DIGITAL LIFE

It's a time-honored tradition for adult Americans. You've decided to buy a digital single-lens reflex camera, the kind with the $250 interchangeable lenses. It's an important decision because they both cost nearly $1,000, but the Canon EOS Rebel T3i and Canon EOS 60D both have gotten rave reviews. Additionally, they both take such great photos, you may never have to buy another camera for the rest of your life. Like so many things, we prefer to keep photography simple. However the camer...

HTC has announced the Sensation will be one of the first phones it updates to Ice Cream Sandwich, and T-Mobile is now giving them away in a Web only deal through March 20. It normally sells for $150 on contract, but for the next 36 hours or so, that price is cut to zero with the Web only instant $150 discount. It's a powerful phone with a good quality display and full HD video capture. That it will get Android 4.0 sooner than most other phones is an added bonus.

On Friday, March 16, UBS analyst Maynard Um issued two research notes on Apple Inc. In the first note, the analyst raised Apple’s price target from US$550 to $675, expecting the launch of a new iPhone later this year to be the biggest launch in Apple’s history. In the second note, Um deemed the launch of the new iPad a success.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has acknowledged that the company has too much cash lying around - nearly $100 billion just sitting in the bank. The CEO admitted so much cash is unnecessary, and should be spent on advancing the company.

U.S. based Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone owners are still waiting for an official release of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. In this review, we'll go over what's new and explain why Android is hiding behind the Samsung TouchWiz software. When the major U.S. carriers get around to updating their versions of the Samsung Galazy S2, it won't look much different from what most people see on their phone now. The lockscreen will look a bit different, and the homescreen Google search ...

Each time Apple releases a new product, research teams such as IHS iSuppli take it apart and strip it to its components to analyze costs and profits. And, according to the latest analysis, Apple seems to be making less profit with the new iPad than it did with the iPad 2, as the component parts for the new device are more expensive.

While most high-end smartphones feature 5-megapixel or 8-megapixel cameras, Nokia’s new 808 PureView, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012, packs a whopping 41-megapixel camera. With its PureView imaging technology, Nokia aims to raise the bar in smartphone photography far beyond what is currently considered a good camera phone.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper are going to be the first LTE smartphones from Sprint. Now the company has planned about the third 4G smartphone - HTC One X, which could hit Sprint shelves under a different name.

Amazon Kindle Fire proved true that entry level tablet users want budget tablets than high-end tablets. Hence, Google, working on the same concept, is gearing up to release a new tablet with partnership with Asus. The Google tablet, dubbed Google Nexus, is expected to be priced under $200 to enable it to compete with Kindle Fire. Let’s find out how the new Google Nexus tablet will put the fire out of Kindle Fire.

Samsung Galaxy S2 has been voted as the best smartphone till date on most of Internet polls. Now, even a better smartphone is coming as Samsung is going to change their flagship very soon with Galaxy S3, which is believed to be in development.

The new iPad is out and sales are skyrocketing everywhere the device is sold. But let us focus a little bit on the previous tablet, the iPad 2. It is still the undefeated champ with sales in the tens of millions. However, as great as a device it is, the Apple iPad 2 was and is still prone to breaking more easily than its predecessor, the original iPad, something we haven’t seen many bloggers talking about since the device launched back in 2011.

The newest version of Android is called Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich, an OS released back in 2011 and is yet to feature on most Android handsets. The way things are shaping up, many users might have to wait months to get the new update. And in a worst case scenario, many might never get it as this is a what manufacturers have been doing in regards to Android for years. Luckily, HTC announced 16 devices that will get the Ice Cream Sandwich update in the coming months, and hopefully other de...

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is coming soon to U.S. Samsung Galaxy S2 owners, but will that be enough for it hold off the Apple iPhone 5? The Galaxy S2 is one of the most popular smartphones in the world, but a software update to Android 4.0 won't be enough to slow down Apple.

The new iPad is finally out of the Apple labs. It is a brilliant device with the finest features like the ultimate Retina display, ultrafast 4G LTE, upgraded iSight camera and voice dictation. After purchasing the latest gadget, one would think of how to protect the new iPad from scratches or drops. In this regard, you can grab the colorful and trendy cases, which are now available in the market.

If you have purchased a Verizon iPad Wi-Fi + 4G LTE, you will get a pleasant surprise at the same time, at least for now - you can also surf the web on AT&T’s network on your Verizon iPad, although the tech giant could have opted to restrict the device's operation on other networks.

Apple’s third generation iPad is fast becoming the most desirable tablet. On March 16, tech enthusiasts lined up at stores to get their hands on the new iPad. It sports the high-resolution Retina display and 4G LTE connectivity, which has proved to be a game changer. But does the new iPad have enough firepower to confront the top five tablets that run on Android?

According to market figures released by research firm IDC, China is bound to overtake the U.S. in smartphone shipments by the end of 2012, becoming the leading market. IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast that China’s smartphone market will climb from 18.2 percent in 2011 to 20.7 percent in 2012, while U.S.’ market would drop from 21.3 to 20.6 percent over the same timeframe.

The Land of Oz – Australia – is the first country where the new iPad got released on Friday morning. Luke Soules, the founder of California-based gadget repair firm – iFixit – made his way to Australia and picked up an iPad from a local store in Melbourne city. Here is what the iFixit guy revealed in the ultimate iPad postmortem.

The new iPad is still the hottest topic on the Internet, and very well deserved too, unlike the iPad 2. The new Apple tablet goes on sale on Friday, March 16, at 8 a.m. The tech giant's next big unveiling is likely to the iPhone 5, and if our tingling spidey senses are working correctly, then we expect the iPhone 5 to be very similar to the new iPad in terms of specs and features. There are certain things about Apple’s new iPad that would work wonders on the next iPhone, and if implemented, ...

Many people, who have pre-ordered the new iPad are starting to get their devices. Therefore a list of apps to maximize the great potential of the high-resolution Retina display is in order.

If you have been following stories about the new iPad since the device was unveiled on March 7, 2012, you would have realized by now that Siri is missing, and for reasons unknown, as Apple is yet to make a formal statement on the matter.

Apple’s next devil – the iPhone 5 – is expected for October/September release. The new iPad, which debuted on March 7, throws light on what Apple will possibly equip in its iPhone 5. The 4G LTE connectivity in the upcoming iPhone is almost certain.

Apple's new iPad is making its way to stores today (March 16), and like on every other occasion, the waiting lines are going to be extended out of this world. However, there are some potential tablet owners who will not take bait and buy the new iPad. Instead, these persons might look to Android for some comfort. For you guys, we have five Android alternatives coming up that you might find intriguing enough to keep you away from the world of Apple and the new iPad.

iPad 3 has launched its worldwide release to thousand of waiting fans and tech aficionados alike. David Tarasenko, a construction manager from Sydney, Australia was the first lucky buyer of a new iPad 3 HD. From there, store openings across Austrailia and Asia continued to before European stores opened at 8 a.m. local time. In San Francisco, one of Apple's flagship stores, customers waited in light rain as local television crews shot news reels of people holding umbrellas and reading their iP...

Samsung is tight-lipped about the release date and the features of the most anticipated Android smartphone, Galaxy S3. However, it is expected to run on the Android 4.0 operating system aka Ice Cream Sandwich. Samsung tasted huge success with Galaxy S2 and now Android fans are excited about the upcoming Galaxy S3. Speculations are rife that it would possess the TouchWiz 4.0 version User Interface with the Touch-sensitive controls.On the other hand, LG has unveiled its first quad-core device,...

Recently, Apple celebrated when the App Store hit 25 billion downloads. Now the tech giant is celebrating another milestone - the market release of the new iPad. Initial reports coming in, say thousands of Apple fans are standing in front of Apple stores to pick up their copy of the new tablet, which packs Retina display, quad-core graphics and 4G LTE, among other things. And, to highlight the brilliance of the new display, Apple has come up with a new section in the App store, which is dedicate...

The new iPad goes on sale March 16, Friday at 8 a.m. worlwide as you might have known already. It's going to be difficult getting your hands on the new tablet since the demand is so high. The way we see it, only the lucky ones will get the new iPad today, everyone else will have to wait until another time, or pay a hefty amount to someone who will definitely buy an iPad just to resell it for $1000 or more.

Google is in for a major retooling of its search engine, aiming to make big changes in how it searches the Web. While traditional Internet search technologies recognize keywords typed into query boxes and deliver links to seemingly relevant Web sites, Google plans to do more than that – understand what people are actually searching for.

HTC Vivid, one of AT&T's first LTE phones, is now getting an over the air update to the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software, and the Samsung Nexus S will get an additional update to fix battery problems from a previous update. AT&T isn't officially offering ICS up, but Vivid owners should be able to see if the update is available. If you get the notification the update is ready, make sure to plug in your phone to a computer and switch to Wi-Fi. That's the only way the update will do...