Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Blockbuster is jumping on the set-top-box bandwagon. Yup, sounds crazy, movie rental store Blockbuster is releasing a set-top-box. Well, it’s true. Joining the likes of Apple TV, VUDU, Roku, and Xbox 360, Blockbuster is making a play at the digital downloads world. Blockbuster’s service, Blockbuster On-Demand (we know, very unique), offers rentals from $1.99 to $3.99 [...]
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Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Daniel Ahdout
Oh Apple, way to check up on yourself. While browsing through System Preferences in the most recent version of Mac OS X, 10.5.5, you yourself can find a spelling error and punctuation error in the Sharing preferences. After turning Internet Sharing On, you can see it says: “(Sharing your Built-in Ethernet Connectior”. Go get some [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2 tonight, after many expected they would release the software update tomorrow morning. Containing new features for Google Maps, a revised Safari layout, bug fixes, and other small UI settings updates, the new firmware is pretty hefty at almost 250MB and is available now via iTunes.
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Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Both Engadget and Gizmodo posted reviews of the long awaited, first-ever BlackBerry touchscreen, codename “Apple Killer”, BlackBerry Storm. After reading and analyzing both, they share the same overall point: it’s not quite there yet and if developed for more time, it would be better. I won’t try and quote the reviews, but I’ll just tell you [...]
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Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Daniel Ahdout
So, you are playing around on your pre-October 2008 Apple laptop. You really want the awesome new 4-Finger Gestures, but you don’t want to buy a brand new computer for them. MacRumors forum member michaelb showed us the trick, which he tried on an original MacBook Air; supposedly, it also works on other MacBooks, most [...]
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Posted on November 13th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
After swirling rumors and no confirmations, Verizon has finally confirmed a November 21 launch date for the BlackBerry Storm. Available for $199 with a 2-year contract and after $50 mail-in rebate, the Storm should be stocked a-plenty and be available from Verizon via stores, phone, and online. So those of you touchscreen craving BlackBerry users [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Unless you’ve been sitting under a rock for the past year, you’ve probably heard of Flip Video. Pure Digital, the company behind the Flip Video lineup, has been selling their budget camcorders like hot cakes to the YouTube crowd and everyone else shooting video on the spot. Earlier this year, they released the Mino, a [...]
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Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
iPhone 3G isn’t doing too poorly; actually, it’s doing amazingly. Not only is the phone helping Apple’s revenue, but it’s helping Apple break records and grow in the mobile phone market. Not only has Apple jumped over RIM as the #2 smartphone seller worldwide, it is now the top selling handset in the US. The [...]
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Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Considering Apple has only been competing in the smartphone market for less than two years, this news is big: Apple is now the #2 smartphone seller worldwide, behind Nokia and besting Research in Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry makers. Apple know holds a solid 17.3% share of the marketing, besting RIM’s 15.2% and trailing behind Nokia’s [...]
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Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
We aren’t big BlackBerry users here at blargKABOOM, being the Apple/iPhone fanboys we are; however, this month has been pretty exciting over at the BlackBerry camp so here’s the latest in BlackBerry news.
the Bold launches on AT&T, finally: after seeing the Bold practically a year ago, the phone has finally launched on a major US carrier. [...]
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