The HTC Flyer is undoubtedly the gadget we want most from this year’s Mobile World Congress. And while the Taiwanese tech cobbler has said we can expect it some time before June, there have been no details on sleek slate’s price. Until now. Dive in and we’ll tell you just how much the futuristic Flyer is likely to set you back.
February, 2011
Three days into the week and the gadget news keeps piling up. In your daily dose of tech, better known as the US Update, we dish the scoops on the Skyfire for iOS sale, Motorola Xoom WiFi pricing, two new Warner Bros. movie apps and more.
The Droid Bionic and Atrix 4G might be the cat’s meow, but Motorola has another trick up its sleeve – the Droid X 2. As the successor to the Droid X, the X2 certainly has some big shoes to fill, but unfortunately the rumored specs still leave quite a bit to be desired.
Preliminary fourth quarter 2010 worldwide mobile PC shipments have been released and to much surprise, Apple is now king. The Cupertino crew reportedly shipped 10.2 million units, resulting in a 17.2 percent market share. In a close second with 9.3 million units and 15.6 percent market share was HP.
Here’s an interesting twist to bypassing iTunes movie limitations — offer a free app and allow users to stream the movie from within. This is exactly what Warner Brothers is doing with two of their more popular films, The Dark Knight and Inception. For the 23 countries who can’t purchase either movie directly from iTunes, you now have a fix.
We told you the Motorola Xoom would cost an arm and a leg in the past, today Motorola’s chief executive Sanjay Jha has confirmed our suspicions. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, the head of Motorola laid out pricing for the unsubsidized Xoom WiFi + 3G and a second, WiFi-only model.
Ready to save some coin buying the baddest web browser on the planet? Good, Skyfire for iOS is now on sale until February 18, 2011 at 1:00am (GMT). If you have an iPhone or iPad, but haven’t made the move to expand your browsing capabilities, now is the time.
It’s the end of the day, but we’re not done just yet: we’ve got all the afternoon’s stories rounded up for you in one place. That’d be here, in your teatime tech.