Redbox Increases Rental Prices

Starting October 31, Redbox will be raising their price to $1.20 from $1 for daily movie rentals. Luckily, they seem to have learned from the mistakes of their competitor, Netflix, who later apologised to its subscribers for the way that they had changed their monthly plans for its users. Netflix has lost over 800,000 subscribers due to the price increase, but things look to a brighter future for the emblematic red movie boxes.


So how do you feel about this price change?

Amazon Kindle Fire: A Hot Contender

At a mere $199, the Amazon Kindle Fire is quite a competitor when it comes to the mobile tablet industry.

Packing a dual-core 1GHz processor, 7" multi-touch LCD, and 8GB on-board storage, the Kindle Fire is a capable, and powerful device.

At half of the price of the Apple iPad and wonders less than popular tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tablet and the Motorola XOOM, the Fire is priced at a point that could be considered hard to resist my many.

Luckily, the Kindle Fire houses all of the features needed to stay alive in today's markets. Mobile web browsing can be done with Amazon Silk, a new web browsing program, as well as movies, applications, and music can all be purchased from Amazon's personal vendors. You can also stream music and videos and sync with unlimited storage with the cloud services provided with Amazon. Creating and editing documents and checking email can also be achieved.

It's a bit to early to decide if the Kindle Fire is going to be a hit-or-miss for Amazon, but with a device like this at a price in which it will sell for, I think Amazon has another hit on their hands.

The Kindle Fire is set to be available on November 15, 2011, and you can pre-order the tablet here.

Best Buy offers 15% off iTunes Gift Cards

Best Buy is offering a 15% discount on all iTunes Gift Cards until Sunday, October, 23.

The 15% discount, which can be applied in-store or online, drops the prices of iTunes Gift Cards, which can be used to purchase music, applications, or books from iTunes AS WELL AS for purchases in the Mac App Store.

A $15 card can be bought for $12.75.
A $50 card can be bought for $42.50.
A $100 card can be bought for $85.00.
You can also pick up a 3-pack of $10 cards for only $25.

Shipping and tax is estimated upon location, while in-store purchases are tax free.

Samsung Announces Galaxy Nexus for Verizon

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was made official  late Tuesday night.

It's finally time to put those endless rumors to sleep as Samsung releases new information about their upcoming device, the Galaxy Nexus, a new installment to the Galaxy and Nexus line of Android devices.

The phone, which taunts its' massively large 4.65" AMOLED HD (1280x720) display, sports a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a 5MP rear facing/1.3MP front-facing camera, and most importantly, the newest version of Android, OS 4, dubbed "Ice Cream Sandwich".

The Galaxy Nexus is expected to be HSPA+ 4GLTE capable and comply with the Verizon Wireless network. This will be the first device to sport the newest breed of the Android OS, as was the Nexus S back with OS 3, Gingerbread.

The Galaxy Nexus seems like a strong contended in the rapidly changing cell phone market, but how will its' features stack up next to newly released devices such as the Droid Razr, Galaxy S II, and iPhone 4S?

iPads on a Budget: Apple's Limited Time Prices

It looks as if Apple is clearing their shelves, offering refurbished first-generation iPads at a highly discounted price. For a mere $399, one could purchase a 32GB + 3G iPad, or a 64GB WiFi model, while you can also pick up a 64GB + 3G king of the crop model for only $499.

So what does this mean?

Well, to be frank, it means that you can pick up an iPad at a semi-reasonable price. You can't beat that...

Siri has siri-ous issues outside of the U.S.

Siri, a 'robotic receptionist' is expected to support global services by 2012.

Siri is admittedly an amazing service introduced to the iPhone 4S by Apple. Granted, that it, as long as you are in the U.S.

Many complaints are coming in from iPhone 4S owners from outside of the U.S. borders. Siri, which is a feature that allows users to actively prompt a 'robotic receptionist' for information including location services, alarms, calenders, a weather information.

There is not much to blame here, considering the service is still in beta, but it is expected to support additional languages, locations, and search content by 2012.

iOS 5 - Official Launch

Unexpectedly arriving ahead of schedule, iOS 5 is now available for download for all iPod Touch and iPhone users. Some of the largest updates that Apple has brought to the table with iOS 5 is a new notification system, lockscreen, Bookshelf virtual newsstand, and many interface lifts to the standard Apple applications.

If you are having issues updating, just have some patience. Over 6 million users are trying to access the servers to download and install iOS 5.

If you already are running iOS 5, what are your thoughts?