Announced at CTIA 2011, the Sprint bound HTC EVO 3D Android based smartphone is the latest in a recent barrage of HTC devices. Taking advantage of the newest available technology, the HTC EVO 3D has a high-resolution 4.3-inch QHD glasses-free 3D display and a dual 5-megapixel camera that allows you capture HD video in 3D as well. The newest HTC Android phone also functions as a wireless 3G/4G hotspot, has Wi-Fi, GPS, 1GB of memory and 4GB of internal storage to save your media and data (expandable to 32GB), all powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon chip, the HTC Sense interface and Gingerbread, the latest Google Android release. The HTC EVO 3D world tour starts later in the year and the smartphone will hit the US on the Sprint 4G network.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 hardware wise is slightly thinner than the iPad2 at 8.6mm, comes with a 8.9-inch 1280×800 HD display, a dual core 1GHz processor, WiFi, Bluetooth and HSPA+ networking. On the other side a digital compass, gyroscope and accelerometer flush out the new Samsung Galaxy Tab. The new Android tablet will ship with Honeycomb and later Samsung will provide a custom interface over the Android 3 OS by the name of TouchWiz UX. Unless another Android 3.0 based tablet beats the new Samsung Galaxy tab 8.9 to market with a customized interface, the push update of the TouchWiz UX will make Samsung the first company to customize Honeycomb. Priced at $470 for 16GB and $570 for 32GB.
Lexar 128GB SDXC Memory Card
Lexar is now shipping those 128GB memory cards you’ve been waiting for since CES 2011. The massive Lexar 128GB SDXC memory card is an industry first. With Lexar guaranteeing speeds at 20MB per second you can upload those hi-res hangover photos of your buddies, the HD bachelor party videos you’ve been wanting to post online and of course the professional stuff that pays the bills, without feeling as if you are waiting forever and a day for the process to finish.
The HTC Thunderbolt
The HTC Thunderbolt is Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone and the new Verizon flagship is now available for purchase and breaking sales records in the process. Pop out kickstand, high resolution 4.3-inch touch screen display, 8 mega-pixel camera with LED flash on rear, a 1.3 mega-pixel lens on front and a 720HD video recorder all powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The HTC Thunderbolt pairs HTC Sense with Android 2.2, 8GB of on board memory and a 32GB microSD card for $250 with contract, $600 without and for $180 if you buy from Amazon and are willing to wait for the mail to arrive.
Apple iPad2
With a 10-hour battery, an all-new design, FaceTime and Smart Covers, the Apple iPad 2 is here. Lighter and thinner than the original, the iPad 2 features the new Apple dual-core A5 processor, a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and a 720p HD video lens on the rear. The iPad 2 comes with the latest version of Apple iOS (iOS 4.3), a compass, a gyroscope and allows for a iPhone Personal Hotspot.
HTC Kicking Ass Quietly
Since HTC started rolling Android phones like joints at a medical marijuana dispensary, stock prices for the foreign phone manufacturer have done Apple-esque numbers. You think one hundred percent? Nope. Maybe about two hundred? Think again. Triple it up from last year and then you’re on point.
Apple MacBook Pro ThunderBolt
Serving as a warm up to the imminent next generation iPad announcement, refreshes abound for the Apple MacBook Pro laptop family. The new Apple MacBook Pro Thunderbolt laptops ($1,200 to $2,500 U.S.) feature dual core or if you prefer quad core processors (Intel i5 or i7), fresh FaceTime HD cameras with three times the resolution of the previous generation, Radeon HD graphics and Intel’s new lightning fast Thunderbolt I/O technology technology that boasts transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps.
Motorola Xoom
With all of the competition out there when it comes to Android powered tablets, the Motorola Xoom hopes to separate itself from the pack. Powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, the Xoom tablets gets bragging rights as the worlds first Android 3.0 Honeycomb powered tablet. Motorola’s Android tablet features a 10.1-inch touchscreen, 2-megapixel front camera and a 5-megapixel rear facing one that captures video in 720p HD and support for Adobe Flash. The “Best of Show” winner at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show rolls out on Verizon Wireless for $599 with two-year agreement and $799 with no obligation.
Some Companies Get it and Some Companies Don’t
Before I begin let me point out a few things gone awry.
More specifically let me point out three screwy occurrences, and from there I may wander off in tangents.
Motorola, HP and Sony Ericsson
Motorola – The good people at Motorola are clearly living in a fantasy world by pricing the cool looking but unproven, Motorola Xoom tablet out of damn the stratosphere. Somebody over there is obviously drunk with nostalgia of Motorola RAZR sales long forgotten and past brand perception.
HP - The gargantuan printer company that happens to sell all the bloatware loaded laptops and PC’s that are either waiting to be fixed (by a friend of a friend) or are for sale on Craigslist and eBay, unfortunately decides to completely scrap the Palm brand.
Sony Ericsson – Thirdly, Sony Ericsson unveils the Playstation Phone. Wonderful. Except for the fact that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phone is not the Playstation phone it is a Playstation phone. More specifically, it is a Playstation Branded device. If that isn’t a crock of shit, I don’t know what is.
AT&T is Dead. Google will Eliminate Phone Numbers
How could Google eliminate phone numbers?
With a newly available communication spectrum to expand upon, an intercontinental collection of network cabling secured and under Google control to go along with the current batch of data centers, both known and unknown, in the near future Google through the mobile sector will unveil the means to end the use of phone numbers. We still will have phones technically, but the phone number will be dead. More►
