Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers, Gadgets / Other For those of you who have been waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Tab to arrive on Sprint, well you’re waiting will soon be over. To be exact, you can stop waiting starting on November 14. We’ve received words from Sprint that the Samsung Galaxy Tab will be available on that day from select Sprint Stores, Business Sales, Web Sales and telesales at 1-800-SPRINT1. Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Tab offering will set you back for $399.99 (exclusive of taxes), provided that you’ll get a new line, or upgrade your existing line and enter into a two-year service agreement with Sprint under its 3G Tablet Mobile Broadband plan. For that plan, you’ll have an option to get either a 2GB data plan with unlimited messaging which will cost you $29.99 per month or a 5GB data plan with unlimited messaging which will cost you $59.99 per month. And to help you rest easy knowing the fact that November 14 is still three weeks away, you might want to pre-order the said tablet as early as now. Participating Sprint Stores are now accepting pre-orders with the condition that you purchase a $50 worth of Sprint gift card. Right after you pre-order, your name will be added to the possibly long list of customers who will be contacted by Sprint for another appointment to purchase the Samsung Galaxy Tab come November 14. So, there you go folks. Better check it out with your favorite Sprint stores to get first dibs on the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Tab. Product [Sprint] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks  Amazon always likes to point out just how popular it’s Kindle is. That popularity only seems to increase with each successive model. Without publishing hard numbers, Amazon is content to tell us that the new Kindle is the fastest-selling yet.
it seems that the new Amazon Kindle, in the few weeks of October 2010, has already outsold the Kindle 2’s numbers from Q4 2010. SO the new Kindle has sold as much in just over three weeks as the Kindle 2 sold in the three busiest months of the year. That’s not just impressive, it’s almost staggering. The only reason it’s “almost” staggering is because Amazon still refuses to announce just how many units its moved oft he eBook reader. Anecdotal evidence would say the number is in the millions, but it’s impossible to say. Still, selling a quarter’s worth of units in three weeks of October is something to be proud of. For customers, it means you should get your holiday Kindle orders in soon, in case there’s even more delays this year. Along with the announcement of Kindle sales being way up, Amazon has announced that it’s selling Kindle books very fast as well. Amazon customers are now buying 2 Kindle editions books for every one one physical copy of a bestseller. That’s hardcover and paperbacks combined. That number only applies to bestsellers, however, there’s nothing about books that aren’t in at least the top 1,000 bestsellers on Amazon. That number will probably go up even more this quarter as more people get Kindles as holiday presents. Read [Business Wire] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile This is not the first time we have heard word of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 coming to T-Mobile, however this is the first time the rumors have come with a date of release. Of course, rumor is the key word here. But that aside, it looks like the Bold 9780 is going to come available as of November 14th. Otherwise, the Bold 9780 will arrive touting the latest and greatest in terms of BlackBerry—Blackberry 6. The other features will include a 2.44 inch display, 624MHz processor, 512MB RAM, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, digital zoom and LED flash. Via [TmoNews] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Netbooks Jolicloud, the web-focused OS is coming soon to desktops, but it seems the company has no plans to leave the netbook completely. Today on Twitter Jolicloud founder and CEO, Traiq Krim, posted photos of what could be a Jolicloud-branded netbook. According to Liliputing, Krim has said that the Jolicloud netbook “is real,” but wouldn’t say anything more than that. On top of that, TechCrunch is saying that Jolicloud could be working with a manufacturer to create a “social netbook” aimed at the 12-25 age range. The idea would be simple in that you boot up the netbook, log in via Facebook Connect, and it imports your social graph for you. While no specs or manufacturer has yet been named, if both blogs are to be believed, we can expect a fairly inexpensive Jolicloud netbook sometime in the near future. The big question, however, is how a Jolicloud netbook can succeed in the current market of tablets and the looming Chrome OS. Jolicloud does allow users to install standard Linux apps as well as net apps, unlike Chrome OS, and is more adept at certain tasks than tablets. That doesn’t mean many people would like a Linux-base, web-focused netbook over the web-centric Chrome OS or a tablet like the Galaxy Tab or iPad. Read [Liliputing] and [TechCrunch] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Just like that, it looks like another image along with some basic specs have been revealed for an upcoming Verizon Wireless release. You can see the image above, but perhaps a little more important are some of the specs, namely the LTE support. Sadly though, the details are coming by way of what we can see in the image and not a full leak. That said, the device has LG branding and is said to be running Android. Otherwise, it will be sporting an HD quality camera, front facing camera, Wi-Fi, DLNA, a few hardware controls such as volume rocker and what appears to be a rather decent-sized display. Via [Engadget] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Computers, Mobile Computers, Software / Applications Just a few days after Apple announces the Mac App Store, Adobe has decided an store of it’s own in conjunction with a platform to brings apps to almost every screen in the house. Adobe is launching Air 2.5 which is compatible with phones, tablets, TVs and of course, PCs, and Adobe InMarket to bring Air apps to all those platforms. Adobe Air 2.5 will run on most platforms that support Flash, including all desktops OSes, Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS, and even TVs. Air also supports iOS in that apps made in Air can be ported in the same way Flash apps can be. The new version of Air includes everything you’d expect to see in a mobile-friendly environment: accelerometers, multi-touch, gestures, cameras, microphones, geo-location and hardware acceleration. To distribute the apps made with Air 2.5, Adobe has InMarket. InMarket will handle everything that isn’t app-making for developers such as distribution to other app stores, credit card processing, hosting and marketing. All of that, and Adobe only asking for a 30/70 split just like Apple. The first store that Adobe has partnered with is Intel’s AppUp. AppUp, you may recall is Intel’s plan for getting apps to Windows and MeeGo netbooks. Not sure when we’ll start to see all of these new Air 2.5 apps, but it seems that we can expect to see some on the Samsung SmartTV when it launches early next year. Read [Business Wire] Via [Engadget] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones 
It is a concept by an artist that is in no way (as far as we know) associated with Apple. This concept, shows us where Apple may be headed next, a bigger screen. As the phone with just one model (assuming Mr. White iPhone keeps standing us up), part of Androids attraction has to be bigger screens. This concept, created by Archil Vardidze, addresses larger-screen competition but also adds other features. The phone continues down Apple’s plan of obsessively dieting all it’s gadgets. The phone addresses antennae-gate but confusing says the antennaes are external - yet eliminating the death grip by forces unseen. Okey-dokey. While we are in fantasy land, Vardidze envisions a solar panel on the backside of the phone. The powerbutton gets moved from the top to the side and a new side slide-in charger looks interesting. Sadly, Verdidze doesn’t see a Verizon iPhone in the next two years, as his mock up shows only AT&T. Stupid fantasy land. Points to Vardidze for jumping the iPhone 5 hype and skipping right to 6. All eyes are now on iPhone 7 concepts. Stay tuned. Read: [Design Blog] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks While we are waiting for the official word to come out of the press event tomorrow night, we are being treated to some early information regarding the Nook Color. It looks like an image, or at least a mock up of the Nook Color has been revealed. And interestingly enough, that image was revealed by none other than Barnes & Noble. It seems that the Barnes & Noble website was showing off a Nook Color accessory product page (link has since been taken down) and the above image made an appearance. Needless to say, the event is tomorrow night so one way or another we will have all the details sooner rather than later. Read [CNET] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, Content, DVD/DVR/Blu-ray, HDTV, Portable Video, Video Providers, Features, Originals 
Netflix made news last week when CEO Reed Hastings declared, “In fact, by every measure, we are now primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail”. Today, Robert Nelson reported Netflix is doing more pricing tests that will probably lead to a higher price for all customers. However, I’ve read through the Q3 report and Q&A (PDF) and I can safely tell you there is no proof that Netflix will move into new movie rentals, currently iTunes, Amazon and others turf. But I think they will. Why? Simple, Netflix has spent and will continue to spend loads to get loaded on as many screens as possible. That has to be their competitive advantage, the company’s pervasiveness, as DVD rentals (mailing and shipping) decline. In fact, despite a 52% growth in customers, there was only a 10% correlating gain in DVD shipments. Netflix is quick to point out that for the company that means shipping more DVDs, however it would be disingenuous to say mailing DVDs is on the decline per user. So we’re all hooked in Netflix streaming and by all, I mean 66% of Netflix users; that’s 2/3rds. If Netflix is working to get on every screen you own, has more and more of users streaming every day, why stick to the back catalog? Why not push up a “New Movie” section and ding our credit cards (which they hold) for $4.99 like the cable company? Netflix is at the door selling old movies, why not grab a new one? I can think of three possible explanations why they would avoid this. One, streaming is a new far-out toy for Netflix and this idea wasn’t part of the ship movies on DVD concept - so it’s taboo. Two, there’s no money in new movies -old movies, that’s where the money is. Three, doing so makes them a direct competitor to the cable companies, many of whom provide the gateway for Netflix to get into your house. Biting the hand that feeds you is often seen as bad business. If streaming is to become the lifeblood of Netflix, getting barred (ala Google TV style) would have major negative repercussions. Netflix worries about bumping into subscribers data caps on products like the iPad and even in homes as it is. Sandvine says Netflix is already 1 in 5GB of data transferred during primetime. Perhaps fearing retribution by Cable companies trying to rent new releases drives them to maintain their co-dependent status. It’s much easier to insist Netflix business compliments the cable companies and thus is permitted to live rather than to become a target that big cable will look to destroy. Netflix subscribers, I suspect, would prefer to purchase new releases from Netflix? Why? Personal opinion here: Netflix is the good guy. I am not a huge fan of my cable company - they get an awful lot of my money. Netflix however makes me feel like I am getting a deal. Cheaper (when I signed up) than Blockbuster (now closed), and they keep adding screens I can watch them on for free (iPhone, Wii, TiVo). I feel like they are on my side and I suspect I am not alone. If not just for asking me how my streaming went after many sessions, you get that warm and fuzzy feelings and it’s one of the few surveys I answer - thats how much I like them. That said, I’d feel good about giving them $4.99ish for a Iron Man 2 today. Is it a path they will follow? They are not hinting at it and no questions go through this call that suggest it is. It will be interesting to see if they can avoid the New Release rental call. Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers Earlier this month, Verizon Wireless announced the Motorola Droid Pro, which is an Android smartphone with a BlackBerry-esque form factor. It is obviously designed to attract BlackBerry uses who would probably enjoy an Android phone with a familiar BlackBerry style. Another thing the Pro has going for it is its ability to work overseas as it features a CDMA and GSM chipset. Even though the phone was announced a while ago, pricing has yet to be announced, but a test page put up by Verizon tells us it could cost $299 on a two year contract. In case you can stomach the $299, how about a $700 off contract pricing? There is good reason to believe that the price tag is simply a default number that will be changed once the phone is ready to launch, or this could be the real pricing come November 11. It’s hard to know for sure how much a CDMA/GSM chipset would cost, but $299 is pretty expensive for a phone with only mediocre specs. Via [Droid-Life] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, Video Providers, Web, Online Music/Video  Netflix finally became available for those in Canada not that long ago, except the service rolled out as streaming only with no option to get DVD’s by mail. And of course, that caused some here in the US to feel a sudden sense of jealousy and anger that a similar plan was not available for them. Then more recently, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stated how they were “primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail.” Given both of those it would only seem fitting that a streaming only option would make an appearance, however it looks like Netflix is simply raising the prices on the current plans by $1 per month at this point. The details are coming by way of Engadget who managed to get a screenshot reflecting pricing of $9.99, $14.99 and $17.99 for the one, two and three DVD at a time plans. Granted, the $1 price increase could just be the pre-cursor for an $8.99 per month streaming only plan. Though, that aside, I could not see why anyone would drop to streaming only and only save a buck. Personally I would rather pay the $1 per month and just have the DVD by mail option available. Either way though, it looks like a streaming only option should be available for those in the US shortly. Via [Engadget] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile  Interested in a slimmed down version of the HTC Evo 4G with a possible slider keyboard? Look no further than the HTC Knight, a new phone which is rumored to hit Sprint in the coming weeks. The unknown Android device is said to pack a 3.7 inch touch screen and something that slides, quite possibly a slider QWERTY keyboard. If you take a look at the image above, you’ll notice the undeniable HTC and Sprint logo on the top left and top right, respectively. On the bottom of the device are soft buttons characteristic of Android devices - home, options, back, and search.
Now, BGR recently received an image of an internal screenshot regarding accessories for the HTC Knight. The only accessory listed seems to be a phone cover, which isn’t all that exciting—I agree. However, the image seen below shows a date of 1/6/2011 and why would an accessory launch well before or well after the launch of its intended product? Therefore, it is reasonable to assume the HTC Knight will launch sometime in January, and possibly even the sixth of January. Lastly, BGR has been told that the phone will be marketed as the HTC Speedy. I prefer the name HTC Knight to the HTC Speedy. Read [XDA-Developers] Read [BGR] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers It looks like we have seen the first details in terms of the Wi-Fi only Samsung Galaxy Tab, though these are not yet officially confirmed. Instead the details are coming by way of the Pocketables blog who have obtained some nice images showing off the Wi-Fi only tab. And in top of that it lists the device as coming in silver (as opposed to the black we have seen with carrier branding) and that it will be selling for $499.99. No word on the release date, however some are suggesting it could be November 14th. Via [Pocketables] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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