The second new service that Google announced today was their Music Beta, that has been highly anticipated for almost a year now. The Music app is currently in beta and you have to request an invite to be included, which can be done here. Unfortunately this service is only available for the US, so I [...]
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Google Music Beta Is Now Live And Accepting Invite Requests [Updated With Video]
May 10th, 2011 
B_ren 
Posted in Apps, Google, Google Play Store, IO 2011, Music Beta 
Tags: 2011, Android, apps, cloud, Google I/O, market, music beta, news, streaming, updates, US only 
1 Comment »Ice Cream Sandwich Gets Announced, Google Aims For Q4 Release
May 10th, 2011 B_ren During today’s keynote address at Google IO the next variant of the Android operating system was announced. Ice Cream Sandwich will be the OS that brings the phone and tablet OS’s back together for a much improved system. The major focus of ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s easier to type three letter, lol) will be [...]
Posted in Google, Ice Cream Sandwich, IO 2011, News Tags: 2011, android os, gingerbead, Google I/O, honeycomb, ice cream sandwich, merging, new ui, news, q4, release, updates No Comments »Rogers Announces Plans For 150Mbps LTE Network In Canada
April 27th, 2011 B_ren The one thing that many of Canadians have never really been upset with is the 3G speeds that we get on our mobile devices. Most Canadian carriers provide a very fast and reliable network, although with the recent evolution of LTE on the Verizon network in the US, we have been wondering when exactly we [...]
Google Announces Date For Q1 Earnings Call
April 4th, 2011 B_ren Today Google has announced that their Q1 earnings call will be held on April 14th at 4:30pm EST. While this may not be for everyone it will provide some very interesting insights into how Google is doing, basically how many billions they have made this time around. You usually also get some news on upcoming [...]
Sony Ericsson To Offer A Bootloader Unlock Solution On New Xperia Line
March 29th, 2011 B_ren I was a little shocked when I woke up this morning and read this, at first I thought I might still be dreaming. However I was not, and it is true that Sony Ericsson is going to offering a bootloader unlock solution for their new Xperia line for 2011. There are a few catches of [...]
Posted in News, Sony Ericsson Tags: 2011, bootloader, news, phones, sony ericsson, unlock, xperia No Comments »Samsung Releases Pricing And Availability For Their New Tabs
March 22nd, 2011 B_ren So we now have pricing and availability of the two new Samsung Tabs. They have announced that there will be HSPA+ and WiFi only versions to be had. With these being the thinnest tablets that will hit the market, I am sure they will do quite well in sales. It will be interesting to see [...]
Samsung Unveils Their New Tabs At CTIA
March 22nd, 2011 B_ren This morning at CTIA was all Samsung and their new tablets. They have unveiled their 8.9″ and 10.1″ tablets and have declared them as the “World’s Thinnest Mobile Tablets”. These new tablets come in slightly thinner that the iPad at 8.6 millimeters and they are also a nice weight with the 10.1 coming in at [...]
HTC EVO 3D Specs Leaked Prior To CTIA Announcement
March 21st, 2011 B_ren This was bound to happen eventually. If you put a whole bunch of tech geeks and nerds anywhere close to new and exciting devices, someone is going to snoop around enough to find a hidden treasure. This one comes from the folks over at Pocketnow who managed to snap a few pics of the specs [...]
HTC 10″ Honeycomb Tablet Coming In June?? Leaked Lineup Says Yes!
March 14th, 2011 B_ren The fine folks over at Precentral.net got their hands on what is being called the lineup for a “major U.S. retailer”, and it includes a boat load of Android tablets. One of the more interesting ones is a HTC 10″ tablet that will come loaded with Honeycomb… I says pardon?!?!?!? HTC announced their Flyer tablet [...]
