Sprint iPhone 5? AT&T Doesn’t Scare That Easily

Last time a U.S. carrier other than AT&T launched the iPhone, we heard from various officials of the Dallas-based company that iPhone availability from the competition will not hurt business even if that priceless exclusivity is lost. AT&T has been the only mobile operator carrying the iPhone in the USA for more than three years. But then Verizon launched the iPhone 4 in early 2011. At the time it was believed that the company would lose plenty of customers to Big Red because of...

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Cellular South Announces The Samsung Admire With Android 2.3

We had been expecting MetroPCS to announce the Samsung Admire given we saw those leaked in the wild style images hit the web a short while back, however it looks like Cellular South has beaten them to the punch and officially announced the handset. The details have come by way of the recently added “Introducing the Samsung Admire” page on the Cellular South website. Sadly though, that bit comes with some good news and some disappointing news. First, the good — this is not a rumor or speculation...

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Acer Iconia Smart FCC Appearance Suggests An AT&T Release Is Coming

We watched as Acer unveiled their 4.8 inch Iconia Smart smartphone during Mobile World Congress back in February and at the time we were given a complete set of specs but left wondering which carriers the handset would come available with. And strangely, things remained rather quite on the rumor front. But that aside, it was noted that the handset would be available beginning May 1st, but again, with which carrier was the question. Well, flash forward till today and a recently discovered...

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Google I/O 2011: Acer’s Chromebook Hits The Stage

More hardware emerges from the Google I/O show, which does not cease to fascinate me in the slightest. But after Samsung made its showing, we’ve got a second one coming out to consider, and this time, it’s from Acer. Admittedly, most of us don’t likely immediately think Acer when we think about quality laptops, or quality computers, for that matter, but they’re going to bring out a rather interesting–if somewhat bargain basement–model for us to consider here. Here’s the rundown: Acer’s...

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Panasonic Shows Off New Camcorder, Talks Concepts

The IFA show out in Berlin is actually starting to get some news out there, and it’s not too big of a surprise to see a new bit land from the folks at Panasonic. What they announced at the show was pretty impressive by itself, namely, the HDC-Z10000 camcorder, but what they were only talking about out there was actually even more so. The HDC-Z10000 camcorder is a dual-lens camcorder, which means you’ll be shooting your home videos in 3D with this monster., as well as straight 1080p video...

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Panasonic Shows Off Lumix Camera With Unusual Addition

Panasonic was showing off one of its newest Lumix cameras out at the IFA show, which has already been home to a variety of exciting new gadgets. This particular Lumix, though, has an exciting new feature that you don’t often see on most compact digital cameras. The new feature in question, as you’ve probably surmised from the pic above, is none other than 3D shooting. Panasonic had a couple of their prototypes under glass out at the IFA show, and even talked about getting another model...

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Sony Unveils The Alpha A77 Camera

Camera buffs out there, brace yourselves, because the camera that even we’ve been keeping an eye out for since last year, the Sony Alpha A77, just got shown off out at the 2011 IFA show, and it’s looking pretty sharp indeed. Part of a pretty extensive array of cameras that Sony was showing off this morning during their live address, the Sony Alpha A77 offers up 19 point autofocus systems with fully 11 cross-type sensors, as well as a 50 ms front shutter curtain, Bionz image processor,...

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Sony Vaio L All In One Makes An Appearance

It really does seem like more and more companies are looking to get in on the all in one PC market, and now Sony’s joining the fray with their own all in one, the Sony Vaio L, getting shown off right now out at the 2011 IFA show. The Sony Vaio L offers up 3D video, though not without a set of rechargeable active shutter glasses, sadly (though these are the same kind of glasses used on the latest Bravia televisions, at last report, so that’s definitely a shot of good news), on a 24 inch...

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Ford Makes An Appearance To Talk Evos

Give Ford credit for making the rounds on this one; they may not have actually sent their new Ford Evos out to the IFA show in Berlin, but they did send their Chief Technology Officer out to talk it up. And what he had to say about it was impressive enough in its own right. Basically, what separates the Ford Evos from most other cars is not its fuel performance, but rather that it’s the first car to be “connected to the cloud”, or, have a continuous access to data storage. One of the...

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L.A. Noire Complete Edition Spotted In The Wild

L.A. Noire is unquestionably one of the biggest games of the year, and from the look of things, it’s about to get even bigger. An L.A. Noire Complete Edition has been spotted over in Europe, and perhaps the most exciting news is that this “complete edition,” is slated for a PC release. Of course, we’ve known for a while that L.A. Noire will eventually come to the PC, but this is the first time we’ve had anything other than Rockstar’s word to go off of. The L.A. Noire Complete Edition...

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VLC Player Pre-Alpha Version For Android Released

Late last year, we reported that the VLC media player is making its way to Android devices. Hindered by Android fragmentation, the player has already been long available for Apple devices before the Android version was even announced. The plan was to have the Android iteration available by early 2011, but perhaps due to some setbacks, it’s only now that it could be released. VLC is an open source media player than can be used to play any type of file. So if ever you want an alternative...

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Sony’s Upcoming Tablets To Get Gameloft HD Games

Gameloft just announced that the company is optimizing five games specifically for Sony’s upcoming tablets, the Tablet S and the Tablet P. All the games are going to be in high-definition, and will “directly be accessible” on the devices, although whether that means they’re preloaded or not is yet to be known. The five games in Gameloft’s list are: Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD, N.O.V.A. 2 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD, Real Soccer 2011 HD, Spider-Man: Total Mayhem HD, and...

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Sony Ericsson Unveils The Xperia Arc S Smartphone

SONY ERICSON has taken to the stage at IFA 2011 and unveiled the latest Xperia branded handset. The model is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S and it will arrive as an Android 2.3.4 running handset with support for the Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited services. In terms of the when and how much — so far those details are a bit on the light side. Sony Ericsson has stated that the Xperia Arc S would be available “globally in selected markets from Q4 2011.” In...

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Sony Ericsson Announces The Xperia Neo V Smartphone

It looks like Sony Ericsson has announced yet another Xperia branded handset. The latest is the Xperia Neo V and it arrives as an Android smartphone. In fact, it will arrive as an Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread running smartphone. Furthermore, Sony Ericsson also offered up some details in terms of which existing Xperia devices will get the 2.3.4 update and when it can be expected to arrive. But first, lets begin things with the new handset — the Xperia Neo V. At this time Sony Ericsson has yet...

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