currently taking pre-orders online and at select retailers. The Y series will cost $770, while the high-end Z series will cost $1950. Read [Sony] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile AT&T might finally have an Android phone worth buying. The carrier has been better known to rely mostly on the iPhone to sell its data plans to, but now, the Samsung Captivate is here to represent the rest of the mobile world. The Samsung Captivate’s specifications might sound a little familiar if you were to read them: 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 16GB of internal storage and Android 2.1 OS. Well that is because the Captivate IS the Galaxy S that we have been hearing about and was released this past week in Europe. While AT&T has been the first to announce it, rumors are still flying about that there will be multiple carriers for this phone. We have covered two of such rumors with Sprint and T-Mobile. But other sources such as Noah Kravitz from Phonedog are insisting that we should still expect the Galaxy to start being announced by other carriers. “I’m still hearing Galaxy S will come to T-Mo and Sprint .. and maybe Verizon, maybe ... AT&T just announced it first, is all”
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 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile 
We all knew it was coming. With the release of the Motorola Droid X coming next week, Verizon has decided to give the new superphone a page of its own. Other than the sounds of heavy machinery and epic animations, there is nothing but a picture of a phone, and some of its specs surrounding it. And of course, the taunting “Coming Soon” text that makes even the least of geeks a little anxious to see it in person. If you are interested in purchasing the new smartphone you can sign up for email updates. You can check out the Droid X page here. Full Story » | Written by Hunter Clarke for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile T-Mobile has recently unveiled the Nokia E73 Mode. The E73 Mode offers features such as 2.4 inch QVGA display at 320 x 240, full hardware QWERTY keyboard, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headphone jack and 5 megapixel camera with flash, digital zoom and video recording. Plus, you will also find Ovi Maps which comes touting free turn-by-turn directions. In short, buy a phone and get a GPS. In terms of pricing, expect to pay $69.99 on a two-year agreement. Though, its worth mentioning that the $69.99 price comes AFTER a $50 mail-in-rebate, which means you need to be prepared to shell out $119.99 at the time of purchase. Otherwise, you can also go contract free for $299.99 Finally, the Nokia E73 Mode is currently available. Product [T-Mobile] Via [Twitter @TMobile_USA] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile, Features 
Every timed out connection, every 404 error, every “site down for maintenance” cost Apple and AT&T money, as customers moved in to snap up the latest addition the uber-successful iPhone line. According to Apple, over 600,000 iPhone 4s were sold to the patient, early or just plain lucky customers. If the pre-sale had not been botched, how many more iPhone 4s would have sold? It’s a serious question and one we bet Apple is asking. Looking at the chart above, note that some figures are for opening weekend and some are pre sales, as they were for the iPhone 4 so it’s not all immediately comparable. From personal experience, I can tell you I and a bunch in my social circle, skipped the 3GS version as it just seemed a superfluous upgrade. iPhone 4 changed that for me, and apparently a bunch of other folks. AT&T says 13 million customers came ‘a knocking, checking their upgrade options. It is not clear if that’s unique or maybe 600,000 doing multiple attempts? AT&T said, “In addition to unprecedented pre-order sales, yesterday there were more than 13 million visits to AT&T’s website where customers can check to see if they are eligible to upgrade to a new phone; that number is about 3-times higher than the previous record for eligibility upgrade checks in one day.” Parsing that quote out, the seem to say 13 million folks checked their eligibility but could be read as the site att.com had 13 million visits. Go figure. 600,000 is a very small fraction of 13 million. If you take a generic (and probably flawed) conversion rate for electronics to be 1.2%, that’s 1.5 million iPhone 4 sold with the process working like magic. Apple and AT&T scored less than half that. That says, opening weekend (assuming there is stock) could sell another million iPhone 4s to loyal fans. However, if the pre-sale debacle was the last straw for some AT&T customers, the new Droid could look a lot more appetizing if only to escape to a competing network. What do you think? Did AT&T cost Apple a bundle of iPhones or is this on Apple too? Let us know in the comments. Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Networking, Software / Applications, Peripherals, Storage We are quickly reaching a point where a smartphone’s local memory might become irrelevant. Case in point: Pogoplug for Android 2.0. This new and nifty app allows Pogoplug users to stream media and files from their Pogoplug connected machines, freeing up local storage. The Pogoplug 2.0 Android app is available today. What is Pogoplug? Our Robert Nelson describes the unit, “it allows the user to hook up an external hard drive via a USB connection and then be able to access that content from anywhere you may be…Simply plug the device into the wall, plug in an Ethernet cable and external USB drive and you are all set. After than the data is accessible through Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder. Honestly, I cannot wait to get some hands-on time because it almost sounds like it is too easy.” With the new Android app, users can quickly search, find and stream music and video over their data connection. Users can upload images and videos right from their Android phones and easily share those via the Pogoplug app. Additionally, thanks to Pogoplugs ability to connect multiple USB drives, uses can search across all connected drives easily and quickly; even creating new folders on the fly. In a Gadgetell review, Iyaz Akhtar had this to say, “If you want a drop-dead easy way to access your files on the Internet, the Pogoplug is hard to beat. The web interface is powerful, yet simple.” Pogoplug is $129 available at Fry’s and Amazon. Product page: [Pogoplug] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Its no secret at this point that you can often find a phone cheaper with a third party retailer as opposed to the carrier. One of which cases happens to be with Amazon given they often have phones for one penny. Well, such is the case with the AT&T branded Palm Pre Plus which has recently been dropped in price (again) and is now sitting at one penny on a two-year agreement. In addition, from now until June 30th you will also get free activation, which means an additional $36 savings. In short, if you were considering picking up am AT&T Palm Pre Plus—shop Amazon instead of direct with AT&T. Product [Amazon] Via [PreCentral] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Web, Google Android has constantly been under attack for having such a disparity in the number of users that use the latest version of the OS. Back in early May, just over one-third of all users were using Android 2.1, which was pretty sad. Now with newer phones being released running the latest, and some older phones getting upgraded, that percentage has changed for the better. According to Google fully 50% of all Android users are on version 2.1. In the other 50%, we have 25% of users on Android 1.6, 24.6% running Android 1.5 and .4% between Android 2.0 and 2.0.1. Certainly not bad, especially compared to where those numbers were before. Google, of course, wants to keep as many users as possible using the latest version of Android. That’s why they are taking steps to make upgrades easier with the next update, and why it’s said that Google is looking into making skins like Sense UI and Motoblur unnecessary with Gingerbread (2.2). There is promise with Android that someday a majority of users will use the latest OS version, especially when the updates slow down, making them easier to rollout before the next version shows up. As it stands now, updates can be a cause of frustration for users, especially when apps like the official Twitter for Android app are only available to the latest version while they’re stuck on Android 1.6 or 1.5. Of course, it’s probably not as bothersome to some as the constant stream of new hardware that makes phones released just weeks before look obsolete. Read [Android Developers] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Yesterday afternoon we saw HTC tweet some information regarding the HTC Desire smartphone coming to the US market. At that time they left us with a pretty general statement which said that the Desire would be coming to select regional operators in August. Well, in a nice little follow up to that, one of those regional operators have come forward with a press release of their own. That carrier is Cellular South and they have announce that the HTC Desire would be available both online and retail stores “soon.” Unfortunately no specific date was given, and in addition the pricing was also left a mystery. All things considered, this looks to be a pretty nice handset for a regional carrier, after all the HTC Desire is sporting a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 5 megapixel camera, 3.7 inch display (480 x 800) and Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense UI on top. Read [Yahoo! Finance] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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