Aaron reviews the Pantech Breakout , Verizon’s first 4G LTE device to be priced under $100.  Packing a 1 GHz single-core processor, 4-inch display, 5-megapixel camera (without flash), front-facing camera, and Android 2.3 with Pantech’s custom UI, it’s not intended to compete with the carrier’s high-end LTE crop, but brings 4G LTE to the masses.  Don’t want to spend $299.99 on a device?  Have no need for a dual-core processor?  This might be the smartphone for… Read the rest of this entry »

This is a battle for the history books, folks. The back-and-forth between Android and iOS is never-ending. ” The iPhone has more apps and it’s pretty .” ” So? My droid has the 4Gs and a kickstand !” The truth is, none of this really matters in the long run. Both platforms have a huge following, which will ultimately cement their stay in the mobile market for at least the next few years.
A recent report from Nielsen unveiled that 56 percent (out of 25,500 surveyed) of new smartphone… Read the rest of this entry »

The LG Enlighten is a new mid-range Android smartphone from Verizon . Two things that this mid-range smartphone has that others don’t are a physical keyboard and the latest version of Android, 2.3 Gingerbread. The Enlighten features a 3.2-inch display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, 3G hotspot capabilities, and it is powered by an 800 MHz processor. If you’re in the market for a budget smatphone, is the Enlighten the one you should look at? Sydney gives her first impressions of the Enlighten… Read the rest of this entry »

Get it? ‘Cause the wallpaper says ‘Make Bacon, Not War’. So it’s peace. Yeah, I get it.

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Smartphones are no longer just a means of communicating, working on the go or playing games; they have become our lifelines. Sure, I could realistically live without my phone. But I would have to change the way I go about my day from the ground up. My phone is always by my side and it has become my do-it-all tool for everything I encounter: taking pictures, paying bills, banking, discovering new locations and much more. As trivial as some of these things may be, they should serve as testaments… Read the rest of this entry »

The HTC Amaze 4G (aka Ruby) has been the star of a number of photo leaks as of late, but the majority of those images showed the international version of the device, meaning that there was no T-Mobile branding to be found. Good news for the Magenta faithful today, though, as the Amaze 4G has surfaced once again bearing a T-Mobile tattoo. The folks at CellPhone Signal have been told that the Amaze 4G will be billed as the successor to the myTouch 4G, which is kind of surprising considering the… Read the rest of this entry »

It’s time for yet another Motorola leak, friends! This time we’re going back to the land of the tablet with details on a device referred to as the Motorola XOOM 2 Media Edition. This new slate is said to be targeting the ereader market with its 8.2-inch HD IPS anti-glare screen and 0.95 pound body, two features that should make the device fairly portable. Don’t think that that means it’ll be flimsy or easily-damaged, though, as Moto is reportedly building the XOOM 2 Media Edition’s body out of… Read the rest of this entry »

It should not come as much of a surprise that one of the main uses of my iPhone is to take pictures and share them. The camera featured on the iPhone 4 is one of the best mobile cameras to date. In addition to an awesome image sensor, Apple’s App Store is home to a vast selection of mobile photography applications.
I’ve only been using the iPhone for a couple months now, and I’ve found it hard to rely on any other current phones when it comes to the camera — because of both … Read the rest of this entry »

Heads up, tablet connoisseurs: Amazon just sent out invites for a press conference next Wednesday, September 28th. There’s no mention of exactly what the giganto-retailer may have up its sleeve, but the popular opinion seems to be that we may finally see the long-awaited Amazon tablet make its debut, possibly alongside a new Kindle. For those that’d like a quick refresher, the Amazon tablet is rumored to be running a highly-tweaked version of Android that’s packed to the gills with… Read the rest of this entry »

Get excited, MetroPCS customers, because details on a new LTE smartphone that’s headed your way have hit the web. The handset staring you in the face up there is known as the LG Esteem, a device we first saw waaaaay back in mid-July with the codename LG Bryce. Thankfully, the Esteem’s name isn’t the only new bit of information we have about the phone, as images from LG’s partner portal have also given up most of its spec details:

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