Unboxing new Motorola Droid X

The new Motorola Droid X is a powerful smartphone.

Motorola’s chief executive Sanjay Jha said that was because Motorola is trying to be environmentally friend by using 65% recycled packaging along with a small box and minimal printed matter.

Here is what you will get on July 15th for $299.99(minus a $100 mail-in rebate), a huge smartphone that rivals the EVO 4G in a small box along with a power adapter. A MicroUSB cable and instruction manual. The Droid X doesn’t include headphones and the 16 GB SanDisk memory card will come pre-installed. That is larger than the 8GB SanDisk memory card that came with the EVO 4G. Available accessories will include a home dock, car dock, HDMI cable and 32GB memory card, which you will have to buy separately.

For more info check out my unboxing slideshow coming soon..

Apple’s iPad Sales Accelerate: Three Million Sold in 80 Days

The sales of the Apple iPad are far from slowing down. With three million units sold since the tablet’s launch just 80 days ago. The first million was reached in 28 days and the second million was sold in “less than 60 days”. That means that the third million has been shifted ten days ahead of schedule.

The cynical might argue that this is more of a drop in speed, and that by opening up the iPad to the worldwide market a couple weeks back Apple should have sold a lot more. The cynic would probably be right, but the problem for Apple is that people don’t want them: it’s that it can’t make enough of the things to satisfy demand.

This news comes just days behind the announcement that Apple managed to pre=sell a mind-blowing 600,000 iPhone4’s in a single day. One thing is for sure: regular, non-geek people like Apple’s mobile machines, and they’re voting with their pocketbooks.

Apple confirms iPhone4 shipments

Apple has notified customers who were among the lucky to pre-order the iPhone4 that they can expect to receive the handset by June 24th which is the official launch date for the iPhone4 in the US.

The company sent out official shipment notification emails along with FedEx tracking information to those customers over the weekend according to numerous online reports.

"We are pleased to inform you that your iPhone 4 has shipped," the e-mail states. "Please check below for your confirmed delivery date. If you ordered more than one item, they may ship separately,"

The part that is not clear is how many iPhone4s Apple was able to ship before the pre-order inventory ran out. Apple last week pushed back the ship date for the new iPhone4 pre-orders. Early in the week it updated its website to reflect a July 2nd ship date. On Thursday it changed to July 14th.
Apple conceded its systems can't keep up with demand. "Many customers were turned away or abandoned the process in frustration," Apple said in a statement last week.
"We apologize to everyone who encountered difficulties, and hope that they will try again or visit an Apple or carrier store once the iPhone is in stock," the company said.
Meanwhile, Apple partner AT&T on Monday continued its suspension of iPhone 4 sales for the second straight week. The carrier said it would only resume taking pre-sales orders if it can get its hands on more of the devices.

"The availability of additional inventory will determine if we can resume taking pre-orders," AT&T said in a statement last week.

iPhone 4 features a number of enhancements over its predecessor, the iPhone 3GS, including higher screen resolution (960 x 640 pixel technology dubbed Retina Display), a front-facing camera for video chats, and a longer lasting battery that affords 40% more talk time. It's also 24% thinner.

iPhone 4 also includes a 3-axis gyro and a slick new glass and stainless steel case. "iPhone 4 is the biggest leap since the original iPhone," Apple CEO Steve Jobs proclaimed as he unveiled the product on June 7 at an Apple event in San Francisco.

The new phone is priced at $199 for the 16GB model, and $299 for the 32GB model, based on a two-year contract. iPhone 4 is available starting June 24 in the U.S., France, Germany, Japan, and the U.K. The preorder period officially began June 15

Flash 10.1 on HTC EVO 4G...with no root or Froyo 2.2 needed

Do you love your new EVO 4G but hate it’s limited Flash lite player? Well that ends now , as you can download and install Adobe Flash 10.1 and start enjoying a full flash experience with your EVO 4G. All of this can be done without the need to root the device or Android 2.2 Froyo OS.

We have to give it up once again for the Android guru’s for doing great work like this that lets us mere mortal Android users to take full advantage of the Google mobile operating system. Th only problem so far is that it doesn’t seem to work on all the devices judging by comments left on XDA forums. Those with HTC EVO 4G seem to have no problems with it and have been happy to have the ability to stream movies just fine with the big screen smartphones.

Yes, this certainly may just demolish the battery life on the HTC EVO, even more so than it already does. But not having to wait for the Android 2.2 Froyo update in order to get Flash 10.1 Player on your EVO may be worth the battery drainage for some. Especially since we know it’s probably going to be a while until HTC officially releases the update for their 4G baby.

What could make this latest version of Flash 10.1 Player even better? Well, how about that it works with the HTC Hero as well, and possibly some other Sense 2.1 devices out there, (hello, Droid Incredible). While the full Flash experience may indeed work on the HTC Hero, there’s no telling how it will perform on the lower-spec Android phone. We’ve yet to get any real-time action with it yet, but we’ll be sure to update it when we get some hands-on with it.

This is a big win for the Sense devices that have been running 2.1, with no definitive time line as to when they may be receiving Froyo anytime soon. Let’s hope a similar fix is coming to the Droid X, if Flash isn’t already available when it gets out of the gate.