Archive for November, 2012

Best Buy offering the Windows Phone 8X for free

November 30, 2012 4:44 PM

Best Buy now has an offer for a free Windows Phone 8X from HTC for any new Verizon Wireless customer.  So far the phone has received great reviews and the main thing holding back potential buyers is its $199.99 price but $0 does look much more attractive. If you are [...]

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Report: Xbox 720 coming in November 2013

4:33 PM

According to a seemingly sketchy source used by Bloomberg, Microsoft will be putting out their next Xbox (Xbox 720?) for sale starting in November 2013.  The only reason why I think this date may be legit is because it fits previous reports on the time frame for the next PlayStation [...]

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Nexus 4 shipping date pushed back 8-9 weeks

4:27 PM

Even after restocking from the initial sellout, Google’s Nexus 4 is once again going to be delayed in its shipping by 8-9 weeks. The 16GB version however will ship in just 6-7 weeks!  But the other 8GB version will take that 8-9 week timespan to ship. So what do all [...]

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Consumer Reports scores Verizon Wireless as the best Carrier

November 29, 2012 5:54 PM

In Consumer Reports annual Carrier survey/rating, Verizon Wireless has once again been named #1 after surveying 63,253 cellular subscribers. According to the people surveyed, Verizon was best in voice and data quality, issue resolution and staff knowledge. The official scoring of the top four carriers went in the following order: [...]

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Report: Apple to offer unlocked iPhone 5 tonight

5:46 PM

According to 9to5Mac Apple will be selling unlocked iPhone 5′s on their website starting at 9PM tonight.  The prices according to this report would be $649 for 16GB and then increase by $100 for the 32GB model and then another $100 for 64GB. So what do all of you think?  If [...]

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Surface Pro information finally comes out, only 4 hours of battery life!

5:38 PM

Microsoft finally announced the release date, pricing as well as more of the specs for the Surface Pro tablet today.  The device will cost $899 and is going to launch in January. While we knew it would be expensive, $899 does seem really pricey and will actually be higher than [...]

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Apple and Starbucks partner to help fight AIDS

5:29 PM

Apple and Starbucks have partnered to bring the Starbucks iTunes (RED) gift card which will cost $30.  $15 will be for iTunes and the other $15 will be for Starbucks, but the charitable aspect of this comes from the 5% of each sale that they will donate to the Global [...]

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Windows 8 selling fairly well so far

November 28, 2012 5:35 PM

According to Microsoft, 40 million licenses for Windows 8 have been sold since the release in October.  This means that between consumers AND manufacturers, 40 million copies have been sold but not all of those have hit homes/businesses yet. Depending on who you ask, different analysts are saying different things about the [...]

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Google Drive update for mobile brings major Spreadsheet changes

5:19 PM

An update for Google Drive both on iOS and Android devices is out and is adding in support for creating as well as editing spreadsheets.  This will make it the same as Google Docs was. The changelog for iOS includes the following: Create, edit and collaborate on spreadsheets Upload to [...]

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Galaxy Note II coming to Verizon tomorrow

4:52 PM

The Samsung Galaxy Note II will be available on Verizon Wireless starting tomorrow both in stores and online.  The device will run you $299.99 with a two-year contract. The Galaxy Note II comes in two colors, Titanium grey as well as Marble White, and boasts a 5.5-inch screen and quad-core [...]

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Outlook.com reaches 25 million users, launches Android app

November 27, 2012 5:03 PM

Outlook.com has just reached 25 million users and while the service is not even close to as big as others like Gmail, it is still something the people at Microsoft are celebrating along with successful Xbox 360 sales this Black Friday. In order to celebrate this achievement, Microsoft has created [...]

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Google Drive integration with Gmail increases attachment sizes

4:54 PM

Wow!  A new Google Drive integration feature with Gmail is greatly increasing the attachment size.  This new feature allows people to send attachments that are 10GB in size!  10GB coming from the previous 25MB is an insane and unheard of increase, I mean think about it, you can send multiple [...]

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