The Tech Sketch

With less than two months until the iPad launch, people are still creating rumors on how it’s going to be and how it’ll function. Well instead of just mere speculation, why don’t you try the iPad out yourself? Or something like it, that is. No, we’re not talking about manipulating matter and defying the Law [...]

Stephen Colbert presents his iPad at the 52nd Annual Grammy’s. How much Apple paid him to do this and why didn’t he pull it out of an envelope? Click the read more link to see the video.

As of this Sunday morning, the Apple Store is down! Not so exciting when it comes to the Apple Store as opposed to Twitter eh? Anyway, the Apple Store website (not the physical store!) is down, and they’ll “be back soon”. As of right now, we can just speculate that Apple is small updates to [...]

Mozilla has released their mobile Firefox browser for the Maemo platform, currently found running on the Nokia N900 and N810. This Mobile Mozilla Firefox is out right now with some pretty unique feature sets. Compared to other mobile browsers such as Opera Mobile or Opera Mini, Mobile Mozilla Firefox has a lot going for it [...]

With Google Voice being privately released to quite a lot of people, they’ve introduced a new and very welcome feature. Group SMS! Even with the amount of features Google Voice already has, I’ve been waiting for this one, and I’m sure anyone who has Google Voice, as of now, is welcoming this feature as well. [...]

Google has updated their Chrome browser’s developer’s build (not quite public) to version 5 for Windows and Mac. This has been the first time they have released a Chrome update for both Windows and Mac at the same time. Version 5 of Google Chrome was expected to release before the end of the month, although [...]

Google has clearly put up with Internet Explorer 6 and they’ve had enough. From flaws to exploits, Google is taking a major leap into finally phasing it out completely with good reason. Internet Explorer 6 is finally paying it’s price come March 1st. To continue reading, click the read more link.

Motorola, a company recently well known for their Droid Android phone, has a fairly positive chance at creating the new Nexus device. Many sources have articles surfacing around Motorola creating the next big phone, and this could very well be it. With BLUR taking off, Motorola has a lot in store for 2010. Click the [...]

Many Nexus One users on T-Mobile have been complaining since Friday morning of data outages. As of most outages, it’s difficult to actually know how many users are affected with these problems, although many forums have been swamped with the same problems searching for a fix or statement from Google or T-Mobile. UPDATE: It seems [...]

Michael Dell talks about the Dell Mini 5 on video with CrunchGear. It runs Android 1.6, although it looks rather promising as it is! -Simon simon(at)thetechsketch.com

The Bank Of America web site is currently down for unknown reasons. They state that it is only down for “some customers”, although there are heaps of reports showing otherwise. The bank’s Twitter page states this. Our website is available. However, some customers are having intermittent issues with access. We are working to determine the [...]

Thanko has released their 80-Port USB Hub. There are a few things to consider, when even considering buying this. -It only charges your device, no data syncing! -It’s priced at ¥14,800 (around $165). -The utter chaos it will bring. You may or may not have about 80 devices to charge, let alone sync, although this [...]

With the iPad releasing in under 60 days, tons of companies are designing and creating new accessories for this device. Among the many of them, Scosche, an award-winning maker of iPod and iPhone accessories, is creating this new utility. The iPad kickBack is made of shatterproof polycarbonate and rubber hybrid provides great protection for the [...]