Category: Gadgets

Android Central points out Google support document that details the Failed to fetch license for (movie title) error 49 message users will see when they try to play on a rooted device. Only Xooms with Android 3.1 have the access to the service right now, but support rolls out to all Android 2.2 or higher…

TiVo announced it would offer Hulu Plus in Spetember we are still waiting for it to arrive on those Premiere DVRs. Twitter user dlayphoto spotted these materials in local Best Buy promising six months for the $7.99/month service for free with purchase of a new box with a new price tag. The URL on the…

HP may have announced its TouchSmart 610 all-in-one just too soon for it to ship with Core 2011 processors, the company is pushing out a refresh a just a few months later. The 23-inch device is on sale with a variety of quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 Sandy Bridge CPUs. The special in the…

Sprint customers can now pre-order their HTC EVO 3D and EVO View 4G tablet. The carrier has confirmed that you can reserve WiMAX device by visiting Sprint owned retail store and plucking down $50. No words yet on when you will be getting the device in your hands. It is also taking the names for…

Booken has an E Ink Pearl display hacked to playback clips of bunnies without so much as a hiccup, now it is showing web browsing and scrolling on the same screen. It is stutter, as you see the video below, but the same tech found in Kindle is quite comfortable. The trick is done with…

Sharp, one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in its native country Japan rolled out a retro-future Gingerbread-packing Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH, an Android 2.3 flip phone with 180- degree swivelling touchscreen above the hinge the numerical dial pad and below there is a cool kids in Shibuya crave. The pretty good spec in this phone…

The MP3 Player that can do it all, including whisper sweet nothings in your ear. iRiver T9, slim, Barbie Pink with screen savers say I love you and Enjoy your life. This device actually offers a healthy feature set, includes FM radio, voice recorder, step and calorie counters, a USB connector, and the ability to…

Windows Phone 7s Metro UI Style can have it for their media player. Now the app has been released by the developer of LauncherPro homescreen replacement. As you can see from the video below next to a real WP 7 device, the look and functionality of Zune Player is present in a full featured interface…

Now you can have your Hulus extensive video library at your fingertips. Replacing the standard Adobe Flash Player with a modified version seems to work for the Nook and some other devices; users at Android Central have reported success on Epic 4G, Thnderbolt, and Droid Incredible. Check out the video for more details and how…

Googles indicated that tablet and smartphones will not be sharing the same Android build until Ice Cream Sandwich in Q4 this year, it turns out that the tablet friendly Honeycomb actually has Gingerbreads interface tucked underneath. According to modder Graffixo214, you need to making the jump is one simple system file: you already have the…

Mobile carrier is today launching the UKs first mobile phone contactless payment service, called as Quick Tap for purchase up to 15. It works on MasterCards PayPass System and requires a Barclays debit or credit card or, alternatively, a credit card from Orange itself. Gemalto is providing the SIM-based NFC compatibility, with Samsungs entirely un…

ST Microelectronics Carlo Bozotti is cited by Forbes as saying that Nokia will use ST-Ericsson hardware to power some of the Windows Phones. The dual-core U8500, a long time Nokia favorite is the first such system on the chip to appear, which the successors helping to populate Nokias expansive Windows Phone line up in 2012.

The Modu founder Dov Morgan found that new source of capital he went for last November. To pay back to creditors and unpaid wages, the firms patent portfolio is slated to be snatched up by Google for $4.8 million. Israeli news Calcalist reports that he is already invested three million smackers in mysterious new start…

The Best Buy gets the launching of HTC Flyer Android tablet in US, and has revealed Sunday as the official first day of availability of Flyer at $500. The 16GB equipped 7-inch Wi-Fi only tablet will be available with a magic pen that can be bought separately. You can buy yours online at Best Buy…

NEC got the attention in CES with dual-screen Android Tablet/e-reader, calls it as LT-W Cloud Communicator. Now its been re-branded as Life Touch W and officially hits on Japan this June. It features 7-inch, 800*600 resistive touchscreens, 384MB of RAM and Cortex A8 CPU. It got same out-dated Android2.2 OS and a five hour battery.…

Kingston announces its new data traveler flash drive has been up for second generation offering up 100MB/sec read and 70MB/sec write speeds when plugged into USB 3.0 port plugging into USB 2.0 ports gives you 30MB/sec for both read and write. The 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB drives will costs you $77, $116, and $213 respectively.…

Recombu reporting that some iterations of the phone Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Arc will be getting upgraded to Android 2.3.4 next week. They are the first non-Nexus phones to get the update. In addition to various Android related updates Sony Ericsson So called Facebook inside Xperia update, to more deeply integrate your phone with…

The University of British Columbias Electrical & Computer Engineering in Medicine Team managed to bring its Phone Oximeter to our attention, a handy little device for monitoring vitals outside a hospital setting. The meter hooks up to a smartphone iPhone for trials (works with Androids, Windows and Others) displaying wearers blood oxygen level and heart…