Amy Eichelberg

After an interesting teaser campaign, Motorola unwrapped its latest addition to the Droid portfolio in the form of the Motorola RAZR. The handset sports a Gorilla Glass coated, 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display which houses a dual-core 1.2GHz processor inside. Despite the RAZR looking similar to the Droid X with its slim 7.1mm design, the inner beast of the RAZR is in a league of its own.  Future owners can look forward to an 8 megapixel rear camera capable of 1080p HD video, 1GB RAM, 16GB of onboard storage with 16GB additional on the microSD card and an 1,800mAh battery. Motorola also threw in Lapdock 100 and 500 Pro compatibility […]

In Motorola’s attempt to tease the public about its upcoming device, it ironically uncovered more than maybe they originally intended to. We got our first taste of the Motorola Spyder or otherwise known as the Droid RAZR when it was first introduced to the public in a teaser that included its real name on the image file. Oops. In a second teaser the sneak peak was designed as missing puzzles pieces which would come together as the launch date drew nearer. Great concept, but Motorola left one full image hiding out in the open for all to see. So much for surprises. From what we

Just a few shorts days before the big Nokia World 2011 event, the 710 has been recently spied on a developer site. According to MyNokiaBlog, the 710 is longer and wider than the MeeGo-powered N9, with a 1.4GHz Cortex A8 processor, a 3.7-inch TFT screen and a five megapixel camera capable of 720p video-capture. The specs were quickly pulled down from the dev site, but not before MyNokiaBlog was able to grab the screen shot below. While we’ll have to wait just a little while longer until Nokia confirms additional specs, we’re hoping the 710 turns out to be spectacular enough to keep loyal Nokia enthusiasts excited. Source

Apple announced today that its brand new iPhone 4S has officially hit four million in sales just three short days after its October 14th launch. Quite an impressive sales record considering what previous iPhones have done in the past. Undoubedtly having additional carriers like Sprint and Verizon have also helped to boost current sales figures for the wildly popular iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S can be found today in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK. Apple plans to release the device in 22 additional countries on October 28 and plans to roll out to more than 70 countries by

Samsung’s newest messaging service, ChatON is now live for Android and Bada smartphones. Samsung first unveiled the cross-platform service back in August, and promised it to Bada, Android, iOS and BlackBerry users by the fall. As fall is finally here, no word yet regarding when the service will be ready for iOS or BlackBerry enthusiasts. So what can Android and Bada users look forward to? Essentially, ChatON allows users to share video, images, music, and locations all in addition to a group chat feature. With social features like commenting on friend’s images and posting social messages to other user’s profiles it

Looks like Samsung’s legal team isn’t having the best of luck over in The Netherlands. According to Reuters, a Dutch court has rejected Samsung’s request to block certain Apple products (mainly the iPhone and iPad products), and found that they did not infringe on any of Samsung’s patents. The Dutch court also rejected Apple’s counterclaims in the case, so it appears neither Samsung or Apple is making any headway in this seemingly never ending battle. The particular patents in this case are actually related to Apple’s 3G telecommunication capabilities, and are not design or technology related like in previous patent disputes. Neither Samsung or Apple

Just five short months after it was first announced, Microsoft has finalized their acquisition of Skype. As part of the $8.5 billion deal, Skype CEO Tony Bates will be the appointed president of the new Skype Division of Microsoft, and will report directly to Steve Ballmer. Bates appeared positive about the new acquisition, detailing the deal as a marriage of two “disruptive, innovative, software-oriented companies.” No specifics yet on how the acquisition will change Microsoft’s mobile line of products, but we’re interested to see how this new union will play out for future smartphones. Continue reading on below for Microsoft’s full press release. Microsoft Officially

Android fans everywhere now have a new idol in the form a gigantic Ice Cream Sandwich. Google unveiled the statue today in anticipation of the next week’s Ice Cream Sandwich introduction to the world. Video of the ceremony can be seen above.  If you haven’t done so already, don’t forget to follow Google’s brand spanking new @Android Twitter account to stay on top of the latest official Android related updates. We’re hoping their new Twitter account will be full of ICS related goodies in preparation for next week’s big release.  Who’s ready to for some Ice Cream Sandwich action? Source

At this year’s CTIA 2011, AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega announced plans to bring on a lineup of leaner, less power-intensive smartphones to its recently unveiled 4G network. So how exactly does AT&T plan to combine a leaner design with the joy of an improved battery life? According to de la Vega, the company will incorporate a technology known as “circuit switch fallback”. This technology will use phones running on the operator’s network that use a single radio to ride along the LTE waves, then AT&T will default to a “circuit switch-based 3G” signal when out of range. If this turns out to be true, then the technology could stand to give

RIM founder Mike Lazaridis thought it was necessary to issue a public apology for the widespread service outage that lasted three days. In the video apology Lazaridis acknowledges that RIM “dropped the ball”, but assured BlackBerry customers that the company was working hard to solve the issue. Additionally, Lazaridis noted that no one had left RIM since Monday and that this was the largest outage the company had ever experienced. Shortly after the video apology was issued, Lazaridis later confirmed that BlackBerry had indeed restored full services across the globe. If you’re still not receiving messages, RIM suggests pulling your battery

This is the third day that the BlackBerry outage has continued to rage across the globe. What started first in Europe quickly spread to the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil and Chile. Today it is reported that the service outage has reached Canada and here in the United States. Here is what RIM had to say on its BlackBerry Service Update page: BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning. We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience. We will provide a further update as soon as more information

We first caught wind of this dual screened beauty, codenamed  the ‘Flip II’, as part of T-Mobile’s leaked fall road map. Now the handset has emerged in a recently leaked press shotas the LG Doubleplay, giving us a taste of what we can look forward to this November. The press shot shows off a five mega pixel rear camera with LED flash, a front-facing camera of unknown resolution, and what’s highly speculated to be a 320×480 HVGA main display. Little is still known about the second display, but we’re assuming it comes packed with quick shortcuts to the user’s apps. According to T-Mobile’s road map, the

It appears as though the long drawn out dramatic saga surrounding Apple’s leaked iPhone 4 prototype is finally over. According to court documents, Brian John Hogan, 22, and Sage Robert Wallower, 28, the two men accused of selling the device to tech blog Gizmodo, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of theft of lost property. The two will avoid jail time and were sentenced to a year probation, 40 hours of public service and told to pay $250 in damages to Apple. The remaining $5,000 they received for the prototype is theirs to keep. Throughout the whole ordeal Gizmodo has managed to escape legal prosecution, and

Nothing like a patent lawsuit to make you feel right at home. Just two short weeks after introducing its low-priced Kindle Fire Tablet, Amazon has already been slapped with a lawsuit from patent licensing firm Acacia Research. Oddly enough, Acacia Research is company known for buying up other companies’ intellectual property and then licensing it out through a variety of subsidiaries. So, we can’t say we’re surprised that they jumped on the opportunity to drag Amazon into a patent war. Acacia claims that the Kindle Fire infringes on several of its patents, including one that covers graphics on a touchscreen that respond

Apple has just released iTunes version 10.5 which brings the highly anticipated ‘iTunes in the Cloud’ features to iOS users everywhere. With iTunes in the Cloud, any music, apps, or books that are purchased will automatically appear on all of the user’s iOS devices. Or the user can download only the stuff they want to just the devices they want. While Apple’s updated iTunes is a slightly different concept than other traditional cloud-based services, iOS users will still have access to all of their purchased media, regardless of the device. Good news for  iOS users as the update finally adds WiFi syncing for all iOS devices.  Interested? iOS users can search for it in Apple’s