Wednesday, October 13, 2010
I talked to WGN-AM 720′s Greg Jarrett about Microsoft’s prospects with Windows Phone 7, which will hit AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile stores in November.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Google introduced a tool so useful that anyone who owns or is considering an Android phone should check it out. Called the Google Phone Gallery, it’s a display of Android phones you can buy today.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I’ve been using two features in Gmail that have made the experience even better. The first is Gmail’s new Priority Inbox. The second is called Rapportive, and it is a browser plug-in you use alongside Gmail. If you’re heavily into social media — or want to know the social networks your contacts have joined — you’ll love Rapportive.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Expect that Android phone count to nearly double before the year’s out, a T-Mobile executive told me yesterday. Plus, expect an Android tablet to hit the carrier before the Christmas holiday, although additional details were not provided.
With Google Earth 1.1 for Android, users can dive into the ocean to see what our planet looks like from below.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Of all the gimmicks that phone makers use to sell smartphones, preloading a copy of Avatar may have the least impact. Indeed, the Samsung Vibrant from T-Mobile doesn’t need the sci-fi flick to catch one’s eye: it’s a beauty all by itself. The Vibrant is part of Samsung’s Galaxy S line-up of Android phones that [...]
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
In a nutshell, Google gave the often-overlooked contact feature in Gmail better structure and more intuitive tools. I barely knew I had a real problem and now I have a fine solution.
If we are buying so many smartphones these days, why is the phone industry smarting so much? In a year marked by the re-emergence of Motorola and design savvy of HTC, we are witnessing notable hardware departures from Microsoft and, gasp, Google.
Swype may revolutionize how we use smartphones. The new typing technique is a key feature of the Motorola Droid X, an Android-based phone available at Verizon for $200 (after contract).
This is different than “content aggregation,” which has long-vexed traditional magazine and newspaper publishers, and is separate from Google News’ content aggregator, which randomly scans the Web for headlines that pertain to what’s happening in the world. Curated digital content is more selective, and it’s a term that is gaining traction.
Even if you consider the iPhone 4 the best smartphone on the market, 2010 will be remembered as the year that Android broke through and reached its own level of critical acclaim.
The Droid X, a new smartphone from Motorola and Verizon Wireless, is big, sexy and packed with features.
This story first appeared on Appolicious.com (Update, June 9: Yahoo linked to this story from Appolicious.com, resulting in some huge numbers. More than 1 million page views for Appolicious and, as of this writing, 334 comments.) Despite the iPhone 4′s key new features, the battle for buyers is intensifying as several top-notch phones powered by [...]
This story first appeared on the Affluence Luxury Blog I think I’m becoming an Android fanboy. For the second time this year, I’m enamored with a new Android phone. In April, I wrote this admittedly glowing review of the HTC Incredible, available at Verizon for $200 This time, it’s the HTC Evo 4G, a big-screened [...]
This story first appeared in Vegas Seven The infamous lost iPhone story, in which tech blog Gizmodo paid $5,000 in exchange for a next-generation iPhone that had been left in a bar, was unusual for many reasons, but the primary one is this: It was the first time in recent memory that a yet-to-be announced [...]
