The Kindle Fire and tablets are firing up app usage and doubling in ownership along with eReaders.
The share of adults in the United States who own tablets or eReaders nearly doubled reported Pew Research. The main reason for this surge apparently is the introduction of the lower-priced Kindle Fire and Nook as well as the price drop of eReaders below $100.
Continue reading “Tablet Ownership Doubles: Kindle Fire Usage Surges: Tablet Use by Wealthy” »
We called the HP TouchPad "the tablet that would not die," and we were right. The HP TouchPad was resurrected again, today, at Woot with refurbished TouchPads going for more than the fire sale prices. Lo and behold the cheap tablets sold-out, once again! The HP ImmortaPad lives on.
Every time, we think the TouchPad will die a natural death, like the Energizer Bunny, the ImmortaPad keeps coming back and disappearing almost instantly. The 16GB HP TouchPad models sold-out, first at $169.99 a pop. Then the 32GB TouchPad models priced at $219 were all gone. Continue reading “HP TouchPad Déjà Vu – Sold-Out Again, ImmortaPad Free Promo” »
In some states low-income households can get a free cell phone with airtime. Assurance Wireless is working with country music star Ronnie Dunn formerly of Brooks and Dunn to raise awareness among people who have been hit hard by the economy. Assurance Wireless offers low income residents in 31 states with free a free phone and 250 minutes of free voice service.
Award-winning country music star Ronnie Dunn’s recent single, “Cost of Livin’,” speaks to the difficulty of finding a job during the recession and high unemployment currently facing the American workforce. The song begins by depicting a hardworking veteran, husband and father filling out a job application, and one key aspect of the job search is being able to call potential employers and receive return calls. Continue reading “Free Cell Phones for Low-Income, Unemployed & Country Fans” »
Verizon Wireless is pushing out an update to the HTC Rezound that improves audio and fixes issues and others. No it is not the coveted Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update promised by HTC in early 2012. Hopefully this update will fix the necessary glitches before the Android 4.0 update.
The best feature of the update reported by users is the improved audio quality. Please be aware the first round of updates are usually the slowest. On the first day, there are very few updates sent out over-the-air. Then over time Verizon ramps up the update with major push on Thursdays or as late as Fridays.
You will be notified that a system update is available on your HTC Rezound. Touch OK and the download will begin. Continue reading “Update News: HTC Rezound Update Rolling Out Après-Ice Cream Sandwich” »
AT&T is now offering two more 4 LTE devices: the Pantech Burst dual-core smartphone and 8" Pantech Element tablet. To sweeten the deal, AT&T is offering both the tablet and smartphone for $249.99 with contracts.
For those who like to walk out in the rain or sit by the pool when using their the tablets the Pantech Element is waterproof to incidental exposure to water defined as Waterproof (IP57 rated), submergible for up to 1 meter for 30 minutes (with all ports tightly closed). So if falls into the pool or pond while fishing, make sure you fish out immediately. Continue reading “Pantech Burst & Element News: 4G LTE Deal $249.99 4 Dual-Core Smartphone & Waterproof Tablet” »
TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News:
Full news stories recently include the new Samsung Galaxy Note information, the Asus Padfone, the return of the HP TouchPad promotion, Windows Phone home makeover promotion, Droid MAXX launch and Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G. Most of today's news were numbers and did not require full long articles.
Here's the news that is too short to report: Continue reading “TS2R Wireless News: Nokia Lumia 1M, iPhone 4S 89%,5.3M Moto, 9.4M AT&T & HTC Hero” »
We're still catching up on CES awards and products, while our friends who attended CES are still recovering. The Asus Padfone was selected as a Best of Innovations honoree in the Wireless Handsets category.
It's kind of like a mini Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the Asus Transformer Prime turns a tablet into a notebook computer. The Asus Padfone turns a smartphone into tablet. In fact, they are related because the both run quad-core Tegra 3 processors. Continue reading “Asus Padfone News: Award Winner PadfoneTransforms to Mini Transformer Prime Tablet?” »
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