Blog - Andrea Smith

BlackBerry PlayBook hits the market April 19th, pre-order today

March 22, 2011 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

If you’ve been waiting to buy Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook, the wait is over. Starting today, you can pre-order the Wi-Fi version of the tablet at Best Buy and online. It's available in 16GB for $499, 32GB for $599, and 64GB for $699. I had a hands-on with the … [Read more...]

Re-Commerce sites, or how to raise cash to buy that iPad 2

March 14, 2011 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

If you have your heart set on Apple’s new thinner, lighter iPad 2, but already own an iPad, don’t despair. This is a great time to sell your old one. You can try putting it up for sale on eBay, but you may find you’re in good company there. At last check, there were thousands of … [Read more...]

iPad 2 goes on sale Fri. Times and pricing plans:

March 10, 2011 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

If you've been holding out this long, waiting for version 2 of Apple's iPad, Friday is your day. The iPad 2 will be available for purchase at retail at 5pm local time, and 1am PT online. Apple is releasing a version for AT&T and Verizon so it will also be available at many of … [Read more...]

I do have a picture with an Oscar winner!

February 28, 2011 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

Trent Reznor, along with co-writer Atticus Ross, won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the Social Network. But he also won a Webby award back in 2009 which is where I got to interview him and take this picture. I thought he looked pretty good up there at the Oscars, he fit … [Read more...]

Baby Tech, coming soon on ABC’s Tech This Out!

February 25, 2011 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

This week I taped another ABC Tech This Out! He Tech, She Tech segment with the always riveting Daniel Sieberg, this time on baby tech products. So much new tech out there since my son was in diapers, ALMOST makes me want to have another baby. Good thing Daniel took care of that … [Read more...]

AOL updates its terms of service and privacy policy:

February 20, 2011 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

For those of you still using AOL for email, or even a junk email account, they want you to know the following: Dear AOL Users, AOL is working hard to change and improve the way we serve you across all aspects of our services. We have recently relaunched and improved many … [Read more...]