Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Web, Websites The HTC Inspire 4G, which is currently on sale with AT&T for $99 on a two year contract, is being offered on Amazon Wireless for $59.99 for new subscribers and $69.99 for current AT&T customers. While the price difference on Amazon Wireless is not as deep as we have seen with some past devices, it’s still a nice discount for anyone looking to pick up a very capable Android smartphone on AT&T. Recently announced at CES 2011, the HTC Inspire features a 4.3 inch touch screen, 1GHz single core processor, 768MB of RAM, 4G connectivity, Android 2.2, 8MP rear facing camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 720p video capture, and 8GB of onboard memory. The only feature missing, in my opinion, is a front facing camera, but the Inspire certainly has the specs to make up for it. Check it out [Amazon Wireless] Via [BGR] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile As announced a couple of days ago, the HP Pre 2 is now available for online purchase from Verizon Wireless. This officially seals the fact that there is now an officially available webOS 2.0-powered smartphone in the market. And just as we reported, HP Pre 2 will carry a price tag of $149.99 after a mail-in rebate and comes with a 2-year customer agreement with Verizon. As a review, the Pre 2 sports a 3.1-inch glass multi-touch screen with 320x480 resolution, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5 MP camera with LED Flash, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, support for Microsoft Exchange e-mail, VZ Navigator capable with audible turn-by-turn directions and millions of points of interest. The device is loaded with a 1GHz TI OMAP processor with 512 of RAM and has 3G mobile hotspot capability. Speaking 3G mobile hotspot, although the product order did not mention it, be sure to ask around if Verizon Wireless still offers free 3G Mobile Hotspot with their Palm smartphones. This will save you money when using one of the key features of the Pre 2 which is mobile hotspotting. via [PreCentral], Product [Verizon Pre 2] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Hardware, Laptops Tired of hearing so much about those upcoming Android tablets? Well, here’s something different for a change. Lenovo is releasing the new ThinkPad X120e ultra-thin business notebook on March 8 for $399. This notebook was actually announced in CES 2011 and it took this long for Lenovo to have it read for public consumption. And although the ThinkPad X120e is priced like your average netbook, it is however a pretty powerful machine. The ThinkPad X120e boasts of an 11.6-inch screen display, AMD Fusion E processor with an integrated GPU, webcam, HDMI out port, and full keyboard. The notebook also weighs in pretty lightly at 2.9 lbs. It will have a battery life of around 6.6 hours. It’s a pretty good notebook feature-wise but of course the deal-maker is the notebook’s price which is pretty low for a standard business notebook. Specs of the Lenovo ThinkPad X120e: - 11.6-inch HD LED anti-glare (1366x768)
- AMD Fusion E-240, AMD Fusion E-350
- AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics
- 4GB of RAM
- 250/320GB HDD or 128 SSD
- Windows 7 Professional
- WiFi 802.11 bgn
- 6.6 hours battery life
via [Notebooks.com] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Apple, Gaming, Games, Mobile, Portable I’m pretty sure that iPad users who grew up with the Back to the Future trilogy will be pleased with TellTale’s Back to the Future Ep 1 HD which has just been released as an iPad game. Yes Marty McFly fans, our favorite 80’s icon and some of the characters in the classic film just landed on the App Store and you can have the pleasure of playing Marty as he help Doc get out of trouble in this nicely done iPad game. But before you jump for joy expecting that you can relive the story from the trilogy, take note that the storyline of this game takes place six months after Back to the Future III. Yes friends, this is a sort of continuation of the story which in my opinion is a better decision since it sorts of resurrect the Back to the Future franchise film. We’ve also heard that TellTale even commissioned the movie’s original co-writer, co-producer and co-creator Bob Gale to work on the game. So expect the game to be completely true to the original movie. As for the gameplay, don’t expect too much action as well since the game is a touchscreen adventure wherein you’ll need to tap on a particular portion or objects in the game to proceed. Nonetheless, the game is still pretty interesting if only for the fact that it has many allusions to the movie. Overall, Back to the Future Ep1 HDis a pretty solid iPad game. Worthy of the your $7? Well, it took this long for Back to the Future to hit any iOS device so it’s definitely worth the price. via [Intomobile], Product [iTunes Download link] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Video, Content, Portable Video, Communications, Smartphones, Mobile 
Apple’s announcement of new publishing rules for their iOS and 30% grab at subscriptions has caused many a ruffled feather. Google responded with a policy change of their own, besting Apple by 20% - a 10% fee on content providers. Apple is overplaying it’s hand. If Apple had a strong hold on smartphones, a move like this might get grumbles but we suspect everyone would go along to get access to Apple’s customers. If Apple was the only game in town, they’d live with having 30% grabbed from their pocket or we wouldn’t mind paying 30%-40% more for content. Where else are you going to go? But that isn’t the world we live in. Android continues to steamroll up new users and their new 10% subscription grab sounds right to us. Apple may have just pushed Google a bunch of users and content providers. For some, like Amazon’s Kindle unit, 30% should be too much to bare. Common thinking is there just isn’t enough margin in ebooks to accommodate Apple’s request. Amazon has little choice: it must raise prices or exit iOS. Losing money isn’t a viable, long-term option. What will higher book prices do for Kindle’s core customers using a Kindle? This isn’t going to sit real well with them. Raise prices or exit iOS. That seems a crappy outcome for iOS users, right? Is this a play to drive out content salesman and leave iTunes as the only game in iOS-town? It could be. Would tomorrow’s iPhone buyers care that they can’t buy X book? Can Apple do whatever it wants in it’s own sandbox without consequence? We don’t think so. How about you? Read: [Appletell] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Hardware, Laptops, Netbooks, Web, Online Music/Video 
Whoops. According to an interview with Sanjay Jha, Motorola Mobility CEO, Google Music will be included in the next version of Android. The interview focused on Motorola defending it’s higher-than-iPad price. Jha mentioned the service to show how robust his tablet’s ecosystem will be. “If you look at Google Mobile services [via Android] today, there’s a video service, there’s a music service – that is, there will be a music service.”
Google has been rumored to have a music service waiting in the wings for some time. Jha indicated that the new music service will rely on Honeycomb, the latest Android version that the Xoom and a host of other Android tablets will run on. It is expected Xoom and Honeycomb will launch at the same time. Billboard magazine reported last week that music execs had been contacted by Google in regards to an online store and downloadable music. Earlier reports on Google Music had included a cross platform design, allowing users of different devices to access the service. Read: [Guardian] image credit: [guardian] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers It looks like a few slides have leaked and they are detailing what we can expect to see from Dell for the remainder of 2011 and into the beginning of 2012. The slides, of which there are two include one for tablets and one for smartphones. The details for the tablets include the Gallo, Sterling and the Rosemount for 2011 with the Opus One and Silver Oak coming in 2012. The details on these are all rather light, however it looks like the Gallo, Opus One and Silver Oak will all be sporting Honeycomb. The Rosemount will come in with Windows 7 and was also noted as having a 1366 x 768 resolution display. Furthermore, there was also the Peju which is showing Windows 8 with a release timeframe of Q1 2012. As for the smartphones, this looks to include the Wrigley, Hancock and the Millennium. In addition, the Venue Pro looks like it will be getting some “additional features and enhancements” beginning in Q2. Otherwise, the Wrigley is shown as a Windows Phone 7 device with a 4 inch display, 1GHz processor, 8 megapixel camera on the back, 1.3 megapixel camera on the from and capable of 1080p video. In addition, there is also the Hancock and the Millennium which are both Android handsets noted as running Ice Cream. They will both also have a dual-core processor, 8 megapixel camera on the back and be capable of 1080p video. The Hancock is noted as having a 1.3 megapixel camera on the front while the Millennium is noted as having a VGA quality camera on the front as well as DLNA and a 4.3 inch qHD display. The Hancock display will be a 4 inch qHD. In the meantime, keep reading to see the slides below… Via [wpcentral] and [AndroidCentral] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Web, Websites, Google Google has rolled out some changes for their Google Reader app on Android. According to Google, these are some of the “most-requested features” and they include a widget for the unread count as well as a news ticker widget and a mark previous as read. And as it had been, the Google Reader app is a free download, will run on devices with Android 1.6 or higher and available by way of the Android Market. That said, the new widgets require Android 2.2. - Unread count widget - choose any feed, label, person, or "all items" and get the unread count on your home screen. Clicking on the widget takes you to straight to that stream.
- News ticker widget - if you prefer a bit more information, you can add a larger size widget that cycles through items on any stream you want in Reader. Clicking any headline will take you to the article, while clicking the folder will take you to that stream.
- Mark previous as read - if you've used the mobile version of Reader before and missed this feature, it's now back! As you scroll down your reading list, hit "Mark previous as read" at any time to only mark things above the screen as read.
Via [Official Google Reader Blog] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers It looks like we now have some updated dates in terms of when pre-orders will go live for the Motorola Xoom tablet as well as when the Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone will go on sale. These dates are both coming by way of leaked internal screenshots, and appear to be the real deal. In other words, while not directly from the sources, they seem to be legit. That said, according to the latest, the Motorola Xoom pre-orders will begin on February 20th and the Motorola Atrix 4G will be available beginning February 22nd. Furthermore, the Xoom will not actually be available for sale until a few days later on February 24th. Via [Droid-Life] and [Engadget] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Apple, Communications, Smartphones, Trade Shows As we all should know by now, Apple didn’t have any real presence at Mobile World Congress. The show that saw the announcements of a few tablets and Facebook phones had no presence from Cupertino, as is the norm with industry-wide events. That didn’t stop the iPhone 4 from winning a pretty big award, however. The iPhone 4 walked out of Mobile World Congress with the title of Best Mobile Device, despite never walking in. Now, the iPhone 4 didn’t compete against the phones announced at MWC, or even the fantastic phones announced at CES 2011. The competition for the iPhone 4 was the BlackBerry Torch, HTC Desire, LG Optimus 7 and Samsung’s Galaxy S. All are solid phones, though some might argue with the choice of the BlackBerry Torch. Apple’s iPhone 4 won because of it’s Retina Display, design, and ecosystem for developers. The judges exclaimed that “n a tight race, the iPhone 4 builds on the success of its predecessors to set the pace for smartphones." Given the merits of design, display and ecosystem the iPhone 4 shouldn’t have any problem winning the competition. Other manufacturers are just now creating displays that come close to the iPhone 4. I have also yet to see a design I like more, but that’s more subjective than anything else. Read [Mashable] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers Just a few days after it was unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2011, HTC’s flagship Android tablet is already showing up at Amazon.de. And guess what, the product page already carries a price tag - 699 Euro or roughly translated to $950. But of course, that includes European VAT, so it would be safe to say that the HTC Flyer, once it hits the US market will most probably carry a price tag of $730. But, let’s not go into the US pricing yet and just wait for HTC to bring the HTC Flyer officially to the US later on. Anyway, if you’re anywhere in Europe where Amazon.de delivers, you might want to pre-order the HTC Flyer now to get first dibs of this Android tablet. And in case you’ve missed our previous coverage, the HTC Flyer boasts of a nice HTC Sense re-engineered for the large screen real estate of the HTC Flyer. More details about the HTC Flyer here. via [Engadget] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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