Samsung Stratosphere Targets Professionals With 4G and a Hardware Keyboard

Being on Verizon’s 4G LTE network and having a smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard have been mutually exclusive features until now. Today, the carrier revealed the Samsung Stratosphere, a 4G smartphone with a slide-out keyboard. The Stratosphere targets the business professional crowd, the folks who used to use (or still use) BlackBerries, but are looking to [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/samsung-stratosphere-4g-qwerty/

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BOLT browser now out of private beta, available on Android Market

BOLT

BOLT browser, which up until now has been in a private beta, is now available to all for free in the Android Market. Version 3.0 brings many improvements to the highly touted speedy browser, just as its name suggests.

The Webkit-based browser claims that website loading times can be 25% - 50% faster than its competitors, which is significant.

New features coming in the 3.0 update include a new social tab on the homescreen that allows you to share more easily to Facebook, Flash and HTML5 video playback with compression, web apps for websites like Wikipedia and Twitter and a simplified UI.

Other features of BOLT browser are:

  • Tabbed browsing, URL auto-complete, a download manager and web history
  • Ability to save webpages for offline use
  • Support for Facebooks apps such as Mafia Wars
  • Text copy/paste
  • Full support for mobile security standards

To download BOLT 3.0 for free, please follow the links after the break. To discuss the browser further, sing out in our Android App Forum.

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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/TCPjRqgEepo/bolt-browser-out-private-beta-available-now-android-market

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97 Percent of Tablet Internet Traffic Comes From iPad

As if any Gadget Lab readers needed to be told, the mobile Internet is taking off. What might be surprising is that almost all tablet Internet traffic comes from the iPad. “In August 2011, iPads delivered 97.2 percent of all tablet traffic in the U.S.” says a new Comscore report. What’s more, the iPad is [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/97-percent-of-tablet-internet-traffic-comes-from-ipad/

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Computer Choppers Will Dip Your MacBook Pro in 24K Gold and Diamonds

Forget about the so-called Apple Tax and whether or not it exists, if you're really determined to spend more on your laptop than any of your friends and co-workers, get in touch with Computer Choppers about a 24K gold plated MacBook Pro with diamond accents. You'll have to buzz them on the horn or fire off an email to receive a quote, presumably...

Source: http://hothardware.com/News/Computer-Choppers-Will-Dip-Your-MacBook-Pro-in-24K-Gold-and-Diamonds/

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MSI GT683DXR review

While the jury might still be out on whether you can have a thin-and-light coupled with gaming prowess, over at MSI, it's pretty much business as usual. It's that kind of mantra that's produced the GT683DXR that lays before you, a rehash of the existing GT680 but with gussied-up internals, spearheaded by NVIDIA's GTX 570M. In our brief overview several weeks ago, we were impressed with its performance, but dismayed with its flimsy keyboard, possessed trackpad and general girthiness. So, were we completely off the mark? Or did our impressions change after spending a little more time coddled by its side? Join us in finding out, after the break.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/10/msi-gt683dxr-review/

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Wal-Mart And Facebook To Serve Up Local Offers [Facebook]

Wal-Mart and Facebook are unlikely bedfellows, but here they are cozying up together in a partnership that'll create custom Facebook pages for the retailer's 3,500 stores. This is the first time a retailer has used Facebook in this way. More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/iVtesdLftuY/wal+mart-and-facebook-to-serve-up-local-offers

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