Category Archives: Mobile Devices

Buy A Verizon Device from Amazon Get a $50 Gift Card

Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2011 by MegaZone

Purchase a Verizon phone or mobile broadband device with a new line of service between midnight PDT September 16, 2011, and 11:59 p.m. PDT September 26, 2011 and Amazon will email you a $50 gift card code on October 10, … Continue reading →

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HP Axes WebOS, and I Can’t Help But Feel Some Smug Satisfaction

Posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 by MegaZone

I’ve been debating writing this for a month now, going back and forth, and I finally decided to just do it. So, about a month ago HP announced they will axing WebOS. OK, OK, before you comment, I know, they … Continue reading →

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Sky-high Gadgets – The Boeing 787 In-Flight Entertainment Systems – Update: It Runs Android

Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2011 by MegaZone

Boeing just released this video of a test of their in-flight entertainment system. Damn, I think those seats are better equipped than my office. Good size LCD screens, a remote that is also a game pad and QWERTY keyboard, power … Continue reading →

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Apparently Men Need Directions, and Women Are More Social

Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 by MegaZone

Where do I get off saying that? Well, Nielsen did a survey of the top twenty Android apps as of July 2011, and broke down the results by gender. Click on the image for a larger version to see the … Continue reading →

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Android 2.2 Froyo & 2.3 Gingerbread Get Netflix

Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 by MegaZone

Up until now Netflix support on Android has been spotty at best. Only a limited number of devices have been supported, at least without hacks. All of that changed today as Netflix opened the floodgates by releasing support for all … Continue reading →

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