Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile 
Our Canadian friends who are longing for a Palm smartphone gets their early Christmas treat from Rogers as the new Palm Pre 2 has been outed and is now available for sale. Yes our dear friends in Canada who have been waiting for this smartphone to arrive, the time has come. You can now own this Palm phone running on the latest HP webOS 2.0 which is said to have made this the fastest Palm smartphone yet. Palm Pre 2 is being offered by Rogers on its various voice and data plan which would entail you to spend as low as CAD $99. Of course you should know by now that for that to happen you need to sign up for a new three-year contract with Rogers. If you don’t mind that requirement, then go ahead, hit on that “order now” button on the product link below to get your brand new Palm Pre 2 just in time for Christmas. If you’re still undecided, how about if we give you a quick rundown of the Palm Pre 2’s specs? Here we go - 3.1-inch multi-touch screen with HVGA display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, direct push technology, built-in GPS, 5MP camera with LED flash, accelerometer, 16GB on-board memory, and upt to 5 hours talk time and 350 hours standby time. Product [Palm Pre 2] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Email / IM, Smartphones, Mobile Verizon has just announced the launch of its enhanced mobile email solution - Mobile Email 4.0. This updated email service brings in an enhanced way of accessing e-mail on a wide range of feature phones including - LG Octane, LG Cosmos Touch, Samsung Zeal and many other phones that don’t fall into the smartphone category. Verizon’s Mobile Email 4.0 automatically pushes e-mails to customers’ feature phones so you don’t need to refresh your devices to see new incoming e-mail. It also integrates with your personal and corporate e-mail using a single device through Microsoft Exchange Email. You’d also get all your contacts in one place so you can stay connected to anyone. Plus, the Mobile Email 4.0 also now has a fully redesigned interface featuring a sleek new look and easier navigation scheme including an easier way of uploading attachments from your My Pix folder or memory card. Other features include Outlook Calendar Sync. Mobile Email 4.0 is available on Verizon with a monthly fee of $5 with a Pay as You Go data option. It is also include on a $15 or higher Verizon data package. Read [Verizon News] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers As early as now, many are predicting that we will be seeing quite a number of new tablets that will be previewed at the upcoming CES 2011 event happening on January 6. The latest news that have surfaced was broken out by Fox News reporting that HP is planning to unveil their own tablet device under the Palm branding. The report also mentioned about the spec sheets of the said Palm tablet complete with a diagram of how it might look like. According to the spec sheets, the HP Palm tablet which we will tentatively call the PalmPad will have three versions differentiated by hardware specs. The three PalmPad models will of course run on WebOS with the version being 2.5.1. Also, said tablets are actually spin-off of the once rumored HP Slate which was shelved off. Other juice details about this PalmPad include - one consumer version running on Sprint’s 4G network with hardware specs almost the same with that of the iPad, HDMI port, front- and rear-facing cameras with LED flashes for both, USB 3.0, multi-switch, 8.9-inch display and 9.8-inch LCD, again almost similar with that of the iPad. But of course, these details are all unofficial and we will have to wait until January 6 before we can finally see whether HP really has something that could be a worthy opponent of the iPad. One thing is for sure, there is going to be a renewed tablet wars during the CES 2011 event. And we will make sure to bring you the latest and freshest news during the said event. So stay tuned! via [FoxNews] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones Until now Microsoft hasn’t exactly been all that forthcoming with sales figures for Windows Phone 7. Now, six weeks after the launch of the new smartphone OS we have some numbers, and compared to other smartphones they’re not incredibly impressive. After six weeks of being on the market, Microsoft has sold 1.5 million units to retailers. That doesn’t mean that 1.5 million people are currently using the OS, in fact it probably means the number of units sold to consumers is fairly low. Compare Microsoft’s number to the 1.7 million iPhone 4s sold in the first three days, and things aren’t necessarily looking good for Microsoft. These numbers don’t mean that Windows Phone 7 won’t end up being a strong contender down the line. Microsoft is working to improve the OS, with copy & paste and other features scheduled to come early next year, and multitasking to come sometime down the line. This is an entirely new OS which could use a bit of work, and Microsoft seems committed to making it work just as well as iOS and Android over time. Read [SlashGear] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, Video Providers 
Using cable boxes can be annoying, especially trying to navigate through those sluggish menus using the remotes that seem to confuse a lot of people, and annoy others. If you have FiOS and an iPad, Verizon has just made it much simpler to control your set-top box.
Today Verizon launched it’s second iPad app, this one let’s you interact with your HD set-top box by just using your iPad. With the app you can set the DVR, browse channels, look though the On Demand content, and generally just use your iPad as a remote control. The only thing the app doesn’t seem to allow is content viewing, you still need to watch your FiOS content on a TV, but you can control that TV from just about anywhere. Controlling your DVR from anywhere isn’t exactly a new thing, and isn’t really all the exciting. The idea of being able to control any HD box in your house from an iPad is interesting, however. It might cause a few arguments in a family setting, but it could be worthwhile for the chance to ditch the annoying remote in favor of a much more manageable and intuitive experience. Read [Verizon FiOS Mobile App] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, Content, Video Providers  According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, it looks like Hulu is not going forward with plans for an IPO and instead are going to focus on other ways to bring in money, which could be anything from more paid plans to current owners putting up more money. As for the additional paid plans, these are said to be ones in addition to the current Hulu Plus, though nothing specific as to what those would offer or how much they would cost. Of course, the company declined to comment and these reports are coming by way of “people familiar with the matter.” That said, Hulu did state that they are on track to generate $260 million in revenue this year. Personally, I am a Hulu Plus subscriber, and a happy one at that, but would still be interested in seeing more content come available because at present this setup would not allow me to cancel my cable subscription and it simply gets used in conjunction with.
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 Section: Video, Accessories, HDTV, Computers, Laptops, Wireless, Reviews, Features, Originals It is pretty rare that we review the same item twice, but that seems to be the case with the Negear Push2TV adapter. For those who missed the first review, you can read that by clicking here. And just to stay in full disclosure mode, this notebook and adapter were provided by Intel. That said, while the adapter worked fine during the first review and we were more than happy with the setup process and the actual use we still wanted to see what the difference would be on various televisions using various connections and at varying resolutions. In short, we used this on a 720p set, a 1080p set and tried using both HDMI and regular RCA cables for connection. Plus, Intel released an updated driver and that was part of the reasoning behind the second look. So first things first, the updated driver and the installation process—slightly annoying to say the least. We were told to head to the website, and figured we would have a file to download and install and maybe even a reboot. Needless to say, there are four files to download and install and a restart between each one is described as being “important.” In summary, the end result was just fine, however the process was long enough that had I just been a regular user and things were going fine (as they were) I would have passed. But to be fair, one of those four was limited to the specific notebook that we are using. Anyway, moving past the download and install driver update process and we still really like this setup. Granted it is not something that we would find use for everyday, but for the ease of setup, ease of use and decent price tag it seems like a win overall and nice to have available. Getting back to the further testing, like mentioned earlier, we tried this using regular RCA cables and an HDMI cable and we tested on a set that maxed out at 720p and a set with 1080p. Given that, I am sure you can guess the end result—the 1080p set with an HDMI cable was the best. But then again I am not sure how surprising that would be. End message here, the Netgear Push2TV adapter will work on 720p with regular cables, but it would not be recommended by us. Of course, that rational was based on watching something where color was more important, such as video. In other words, if you are using this to show off your display for text or a simple presentation, then this would not be anything to worry about. And lastly, the updated drivers seemed to help things out a little bit. Upon firing the machine and television up for some testing, it seemed as if there was a little less of a delay from when you do something on the notebook to when it shows on the screen. Without getting all that scientific, it seems to have cut the delay from around 2-3 seconds to maybe 1 second. Read more [Netgear Push2TV] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Radio Shack seems to be riding their smartphone sales all the way through this holiday season. The latest deals are coming on a few smartphones and also include a free Bluetooth headset on any post-paid phone purchase. The offers seem rather simple and include two fairly nice Android smartphones. Offer one is a $49.99 Samsung Captivate smartphone, which comes with a two-year AT&T agreement. Offer two means a discounted HTC EVO 4G with a trade-in. This will require you to trade-in any working cell phone in order to receive a $100 credit, which means you will get an HTC EVO 4G for $99. And yes, this one also comes with a two-year agreement, which in this case is Sprint. Lastly, the free headset offer—buy any post-paid phone and get a Plantronics Explorer 240 Bluetooth headset for free. Via [AndroidGuys] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 FROM HOMETECHTELL - According to the New York Times, Google is pulling the plug on Google TV’s big coming out party at CES next month. The timing is unfortunate, of course, for vendors like LG, Toshiba, and Sharp, who were geared up to flaunt their GTV-equipped wares. But with reviews somewhat mixed so… MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile Ever since I began using the Swype virtual keyboard on Android I have a hard time adjusting to other virtual keyboards. Yup, I like it that much, and while I often talk about it with friends, I am not able to often actually recommend it because the keyboard is in beta, and a closed beta at that. Well, in a little bit of good news, the Swype team have opened up the beta for any and all that want to sign up. Just make sure you do so before they get enough users and close the doors again. That said, if you want to get Swype on your Android smartphone, hit the ‘read’ link below and click on the ‘register’ button. Read [Swype] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Laptops, Netbooks 
Anybody here who has been eyeing the Fujitsu Lifebook T580, well it’s your lucky day. Said tablet netbook is now available for sale from the Fujitsu online store. For those who are not aware of the Fujitsu Lifebook T580, let me just inform you that it’s a 10.1-inch tablet PC which weighs 3 lbs and carries a price tag of a whooping $1,149. In addition, this tablet packs in an Intel Core i3-380UM processor, 160GB of HDD, 2GB of RAM, and 5,800mAh six-cell battery. If you want more powerful configuration you can bump its processor the Core i5-560UM, provided you are willing to pay $250 extra. Other standard features of these two models of Fujitsu Lifebook processor include - integrated Bluetooth wireless, biuilt-in web camera, embedded Fingerprint Sensor, and spill-resistant keyboard with touchpad. Ready to take the plunge and splurge? Common now, stop convincing yourself that you don’t want it because you actually do. Don’t mind the high price of this tablet, it’s all worth the money you’d be spending. Product [Fujitsu Lifebook T580] Via [Slashgear] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Web, Web 2.0 / Social Networking, Websites Over the weekend we mentioned the profile page site that recently opened up for everyone, About.me. And as of now it looks like anyone who created a profile now has a profile page with AOL. Yup, AOL and About.me have confirmed the deal—About.me is now an AOL property. Talk about what seems to be a rather quick turn around time for something like that. That said, regardless of what you may think of AOL based on the past they seem to be moving past that reputation given they own some rather nice properties in the tech industry at this point. Lets just hope they keep About.me moving in a forward motion because at present it seems to have some potential as a nice landing page where people can easily find you. Plus, the name just makes so much sense—About Me. Read [TechCrunch] and [Tony Conrad] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, Content, HDTV It looks like the Apple TV launch did some good for a company other than Apple. According to Anthony Wood, the CEO of Roku, their sales doubled after Apple announced the latest Apple TV. Pretty good for a device that many were expecting to have trouble after the Apple TV announcement. Wood went on to mention that the help came because Apple has the name recognition and they simply made more people aware of that category of product. Makes sense, and at the same time the Roku boxes probably seem more appealing to some based at least in part due to the price, for most models it is less expensive than the Apple TV. And that aside, it looks like things are going to continue moving well for Roku. They are expecting to sell their millionth box before the end of the year and are projecting $50 million in revenues this year with a $100 million in sales next year. Read [Business Insider] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Web  A leaked presentation from two media giants, Allot Communications and Openet, could mean some serious issues for the future of the internet. Were this devious plan to come to fruition, this could potentially be the end of net neutrality as we know it. Just a week ago, the idea of regulating the internet was in no way an inevitable future for us. Upon seeing what these two companies have been concocting, my skepticism has has quickly turned to fear.
One of the slides in the presentation suggests a $0.50 USD/month YouTube access fee, a $0.02 USD/MB Facebook access rate, and roughly a $3.95 Skype access fee. This will undoubtedly be the end to uploading pictures to Facebook. Flickr, here we come! Oh wait, that’s not going to work either. The larger companies will be able to offer competing social networking, music and other various sites free of charge while their competitors will come coupled with a fee. Why pay $0.02/MB to use Facebook when you can use a new Verizon branded social networking site for free? This will work perfectly to drive traffic to the sites of companies that are already at the top while crushing up and coming websites.  Take a look at this piece of work. So what happens if you accidentally click on the preview button? Are users still going to be required to pay for the price of the movie because that would suck.
What are you thoughts on the situation? Do you think net neutrality could actually be a benefit to the future of the web? Let us know what you think in the comments section. Read [DailyTech] Full Story » | Written by Tarun Kunwar for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile It looks like the good news has come form Nexus One users, you will be getting Android 2.3 and you will not have to wait all that long. The details come from the @googlenexus Twitter account and spell it out rather simply; The Gingerbread OTA for Nexus One will happen in the coming weeks. Just hang tight!
I guess a quick update timeframe is one of the perks of owning the Nexus One and the same should apply to the Nexus S in the future. Of course, as most likely realize, the Nexus S launched with Gingerbread so no need for an update just yet. Read [Twitter @googlenexus] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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