Jamie WallingWhile the concept of a smartphone with almost tablet proportions and a stylus may seem like it won’t appeal to everyone, the Samsung Galaxy Note has taken the phone market by storm and even taken attention away from its top selling sibling, the Samsung Galaxy S2. US Samsung Galaxy Note signup page now live And … Read more
The HTC Flyer may be scheduled for an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update quicker than we think. According to a new report from HTC-Hub, the tablet was recently updated to Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) from Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and now Android 4.0 may come as soon as this quarter. HTC Flyer Android 4.0 Ice Cream … Read more
While it does take a fair deal of courage to ride a motorcross bike, one that’s tuned for performance and stripped of unnecessary baggage like safety, what does motorbike daredevil attempted is at a whole new level, literally. Motorbike daredevil rides across snowy mountain ridgeline The video below isn’t for the faint of heart nor … Read more
US correspondent Al Haskvitz joins us once again with a road test of both the Mercury Milan and Ford Flex. While we can’t get either models through Ford Australia at the moment, here’s hoping this little hybrid and muscle SUV make their way down under sometime in the future. Mercury Milan and Ford Flex review … Read more
For the past seven years, Nissan had been working on a self-healing clearcoat technology they called Scratch Shield. This technology was applied to their vehicles for close to four years now (however none of the Nissan models here in the US utilize it and it is optional for some Infiniti cars) and it now looks … Read more
Japan’s answer to the Range Rover, the Toyota Land Cruiser has built a solid reputation as a genuine 4WD in a world where soft-roaders are preferred more. Now Toyota has gone ahead and redesigned the Land Cruiser for 2012, unveiling the next-generation “Ninja King” at the Brussels Motor Show earlier this week. Featuring a reworked … Read more
We already knew Verizon and Motorola were cooking up both white and black variants of the popular Motorola DROID RAZR Android smartphone for a January 23 release. Well now you can add a third color to the mix – Purple. Purple Motorola DROID RAZR headed to Verizon Wireless No doubt set to be a hit … Read more
General Motors executives had announced late yesterday that they have developed a fix to a design flaw which caused several Chevrolet Volt battery packs to catch fire sometime after government safety tests. Brief: GM announces fix for Chevrolet Volt battery packs which will provide extra safety from catching fire in the event of a collision. … Read more
Despite the messy Saab bankruptcy, GM’s reputation in the automotive world doesn’t seem to be tainted. New reports of Malaysian automaker Proton being in talks with General Motors have now been officially confirmed. Brief: Proton in talks with GM over its under utilized Tanjung Malim plant. If the deal goes through, GM may invest up … Read more
While the Detroit Auto Show is just around the corner, the folks over at Chevrolet have decided to jump the gun and unveil their B-segment next generation Aveo which has been dubbed Sonic. Chevrolet Sonic RS sneak peek ahead of Detroit Auto Show Expected to officially debut at NAIAS 2012, the Sonic will only go … Read more
