A long time ago, before this site was born, we reviewed the Altec Lansing BackBeat 906 Bluetooth headphones, and liked ’em. Plantronics had their own identical version of the 906, as they had owned Plantronics since 2005 (the two companies parted ways about the time the 906 was released).

The Plantronics BackBeat Go ($100) is an evolution of the 906. Same principle — wireless (meaning there’s no wire conecting the player with the headset) music and calls in a compact form via the magic of Bluetooth — but in an even smaller and more svelte form factor. Should be even more fantstic, right? Let’s take a look.

How many of you have heard of NFC? NFC is the latest short-range radio communications standard taking the mobile world by storm. In fact, if you have a new Android phone, there’s a good chance it has an NFC chip inside. NFC stands for Near Field Communication, and it’s a standard that allows devices to establish radio communication with each other when brought within close proximity of one another.

It’s official, the Motorola Atrix HD will be available on AT&T starting July 15. Not only does it feature Android 4.0 and a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, but it’ll only cost you $99.99 upon launch (contract required of course). That’s not too shabby for a device featuring:

Who would have thought we’d see the day when Rovio released anything but an Angry Birds game? Well, that day is almost upon us, as Rovio has released the official Amazing Alex trailer announcing a July 12th release for both the Google Play Store and App Store.

With all this talk of Jelly Bean lately, it’s easy to forget that most users are still waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich. Well, that wait is finally over for owners of the Samsung Galaxy Note as well as the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, according to AT&T. Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for both devices via Samsung’s Kies software and instructions for downloading include: