Blog - Andrea Smith

BlackBerry Torch announced for AT&T

August 3, 2010 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

Research in Motion showed off its BlackBerry Torch at an event in New York City Tuesday. It has both a slide-out and a touchscreen keyboard, something I'm sure will appeal to BlackBerry devotees not yet ready to part with a physical keypad. And the touchscreen keyboard actually … [Read more...]

More Nook News: Nook for Android!

July 22, 2010 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

Barnes & Noble is extending their brand across platforms and offering Nook for Android users. Customers can download their Barnes & Noble Nook content and read it on Google Android devices using Android OS 1.6 and higher. It gives you full access to your Barnes & … [Read more...]

Barnes and Noble offers NOOKstudy for students

July 12, 2010 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

Barnes and Noble is out with NOOKstudy, a free software application that lets students manage all their digital content on their PC or Mac. It's billed as a customizable study tool offering instant downloads of eTextbooks and academic and trade titles. The digital textbook … [Read more...]

Apple says its Not an Antenna Issue, it’s a Display Issue; Software Fix Coming

July 2, 2010 By Andrea Smith Leave a Comment

Apple definitely sent it's iPhone 4 back to the lab for testing after all the so-called "Death Grip" complaints of users dropping bars of signal when they held the phone in a certain way. First, Apple said, "don't hold it that way." Now Apple has just issued this press release … [Read more...]

Seasonal Gadgets Panel at the CEA Line Shows

July 1, 2010 By Andrea Smith 2 Comments

I had so much fun working on two panels for the CEA Line Shows (http://cealineshows.com) in June. One panel I hosted was called "Gadgets for Every Demographic" where we talked about how to get people who don't consider themselves very "techy" interested in gadgets. We had a great … [Read more...]