Mobile plans do buyers no favors [Smartphones Unlocked]

If you're tried of calculating exactly which US carrier gives you the lowest absolute price on any given smartphone, you can start by "blaming" T-Mobile.

Brassy shock-jock CEO John Legere's campaign to position the carrier as the simple, refreshing upstart vis a vis AT&T and Verizon's corporate greed has seen success: T-Mobilehas picked up more competitor customers, and AT&T and Verizon rolled out similar up-front pricing and early upgrade plans of their own.

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Apple decks out venue for iPad event next week

Sources Suggest that the company is decorating the windows of San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center to match the design on press invites sent out for an event on October 22.

The October 22 event is expected to bring a variety of announcements, including new models of the iPad and iPad Mini, updates on Macs, and a price and release date for OS X Mavericks.

The facade of Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters was similarly as bright last month when the company invited press and guests in to announce its two new iPhones, the 5S and the 5C -- the latter of which comes in a slew of colors.

Live Coverage Of the Event CAn be Seen Online On Cnet : Cnet Live Event Link

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Nvidia Shield review - IS Android Ready For A portable Game Console

Nvidia Shield has a face only a gamer could love. When closed, it's a bulbous black manta ray of a device with green lips and a shiny silver forehead. When opened, it's like an oversized Xbox 360 game controller mated with a giant Nintendo DS. The bezels on the screen are ridiculously huge compared to today's smartphones, and the device's profile can seem grotesque. There are ugly seams in the plastic shell, particularly around the triggers, two visible screws, and the port arrangement feels lopsided. At roughly 6 inches wide, 5 inches deep, and over 2 inches thick, it won’t remotely fit into a pocket. It’s practically the size of a DSLR camera body, not a tablet or game controller.

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HP Chromebook 11 Launches, Best Price at HP (For Sale at Amazon, Best Buy, & Google)

The almost 0.7-inch thick HP Chromebook 11 (with the big note “Made with Google”) is now available for purchase directly from HP, Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Play store (with more color options than other retailers).

MSRP for the HP Chromebook 11 is $279.99 and depending on the retailer you’ll have to deal with a shipping fee: Best Buy and Amazon are offering free ship, whereas HP and Google Play has shipping at $9.99 and $10.99 respectively.If the 11.6-inch 2.3 pound machine interest you, the best deal is actually directly from HP with a 5% coupon code bringing down the price by $14. That at least negates the shipping charge – plus the Chromebook 11 at HP.com is a “Quick Ship” item, meaning when you purchase the laptop it’ll be shipped out within 24 hours (compare to Amazon which has a current shipping time of 2 to 3 weeks).

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Adidas Releases New Smartwatch For Runners

Adidas is wasting no time to compete with Nike’s FuelBand SE (that dropped just yesterday) and has announced that they’re also releasing their own smartwatch geared toward runners. Announced at the GigaOm’s Mobilized conference in San Francisco, the watch will start at $399 (almost $25o more than Nike’s FuelBand SE ) and will come with lots of handy features for serious runners. Not only will it come with a GPS connection to track the runner’s activity, but it also features Bluetooth connectivity, a heart rate sensor to track performance and provide feedback, and heart rate training guidance via the watch’s screen and vibration via Bluetooth headphones.

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New Ipads Releases set on October 22nd

iPads. iPads Everywhere.

The iPad is getting a refresh; Apple updates those yearly and there’s no reason to assume that they’ll be breaking that trend anytime soon. Likely we’ll see the debut of the A7X; Apple tends to keep its iPad line to the X processors and that means, among other things, 64-bit architecture on the iPad, but we probably won’t be seeing a quad-core or anything beyond that. Also expect better battery life, a sharper screen, and probably some more emphasis on gaming.

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Scentee Tries An Old Idea In A New Way

Ever since the Industrial Revolution really got going, we’ve been trying to communicate with scent. And on the surface, it’s a seemingly clever idea. But it’s run into a few problems over the years. The latest trying to break through is Scentee.The Japanese Take A Shot

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