Review: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter
We preview the future of data connectivity, at least the future of iPad data connectivity. Apple’s Thunderbolt was off to a slow start. Will Seagate turn it around with a SATA adapter? We find out.
Google Rebrands Content Stores into Play, Combats iTunes
Google suddenly took the unannounced move to rebrand all of its content stores as one unified marketplace, called Google Play. The lack of any announcement of major branding changes caught most off-guard. While Google was expected in early 2012 to make changes to how it sells content, but it was not expected to do so […]
Deal: Motorola Lapdock for Atrix 4G – $54.99 Shipped (Hackable to work with Droid RAZR, Bionic, Atrix 2)
Daily deal site 1saleaday is offering the Motorola Atrix 4G Lapdock for $49.99, plus $5 shipping for $54.99 total. The lapdock is a unique early-adopter feature that uses a hypervisor in all new advanced Motorola smartphones called Motorola Webtop. The hypervisor launches a full Linux environment complete with desktop Firefox and Adobe Flash. The lapdock […]
Fire Sale: ZTE Score X500 Cricket Android Prepaid Phone – $29.99 In-Store
Best Buy has launched a fire sale on the ZTE Score X500 Cricket Muve prepaid phone. At $29.99, it’s the lowest price we’ve seen for a Google-supported Android device… ever. Click the link below to secure your X500 for in-store pickup. We strongly suggest doing so as stores will deplete within hours, if not minutes. […]
Deal: Nintendo Wii Console (Used) – $64.99 Shipped
Best Buy return outlet CowBoom is offering the Nintendo Wii for $59.99 as their Deal of The Day. The $5 standard shipping brings the total to $64.99 before any sales tax is applied. Hey, it’s a slow news weekend, and this deal will sell out pretty fast. Oh, and the console’s got a wireless controller, […]
Deal: Samsung Nexus S 4G Unlocked, T-Mobile 3G Version – $289.99 Shipped Today Only
eBay is offering the Samsung Nexus S as a daily deal. As with other eBay-partnered daily deals, the item will likely go back up in price after today. The version up for sale is the T-Mobile 3G variant, which is always factory unlocked. While it can be used on AT&T or its MVNOs, it will […]
Nokia Appears to be Forking MeeGo for the Next Billion
While Nokia has kept its promise to actively develop for MeeGo, nobody else did. Intel, AMD, and other companies outright abandoned both developers and startups that were embracing MeeGo, and dumped it in-favor of the non-realtime Tizen. This week, Nokia quietly released MeeGo 1.2 for the Nokia N9. MeeGo 1.2 “Harmattan” was the final official […]
Deal: RIM BlackBerry PlayBook – $179.99 With Coupon
RadioShack.com is offering the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook, with the 16GB model starting at $199.99. Adding coupon code SALE takes $20 off the price, bringing the total to $179.99. Tax and shipping may apply depending on location, and availability of ship-to-store. RIM recently released version 2.0 of the BlackBerry PlayBook operating system, which augments the PlayBook […]
Giveaway: HP Fires 275 webOS Employees, We Give Away a Pre Case
HP yesterday announced plans to lay off 275 webOS team members, mostly engineers. The move comes as HP cuts costs after posting extremely poor financial numbers last quarter, and faces further financial troubles ahead of the launches of Windows 8, and an unclear future for webOS in the device market. But you don’t care about […]
PSA: Page Plus Cellular Double Data Promotion Ends Tomorrow (Updated)
As we previously reported, Page Plus Cellular is offering a record 1 GB of data for a full year, but you have to lock by the end of tomorrow. The promotion takes their “The 55”, $55 per month plan, which provides unlimited voice, text messaging, and 500 MB of data per month, and doubles it […]