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Apple iPad

The long awaited Apple version of the “tablet” has arrived with the announcement today of the new Apple iPad, set to hit stores in April of this year. Much like a glorified iPod Touch, the Apple iPad sets a bar above and beyond the typical new tablets. Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the new gadget today,  explaining that this new launch is an enhanced combination of a smartphone and laptop. Construction Experience this and more on its large Multi-Touch screen, measuring 9.7 inches. With a hig...

Understanding the BlackBerry Ecosystem

The BlackBerry smartphone has its roots in a two-way messaging device called the "Interactive Pager" released in 1995 by Research In Motion, a small hardware designer based in Waterloo, Ontario. Unlike today's BlackBerry devices, the Interactive Pager did not work on normal cellular data networks, instead using a special-purpose wireless data network known as Mobitex. The device even looked like a pager, except that it included a small keyboard for user input. The trademark "BlackBerry" f...

Nokia N96

The Nokia N96 is this company's multimedia flagship smartphone. As its name suggests, it is the successor to the Nokia N95, and uses the same dual-slider design and includes many of the same features: Symbian S60, 3G, Wi-Fi, etc. This is not a model that will probably catch the eyes of many in the U.S. these days. It doesn't look as if there is much with it, but the N96 is a sleekly designed smartphone that offer some pleasant surprises... and some not so pleasant. Design and Hardware The...

BlackBerry Bold 9700

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a 3G, Wi-Fi enabled smartphone offered in the U.S. by T-Mobile and soon AT&T. It has a beautiful HVGA screen, track pad, full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus, and expandable microSD memory card slot. The original Bold 9000 set the bar in terms of delivering a reliable, high performing device that sported the best feature set RIM had to offer. Just a year later, the Bold2 offers an enhanced feature set and an improved design that instantly le...

2010 Verizon iPhone will work anywhere in the World

The next version of the iPhone will contain a special chip that allows it to work on networks in Europe, Africa, Asia, America, and more. According to American ‘technology experts’ the worldwide iPhone will be launched next Summer in the US by Verizon Wireless. The new iPhone will utilise a Qualcomm microchip that will work on both the 3G dominant European and African networks as well as the CDMA2000 networks used by Verizon and much of the rest of the world. “This Qualcomm-powered world phon...