The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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Multiplayer Rock Band Game Coming to Verizon LTE Smartphones
At Verizon’s CES 2011 4G LTE press conference today, Electronic Arts announced a cool new game for Verizon LTE smartphones. It’s a version of EA’s “Rock Band” where you can connect with a number of friends no matter where they are and each person can play a different instrument in the game in real time. For example, one person can play bass, another can be on the drums, another on guitar, and another on vocals. …
Continue readingSkype To Acquire Qik
Two of the coolest smartphone applications for video broadcasting and voice-over-IP uses have always been Qik and Skype. Well, Skype has just made a deal to aquire Qik. Skype has never been very good at video calls on mobile devices, but Qik has always had some great video broadcasting features. Heck, we used Qik to live-broadcast the Sprint Palm Pre launch event using a Windows Mobile Palm Treo Pro back in 2009. It even let …
Continue readingWill NFC Make Electronic Pickpocketing Even Easier?
I recently saw a news broadcast video from Channel 3 in Memphis Tennessee demonstrating how easy it is for a hacker to simply walk around a crowded area and pick up credit card numbers or passport information from random people who happen to have credit cards with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips in them. Apparently, with a $100 credit card reader and a $200 netbook PC, an RFID can be hacked just by getting close …
Continue readingHTC 7 Pro Appears on Video
The HTC 7 Pro was the first CDMA based Windows Phone 7 device that we’ve been hearing about since October, but it hasn’t appeared yet. It turns out there’s also going to be a GSM/UMTS version, and both will sport what looks like the excellent slide-out keyboard that we’re familiar with from the HTC Touch Pro 2. Windows Phone MVP Arne Hess has posted a video tour of the device over on theunwired.net and you’ll …
Continue readingWindows Phone Comparison Chart
Indy8 over at ElektricForest was putting the measurements for the Dell Venue Pro and the HTC HD7 into Photoshop just so that he could see how they compared because he presumably was thinking about getting one of the Windows Phone 7 devices on T-Mobile. He ended up putting together a full comparison chart for all of the Windows Phone 7’s available. If you want to see how all of the Windows Phone 7’s compare in …
Continue readingThe Secret Xbox Live Hub (Video)
Here’s a weird little bug or Easter egg in Windows Phone 7. It turns out there’s a secret Xbox Live hub that’s different than the normal “Games” hub that you’ll find on final Windows Phone 7 devices. It’s got the same background image as the Games hub, but there’s only a panel for your Xbox Live profile and then one that lists recent games and when they were last played. You can still get to …
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