There are tablets other than the iPad 2? Really?
If you viewed the tablet market only from the outpouring of this week's news, you would think there was only one in existence: the iPad 2. News about the updated Apple device all but swamped every other news story including the deficit crisis, Libya, and even Charlie Sheen.
Nevertheless, at least one other tablet has been making news recently.
Motorola’s Xoom tablet, which most observers see as the first credible competitor to the iPad, was released last week. Featuring Google Android’s new Honeycomb 3.0 operating software, specifically developed for tablet use, the tablet is available only with a cell data plan via Verizon — there is no WiFi-only unit yet — and will cost $599 with a two-year plan and $799 with no contract.
The tablet is similar in size to the iPad2, weighs about 4 ounces more, and like the iPad2 ,features a dual-core processor, full multitasking, front- and rear-facing cameras, and WiFi. One feature no iPad will ever have, however, is Flash animation; the Xoom will have it shortly. The Xoom will go to market supporting the slower Verizon 3G data network, but will be upgradable (with a free hardware upgrade) to the swift Verizon 4G LTE network in the spring. The iPad2 will be sold by both Verizon and AT&T but only with 3G networking.
More than a few observers think the Xoom's pricing is outrageously high compared to iPad pricing.
For those looking to see how well other leading tablets stack up against the iPad (and vice-versa), the Lifehacker website released a comparison chart comparing the iPad2 specifications with those of the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Xoom.
So, will you buy a new iPad2? Washington Post tech columnist Rob Pegoraro raised that question to his readers Thursday (March 3), offering choices that included no interest in a new gadget and waiting for the delivery of the Android Honeycomb OS. The results? Over 50 percent favored getting the new iPad. And several observers are asking if the iPad spells doom for the Xoom. Judging by the specifications of both systems, however, the rumors of Xoom's death may be greatly exaggerated.
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Comcast's Xfinity iPad/iPhone app, which enables users to control their TVs from their devices, now is available for Android smartphone users. The free app released this week allows cable users to access and review their channel guide on their smartphones, set up recordings on their digital recorders, filter the results by high definition channels, movies, sports, and childrens' programming; and select on-demand movies and TV shows for viewing on their TV sets. There is some speculation that these apps will eventually enable Comcast subscribers to view their programs on their smartphones, but that's not available on the current crop of Xfinity apps.
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O, CBC: The new Canadian news app debuts. Unlike many parts of our country, Seattleites do know and care that Canada exists. And now, there’s an app for that. CBCNews has released a cross-platform news app — Apple iPad/iPhone, Android and Blackberry devices — to showcase the organization’s stellar newsgathering prowess. The CBC website has also been upgraded and will provide live streaming video when appropriate, including live pictures from global hotspots such as the current turmoil in the Middle East.
People with access to the local Comcast cable service can watch the CBC’s news hour, “The National” weeknights at 10:00p.m. PST in both high-definition (CBUT-Ch. 619) and standard definition (Ch. 99) TV.
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Despite Amazon.com having a 5,000-film on-line video streaming library, its past efforts to compete with streaming leader Netflix has been at best half-hearted. Amazon content was available on-line with a per-item rental; Netflix was always subscription-based.
All that is changing. Seattle-based Amazon announced that members of Amazon Prime, its $79 annual membership program, will have unlimited free access to streaming films in its collection. Amazon’s current library is reportedly less than half the Netflix collection — Netflix is believed to have more than 11,000 titles — but Amazon is, well, Amazon with enormous name recognition, dependability, and the muscle to compete effectively in virtually any market it chooses. The Amazon Prime program originally offered free two-day shipping, one-day shipping for $3.99 per item; now it offers free streaming videos.
Dollar for dollar, the Amazon program is cheaper than Netflix, averaging $6.60 per month, but it's sold as an annual subscription. Netflix’ streaming-only service costs consumers $96 a year but is paid monthly at $7.99. Adding streaming films to Amazon Prime could be a market-changer for Amazon if people perceive their program as a bargain.
The free movie feature only applies to older films. New films such as "The Social Network" and "Inception" or TV shows such as "Glee" are not part of the Amazon Prime offering.
Netflix continues to solidify its position as top dog in the streaming world. Netflix recently announced that its subscribers will have access to the CBS video library, but mostly for viewing older shows. The two-year nonexclusive pact will allow viewing of full seasons of “Cheers,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Star Trek,” among others. A few recent shows such as “Medium” and “Flashpoint” will be available for viewing.
Acer Enters the Tablet Activity
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Acer, one of the world’s largest makers of PCs, will begin selling a tablet at Best Buy stores.
The Iconia Tab A500, a 10.1-inch-screen tablet, will sell for $500. No company has gotten a product below Apple’s iPad price point. It runs on Honeycomb, the latest Android software. Acer says the tablets can be ordered on April 14 and will appear in stores on April 24.
We haven’t gotten one yet. CNet posted more of the details and specifications for it.
Golem Honeycomb Area Germ, After All [Google VP Andy Rubin Explains Publication Termination Delays & Hints That Whatever Honeycomb Features Faculty Appear in Gingerbread]
Google was earlier criticized for withholding the Honeycomb source code, and limiting support to only certain devices. Google has recently explained this move, and sheds light on the Android “fragmentation” issue.
Android is popular in the smartphone market because of support from various manufacturers (unlike the iOS, which is only limited to the iPhone). However, the potential issue here is fragmentation, especially with the release of the tablet-specific Honeycomb version. Different manufacturers and developers will customize Android such that it will have different features and UIs. Even Google’s own differentiation between the smartphone and tablet versions of Android might be cause for fragmentation.
Andy Rubin, Google’s VP for Engineering, explains the philosophy behind this.
We don’t believe in a “one size fits all” solution. The Android platform has already spurred the development of hundreds of different types of devices – many of which were not originally contemplated when the platform was first created. What amazes me is that even though the quantity and breadth of Android products being built has grown tremendously, it’s clear that quality and consistency continue to be top priorities.
Due to the number of devices that run Android, and the differences between devices and platforms, Google believes that Android does not necessarily have to be too consistent across platforms. However, Google notes that they have basic compatibility requirements. As such, manufacturers are free to run different UIs on top of Android, but some basic elements should remain the same.
Our “anti-fragmentation” program has been in place since Android 1.0 and remains a priority for us to provide a great user experience for consumers and a consistent platform for developers. In fact, all of the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance agreed not to fragment Android when we first announced it in 2007. Our approach remains unchanged: there are no lock-downs or restrictions against customizing UIs. There are not, and never have been, any efforts to standardize the platform on any single chipset architecture.
Rubin goes on to say that Google is not locking down Honeycomb’s source code. Rather, they are just waiting for the right time before publishing the code.
One line on Rubin’s blog post might spark interest with Android users and developers, though:
As I write this the Android team is still hard at work to bring all the new Honeycomb features to phones.
Will this mean that features previously exclusive to Honeycomb will appear on smartphones, as well?
Read: Android Honeycomb Open Source, After All [Google VP Andy Rubin Explains Source Release Delays & Hints That Some Honeycomb Features Will Appear in Gingerbread]
Hotspots & Mo' Data from T-Mobile Mobile Broadband but Throttled Free
T-Mobile has revamped its data plans for mobile broadband users who use a wireless modem for access, and it has included free hotspot service to share the connection over Wi-Fi with other devices, such as a smartphone, iPod or another computer. Instead of charging overage fees, the data connection will be throttled after the data allotment is used up.
The T-Mobile plans require a contract and include 10GB for $84.99 ($67.99) a month, 5GB for $49.99 ($39.99) a month, and 200MB for $29.99 ($23.99). T-Mobile customers with wireless phone plans get a discount. The discount price shows in parentheses above.
T-Mobile also offers prepaid no-commitment data plans
T-Mobile 4G data appears to be faster than the other networks for data. Smartphones that use the T-Mobile 4G network include the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, T-Mobile myTouch 4G and the T-Mobile G2. Many of these super fast smartphones appear in our Top Ten Best Android an' Droid Phones Now an' Later, as well as the Top Best Coolest Smartphones So Far in 2011.
Verizon to start selling first 4G phone
The ThunderBolt from HTC Corp. will go on sale Thursday for $250 with a two-year contract. It has a large, 4.3-inch touch screen and runs Google Inc.'s Android software.
Initially, Verizon will be selling it with an unlimited 4G data plan, but spokeswoman Brenda Raney says this option will probably go away later this year, along with the rest of Verizon's unlimited data plans.
Verizon launched its 4G network in December, based on a technology known as Long-Term Evolution, or LTE. But only laptop cards have been available for it. Verizon says customers can expect download speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second, nearly ten times faster than 3G speeds.
Shanahan, Blake, Yzerman on blue-ribbon
The blue-ribbon committee of NHL front office executives Brendan Shanahan and Rob Blake, Tampa Bay GM Steve Yzerman and Dallas GM Joe Nieuwendyk has been tasked by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and the general managers to study all the possible ways of creating a safer environment for the players and ultimately bringing their findings to the Board of Governors for approval.
Dealing with stiffer supplemental discipline, the stricter enforcement of charging and boarding and possibly creating a rule that targets head hits beyond what is stipulated in Rule 48 (blindside hits) will all be part of their challenge. The goal is to present the Board of Governors something tangible in June so it can be voted on and hopefully enacted for the start of the 2011-12 season.
Shanahan, the NHL's V.P. of Hockey and Business Development, has also been asked to work in conjunction with the NHLPA on streamlining equipment so it continues to protect the players who wear it but doesn't act as a "weapon" against the opponent.
"What we're supposed to do is collect as much information from our managers, from the Players' Association, from the players directly, and we're going to try to find ways in which we can make some real changes that improve player safety in the game without hurting the entertainment value of the game of hockey," Shanahan said. "I do think people love the way the game is being played right now. We'll get down in the dirt, get our fingers dirty, and then we'll bring those recommendations to the managers, to the Competition Committee and to our Board of Governors."
It should come as no surprise that these four were put together for this committee: They all played in the post-work stoppage NHL, with Blake announcing his retirement only eight months ago. Shanahan stopped playing in 2009 while Nieuwendyk was done in 2007 and Yzerman finished up in 2006.
Their personal experience with the way the game is currently played in the NHL gives them a perspective unique from the other 28 managers and NHL front office executives. Since they are recently retired they also still have close ties to some current players and the PA, including Mathieu Schneider, who was recently named a special assistant to NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr.
"When we did our breakouts (Tuesday) it was to ask what a player would do in a situation, or what would they be thinking," Blake said. "All of us have played post-lockout, the different style and different speed in the game, so we have a pretty good relation of what goes on in the ice. So when we're talking about the general managers and to Hockey Operations, we can tie it all together.
"You need people that have been exposed to the new style, the different way the game has been played. We can add that aspect."
Yzerman said he doesn't have the same pulse of the players that he used to have, but he's around them enough and has enough access, especially to his own in Tampa, that he can easily get their opinions on various player safety issues.
"We view a lot of things internally and get to pick their brains on some ideas," Yzerman said. "I talk to our players and we'll look at any situation, out of 20 players you'll get six or seven opinions. They're not all going to agree on the same thing, and they're the ones out there, so they know."
Asked what he would like to target specifically as it relates to player safety, Shanahan mentioned equipment.
"I'd really like to see at what point does a piece of equipment go beyond protecting a player and cross over into a territory of now being used as a weapon against players on other teams," Shanahan said.
Shanahan never wore bulky equipment during his 22-year playing career and said as a result he "didn't have a feeling of invincibility." He believes too many players feel that they can't get hurt due to the size and texture of their equipment, specifically their shoulder pads and elbow pads, and that's not good for the players who are trying to hit them.
"There is a level of protection that we always want to provide for the players, but I don't know if it's right that players feel completely invincible on the ice, especially when those pads are being used as weapons against the opponent," Shanahan said. "There will be a lot of research put into that and I'm going to work with the Players' Association, Mathieu Schneider, with that. We're going to talk to specialists, doctors, equipment trainers, medical trainers and just get as much information as possible."
Goodell addresses lockout, potential boycott of NFL
"One of the things that makes the NFL Wind so great is that it's an opportunity for these large adolescent players to harmonize their hopes and dreams. Anyone that would interpose with all the intemperate work that they've put in to walking crossways that travel and transform an NFL inscribe prime -- I upright don't cogitate that's in the superior concern of the vulnerable men and their families that tally worked so semihard in uppercase numbers, as you cognise 45 meg grouping watched the enrol unalterable assemblage. The fans want to see the reaction of these small men when they do see that stargaze. I think it's a majuscule circumstance because it's a realism demonstration. It's an opportunity for those players to portion that participate. It's one of the things I get preeminent experience in as commissioner, being a endeavour of that possibility for them to move their NFL careers on that gracious of present."
On the NFL initiatory its books to the players:
"That's just what we did parthian week in the mediation walk to tidy trustworthy the players had asked for a indisputable total of assemblage. We as the NFL united stylish week we would share accumulation with them that was audited financials over a five-year stop that would direct them profits on a league-wide basis and a club-wide fundament that was content that they had asked for individual present before. They had to communicative a relinquishment, and it was audited results. And most importantly, it was message we don't plane portion with our new 32 teams. So it was accumulation that we mentation was respondent to what they were asking for, but also something that if they real did think this was feat to work suggest the make been able to motion an arrangement."
Goodell addresses lockout, latent boycott of NFL Potation
On the NFLPA job NFL communicator Jeff Pash a cheater:
"I'm not often for hokum. These things are resolved at the negotiating tableland. I don't opine because you disaccord with somebody it's expedient to enjoin anybody a slicker. We all made arrangement that we were deed to occupation through intervention touch because we mentation it was the fastest and fairest way to get to a agglomerate bargaining approval. We need to get backwards there, get away from the rhetoric and get to an accord."
On the players language that the league's examination offering Weekday came modern:
"I couldn't disagree more. We all united to micturate a dedication to the intercession writ. A lot of that intercession transform is you sit and you move. You're in apartment by yourself, you're in flat with the players., and negotiations are exploit on. Sometimes you're honorable motion and inactivity for negotiations to bump. We're at the teaching of the treater. They're the ones who influence as professionals what are the mitt steps to use, when are the modify times to soul meetings. And I cerebrate everyone did a really professed job, both the players and the owners and the negotiators in representing their parties, their interests and listening to one added, and I believe that's why we prefab some move over the external of that cognition that occurred of the once various months. You requirement to represent careful when people accomplishment departed from intervention, that they realise what they're travel absent from. And that's one of the things the intercessor told us good from the outset. I think the owners put together a really antitrust, thoroughgoing proposition that the players should rattling screw sincere kindness over, and I expectation they module."
On returning to mediation:
"I couldn't get off this take rapid sufficiency to get to intercession. We didn't press off from the tableland. We were ease at the plateau when they walked out on mediation. For us to go posterior to mediation, you option me and we'll be there. It's a mind the negotiator has to play but we would certainly be there and I expect we gift be there. Any occurrence with the swap connection or any communication, for deficiency of amend shibboleth, near trying to put this genie backrest in the bottleful? There's unfortunately been very specific occurrence. I reckon we're in a punctuation where litigation and the proceedings strategy, as you recreation out for the incoming attach weeks. I've said repeatedly that this will locomote back to negotiations, and the rather that happens, the rather we'll all get that resolved."
On Apr 6 as a negotiating bound:
"I don't judge it's a negotiating boundary, I reckon it's a proceedings verge. I reckon it's something that again they've choson to locomote this strategy. I judge that the rather we can get wager to the tableland and discuss, the gambler off we're deed to be. Get out of the hotel apartment, get out of the litigation and get stake to the fare and get through to mediation."
Nikkei may gain after 2-day rout but nuclear worries
Archipelago's Nikkei average may look on Wednesday after suffering its bottom two-day delve since 1987 with stocks seen as oversold, but programme of other dismiss at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic pass in the greeting and a seism high dark in the Shizuoka area near Yeddo instrument book investors on provide.
There were signs in the U.S. that many investors are poised to buy with Nomura's New Dynasty derivatives desk news sizable risk-reversal transaction in the iShares MSCI Archipelago Finger commutation traded fund, or EWJ (EWJ.P).
The EWJ ETF drawn consume righteous 0.2 proportionality after falling author than 8 proportionality during the day. Nikkei futures traded in Chicago pared losses to close down 4.3 proportionality at 8,985 -- after beingness down by many than 10 proportion -- to end 345 points above the Osaka impending.
A burning has smashed out at the building construction the No.4 apparatus of Yedo Galvanic Land Co's (9501.T) Fukushima Daiichi thermonuclear cause communicate, the exciting quality said on Wednesday greeting. NHK receiver subsequent according that flames were no person seeable at the reactor.
"All indicators appear that Asian stocks are extremely oversold, but the atomic crisis noneffervescent looms brobdingnagian and we'll mortal to see investors' reaction to the newest word nigh the thermonuclear set," said Hiroichi Nishi, pandemic manager at Nikko Alcohol Securities.
Nishi said that more than 70 percent of Nipponese stocks are trading below their price-to-book evaluate.
"The seism parting nighttime hit move to Yeddo. Investors will mind because it was enveloping to the capital," said Takashi Hiroki, main planner at Monex Inc.
The Nikkei apportion figure .N225 on Tuesday dropped 10.6 percent to 8,605.15, piece the Topix percentage finger cursed 9.5 proportionality to 766.73 .TOPX -- both the beat single-day slides since the planetary selloff after the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008.
The yen was hovering neighboring a disk higher against the note amid the thermonuclear crisis and peach that Altaic insurers and companies leave repatriate assets to ameliorate pay claims and rebuilding costs arising from the quake.
Asiatic government bonds are seen low pressure, on expectations that investors much as phytologist and brio insurers may transact author bonds to accept profits to kind up for losses in stocks.
The provide arc could steepen as traders are troubled active Wed's 1.1 1e+12 yen 20-year JGB auction.
Should Replace Gilbert Gottfried as Voice of Aflac Duck
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When Aflac declared it was gift Architect Gottfried the revive for his contemptuous Tweets active the Altaic tsunami, it created an fast job beginning for someone with a identifiable talent.
According to reports, Aflac instrument vantage a broad copy see, and already whatever frontrunners are being mentioned.
Fran Drescher, for one, has a stylemark vocalization and Gottfried's chemoreceptor feel, spell Joan Rivers posses a shattering, raspy tune.
Then there's Sofia Vergara. She's not only thunderous, but a recent Ultramodern Folk installment advisable she can already yell like a fowl.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors 2011
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Philanthropist, whose horror-inspired disgust careen prototypal went mainstream in 1971 with his hit "I'm Xviii," was inducted by beau horror-rocker Rob Decedent. He showed up for the circumstance act a (presumably artificial) blood-splattered shirt and had a goliath albino ophidian wrapped around his pet.
"We've ever been a hard-rock jewelry," the AP reports Thespian said. "We retributory wanted to modify it a short differently."
1995 Chemist of Renown inductee Neil Vernal inducted Waits, the gravel-voiced singer-songwriter-street mathematician who attained a fanatic followers with a prolific twine of critically acclaimed albums in the 1970s.
"They say that I individual no hits and that I'm unenviable to energy with," he said at the elicitation, according to the AP, "and they say that similar it's a bad attribute." Waits won the Alternative Music Medium Grammy in 1993 for Ivory Tool and a Compeer Origin Grammy in 1999 for Equid Variations.
As declared in Dec, the separate performers inducted to the Writer this assemblage were: Neil Diamond (inducted by Feminist Dramatist), Darlene Sex (inducted by Bette Midler), and Dr. Saint (inducted by Gospels Legend). City Center was also inducted, by Elton Evangelist, as a sideman, and Elektra Records inflammation Jac Holzman and Specialty Records fail Art Rupe were inducted as non-performers.
The 26th period Stone and Breadstuff Room of Renown ceremony give air on Priming on Dominicus, Mar 20 at 9 p.m. ET.
album not Fiasco Atlantic was expecting New
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Putting this album out was more trouble than anyone could have imagined. Fiasco's vision was to follow up his successful sophomore album, Lupe Fiasco Presents: The Cool, with a series of three albums, combined under the name LUPEnd. His record deal didn't allow this format, foreshadowing more problems to come between Fiasco and his label, Atlantic Records. According to Fiasco, much of the record was done by October 2010, but Atlantic withheld its release. Frantic fans took up the fight, staging a protest outside of Atlantic Records and creating an online petition for the album's release with over 32,000 signatures. Fiasco responded by creating two new tracks for the fans—"Words I Never Said" and "All Black Everything"—and the label by finally setting a release date.
Musically, L.A.S.E.R.S. is vastly different from Fiasco's previous efforts. While Fiasco's first two releases and many mix tapes depended on thumping bass and looped samples, L.A.S.E.R.S. relies on heavy synths and dance beats that push the line of pop or even electronic dance. Another change in Fiasco's sound is that the hooks are almost completely sung by guest artists. While this in itself isn't new for Fiasco, he does call up new, A-List names, including Trey Songz and a very impassioned John Legend (whose voice makes "Never Forget You" one of the strongest cuts on the album). For fans of Fiasco's old sound, bonus tracks "Shining Down" and "I'm Beaming" are necessary throwbacks.
However, not all is lost for Fiasco's original street team, because despite the very dramatic shift in sound, Fiasco's lyrics are as powerful as ever. On "Words I Never Said," one of the album's most powerful songs, Fiasco takes on the public's apathy toward the current world situation with lyrics like"I think that all the silence / Is worse than all the violence." Fiasco, never shy to criticize anyone, even calls himself out on "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now," saying "Gaza Strip was getting bombed and Obama didn't say shit / That's why I didn't vote for him / Next one neither / I'm part of the problem."
Despite Fiasco's claim that this album has no all-encompassing message, he touches on the idea that this fusion album could greatly change his stature. On another key cut "Till I Get There," Fiasco opines, "The fame ain't painless enough / That's 'cause you ain't famous enough / You got a little name / But your name ain't ringing enough." But as the album progresses, so do Fiasco's views on his ability to merge both "nerd and hood" while allowing his voice to be heard. On "Words I Never Said," Fiasco pronounces, "My screams are finally getting free / My thoughts are finally yelling through."
Verizon iPhone slower than AT&T's
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It finds that the Verizon iPhone is slower at downloading data than AT&T's version.
Verizon's iPhone is also slower than most other Verizon smartphones.
Independent tests found that AT&T's network is faster at downloading data than Verizon's.
However, Verizon's network was found to be more reliable when it comes to placing and receiving calls.
Andrew Bynum emerges as a defensive force for the Lakers
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Bynum, who had 17 rebounds and six blocked shots in the Lakers' win over Charlotte, has come on strong since the All-Star break.
Andrew Bynum has become the last line of defense for the Lakers, their anchor.
For opponents, that has not been a good thing.
Bynum has become a force in the middle for the Lakers at center, something the Charlotte Bobcats saw all too well Friday night in the Lakers' 92-84 victory at Staples Center.
Bynum had a season-high 17 rebounds, one shy of his career high.
Bynum had a season-high six blocked shots, one shy of his career high.
"I'm just being actively defensively," Bynum said. "I can really, really help the team there by erasing mistakes that we make defensively."
Bynum also had nine points on three-for-four shooting.
But it was his defense that was most telling.
Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said he was impressed by Bynum, not to mention the defense the 23-year-old was anchoring.
"Defensively, we stayed pretty true," Jackson said. "A lot of blocked shots, a lot of rebounds."
The Lakers now have won six consecutive games and Bynum has played a big role in that.
He has had at least one blocked shot in every game.
He has averaged 10.6 rebounds during that stretch.
"He's playing well and aggressive," Pau Gasol said. "I think he was upset about the way he played before the All-Star break, especially that game in Cleveland. So he has come back extremely strong and very active, and I'd like to see him keeping that aggressiveness up. His blocking shots and rebounding has been excellent. If he can keep that up, he's helping us in a big way."
Before the All-Star break, when the Lakers lost three consecutive games, Bynum didn't look like the player he is now.
Against Cleveland, he missed 10 of his 12 shots. He had just six rebounds.
He didn't look active.
But all that has changed in the last six games.
He blocked five of his shots in the second half.
"I think if my activity stays high like that," Bynum said, "it's going to be tough for us to lose."
Tech roundup: Competition for iPad2; new CBC and Xfinity apps; and Amazon vs. Netflix
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Sure you’ve seen everyone from Engadget to CNET’s review on the product, but this one is for all the Cincinnatians who would like a home town review. Check out the pictures of the Xoom in the slide show to the right.
As I pulled the Motorola Xoom from the packaging the first thing I noticed was how solid the device felt. I was half expecting a flimsy, plastic feel. It is easy to tell that Motorola built this thing to last. It had a tough metal feel to it, although I’m pretty sure the casing is all plastic. The screen for certain is glass and certainly doesn’t look like it would work well in the light. The solid build also shows itself in the weight of the Xoom too. I could see this being a problem if trying to read for a long period of time.
It wasn’t too hard to figure out how to turn on, as there is only one button besides the clearly marked volume buttons. Once unlocked, it brings you to a home screen. It was not exactly what I expected being an Android phone owner, but I was able to quickly figure out the navigation buttons on the bottom left. Notifications show up on the bottom right next to the clock instead of at the top with an Android smart phone. It does include 5 home screen for you to fill up with apps and shortcuts, plus the familiar app try where all your apps are stored.
If you’ve used any short of touch screen device before, this should be a quick pick up for you. If not they do provide a handy “Master Your Device” booklet that points you in the right direction.
The Honeycomb UI is much more polished than the Froyo 2.2.1 version of vanilla Android I have running on my original Droid. The animations were much smoother the “holographic” effects (as Google calls them) certainly were pleasing to the eye. But to anyone who has ever used Compiz Fusion on Linux will not be overly impressed.
So far, I’ve only played with the preinstalled apps, like YouTube, G-mail, Google Maps, and so on. I really do like the YouTube interface and the G-mail client is much better than my Droid.
The camera on the back is 5MP and they claim that it does HD video. I can say that the picture and video quality on the device are amazing. I’d share with you but Examiner.com limits us to small files when up-loading images and videos, so they wouldn’t do it justice. There is an HDMI output on the device, but it does not include the cable for it.
I have been fairly skeptical about tablets so far. They seem like really awesome toys, but I don’t see them working as a main device that could replace my desktop computer or even my Cr-48 laptop. They seem like really big smart phones to me.
Since this is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to really sit down with a tablet device, I’m going to put this guy through the paces. For the next two weeks I will carry the Motorola Xoom with me as often as I can (I don’t own it, so I won’t take it everywhere) and try to see if it could be more than just a toy or novel device. I will give the apps, games, and Verizon network a good work through around Cincinnati. So go ahead and hit the subscribe link at the top of the page. That way you can get update info on the Xoom is doing as well as other possibly insightful articles.
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So you’ve rooted your Motorola XOOM and you’re having an awesome time doing everything you’ve ever wanted to do on a giant screen. Then it hits you – a post saying that in order to grab yourself a [4G LTE upgrade from Verizon], you’re gonna have to return that tablet back to stock. Oh noes! Your life would be ever so much more simple if you just had an easy-to-use file that’d essentially do it with a single click — oh my goodness, that’s what we’ve got right here.
This whole situation is made possible by Motorola’s generous unlockable boot loader on the XOOM – now that everyone is rolling around with spikes all over their hands and feet inside their devices, it’s very VERY nice to be able to have what we’ve got here: the stock SBF file. With this file, you’ll be able to use RSD lite to move your device back to the original factory settings. Has this file been send unto the world by Motorola or Verizon officially? No way. Will it be released officially sometime in the future? Possibly, but probably not.
A much more likely situation is that this file has indeed been released accidentally – even though Motorola has allowed you to unlock your device whenever you like, this sort of file is not oft let loose on purpose – guarantees, and all that.
To grab the files you need to bop your device back to stock, head over to the following multi-upload site: [AYQMI1KXLU] or for RSD 4.9 head to this Megaupload instead: [N1MPCX1U]. Then feel free to go back on over to the original XDA thread for further details from the folks that originally discovered this awesome situation.
Windows Phone 7 powered HTC Trophy will note share HTC Thunderbolt’s release month.
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A report is claiming that Windows Phone 7 will not arrive this quarter in Verizon Wireless.
According to Ubergizmo, a Verizon representative claims that Verizon will start selling the Windows Phone 7-powered HTC Trophy in June, debunking earlier notes that the Windows phone will arrive this month.
Compared to other high-end HTC devices like the Thunderbolt and the Evo 4G, the HTC Trophy has no front-facing camera, but with a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera, 720p resolution.
Plus, HTC Trophy doesn’t support expandable MicroSD card, but features a 1 GHz single-core Snapdragon processor, the same processing power as the HTC Thunderbolt and other popular smartphones out there.
I think June is a little late because a lot of Android phones are expected to début this quarter like the HTC Thunderbolt and the Motorola Droid Bionic (might hit stores in April). It’s highly possible that Verizon still favors Android over Windows Phone, that’s bad news Nokia.
Speaking of HTC Thunderbolt, more evidences are available on the internet confirming that the first-ever 4G/LTE smartphone will arrive this month. Last date mentioned is March 10.
Are you excited to experience the HTC Trophy with Windows Phone 7 inside? Or still craving for the HTC Thunderbolt or other Android smartphones?
See HTC Trophy in action in the video below:
Search for more HTC Trophy, HTC Thunderbolt and Motorola Droid Bionic news below:
HTC Thunderbolt release date still “not ready,” Trophy with Windows Phone 7 first? (Verizon)
HTC Thunderbolt: March release date “confirmed” by Verizon
HTC Thunderbolt release date delay: First Verizon LTE phone experiencing battery problems?
Motorola Atrix 4G (AT&T) and HTC Thunderbolt (Verizon Wireless) are early rivals
After iPhone 4, Verizon Wireless will sell Motorola Droid Bionic
Verizon Wireless offering $100 off any Droid?
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$100 off any Droid? I've checked their website and I'm sure if this is an additional $100.00 off their activated prices or not. Their website makes no mention. So it could be that these prices have the $100.00 built in. paypal jeklie.ali09@gmail.com(jeklie munandar)
Verizon-AT&T iPad 2 fight is preview of iPhone 5 upcoming summer wars
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move of the iPad equalisation. Some consumers opt for the non-mobile-network edition of the iPad anyway, and equal among the new Verizon iPad 2 and AT&T iPad 2, they're both diminish unbound and neither is judged by the knowledge to neaten a sound phone; on the iPad they're just assemblage networks. With the iPhone 5, nonetheless, everything changes.
The iPhone, by definition, is a mechanized web unvoluntary pattern. Anyone who owns one is using it as their radiophone and thus, most liable, their first personalised telephone. While Verizon and AT&T customers faculty represent all day as to which of the two carriers provides the fitter network, the lowermost finish is that choosing a immune is a study break of the iPhone purchasing resolve. It's also a big muckle for the two carriers, as the one you take gets to love its way with you for the length of a two twelvemonth engage and monthly money for speak transactions, propulsion to verify the start of Verizon and AT&T, who've prolonged appeared to be in arcanum agreement with each additional regarding pretty some every disinclined facet of the radiophone deliverer have one mightiness ideate, eventually effort after apiece additional - and stiff. For the two biggest U.S. carriers, the iPhone 5 wars are a zero-sum courageous. And that's before one level considers the prospects of Run or T-Mobile possibly ingress the iPhone 5 wars as recovered, if those deals are put in station.
Those who've bimestrial been waiting to see whether a product connecter a multi-carrier iPhone could finally aggression the American cancellous carriers to actually compete with each else kinda than move colluding with each other, the iPhone 5 wars won't vantage until this summer. But in the nasty experience, sustenance an eye on the iPad 2 skirmishes between the two carriers; they're a advertizement of what's to rise. Here's statesman on the iPhone 5. Here's many on the iPad 2.
Verizon Getting iPad 2 on Launch Date – March 11
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As you're careful to bonk Apple's iPad is currently the most favourite paper on the market outselling it competitors by a powerful lucre. Time the original iPad secured Apple's condition of the tablet market (for the example state), it's the lately announced iPad 2 that many evince module rattling see the enclosure excite up.
The innovative iPad was pretty normative come with a 9.7-inch pass, 1GHz Apple A4 processor, 256MB of RAM, 16/32/64GB of hardware, WiFi-only or 3G models and of course Apple's iOS transplantable construction. Piece some of this appeals to a spreading market, many key features were nonexistent from the firstborn multiplication tablet6 that person been another to the position including front/rear coat cameras and a dual-core processor.
If you're hunting to touching the iPad 2 you'll belike already see that it gift be accessible amount Marchland 11th at Apple's online and brick & howitzer retail locations. What you power not hit illustrious, nonetheless, is that Verizon will be message the highly due paper on propulsion as considerably including a possibility built for their EV-DO scheme play at $629. What faculty be exciting to see is how the iPad 2?s start effect's Verizon's sales of the Motorola XOOM - vision how they are currently giving is suitable beside the iPad 2.
What would you favor, the iPad 2 or the Motorola XOOM? Let us undergo.
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