Located on a nondescript block in San Francisco’s Mission district is HipMunk HQ, a simple townhouse with a dark green trim. The travel startup’s operations are concentrated in just the first two rooms on the first floor— the rest is living space for Hipmunk’s co-founders, Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman, formerly of Reddit. The approximate [...]
And to wrap it up, Sprint announced today the upcoming availability of the next Android-based handset from Samsung to launch on the Sprint network, the Samsung Transform. Featuring a slide-out landscape QWERTY keyboard, the Transform is similar to the previously released Epic 4G, but obviously there’s a few “missing” features in this variation of the [...]
The second device to be announced by Sprint at today’s event at CTIA, the LG Optimus S is the first Optimus-branded device, featuring Android, to be showcased on a US-based carrier. And, while the feature set of the device may not be the reason that it gets more attention, the price and the fact that [...]
While Sprint’s on stage, they’re taking their time and making sure that all of their announcements sink in accordingly. While the Sprint ID Packs may be the focus for now, there’s also the fact that Sprint is officially announcing three brand new devices joining the Sprint network. The first up is the Sanyo Zio, which [...]
If only this was a hoax. Yes, that’s some bitter talk alright, because this Motorola MT716 from China Mobile is almost the perfect Droid that we once had on our dusty wish list: a similar slider form factor but with a hard-cap keyboard, as opposed to one with spongy mashers. In fact, eagle-eyed readers might [...]
Cellfish Media, a major provider of mobile services and marketing solutions, this morning announced that it has acquired mobile app publisher Airborne Mobile. The newly formed Airborne Studios will combine Cellfish Media’s original-content publishing activities with Airborne Mobile’s distribution of branded mobile content and applications. According to the press release, the new entity will focus [...]
You can drive through just about any neighborhood in the country and run across the blue ADT signs showing that homes are protected with security systems. ADT has announced a new system called the Pulse that is an interactive smart home solution. The system allows the user to control some of their functions within their [...]
Black & Decker will forever be associated with power tools and drills in my mind, but that is far from what the company is all about. Today the company offered up three new power inverters designed to let you power your gadgets and electronics while in the car. The new offerings include the PI800BB, PI500BB, [...]
Good news and bad, today, if you’ve been waiting for an HTC Desire HD. Vodafone UK has just put the Android 2.2 smartphone up for pre-order, offering it free from October 14th with a new, two-year £35 agreement; however, if you’re more interested in an unlocked, SIM-free version, you’ll have to wait until the end [...]
OnLive has announced it will not be charging a monthly fee for its cloud-based gaming system, with players only having to buy access to the games themselves. Although the company had initially been running a promotion wherein the first year’s subscription fees were waived, they now say they can afford to scupper them altogether. That [...]