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Motorola Droid X adds to familiar Android story

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Droid X, a new smartphone from Motorola and Verizon Wireless, is big, sexy and packed with features.

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Mapping iPhone app will teach and engage your kids

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Spring is a great time to get out and walk, ride your bike or just head to the local playground. As parents, we revel in getting outdoors to enjoy the weather and get some exercise. Indeed, my wife and I love to walk around Chicago. The kids would much rather hang out at the playground [...]

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The HTC Incredible, is, well, pretty sweet

Monday, April 19, 2010

I’m pretty sure Verizon Wireless and every other wireless carrier not named AT&T wants to get their hands on the Apple iPhone. But if the iPhone remains exclusive to AT&T, those carriers should stock up on the new Android phones made by HTC. I’ve been playing with the HTC Incredible (also know as the HTC [...]

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Too much traffic for dashboard-mounted GPS units

Thursday, March 4, 2010

An excerpt from my Vegas Seven column. This week, why prices for dashboard-mounted GPS units are crashing. A quick search of Amazon.com returns several fine models, most below $150 and many priced below $100. Two major players, Garmin and TomTom, dominate these price points, offering models at a steep discount compared with this time last [...]

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Tech’s endangered species: the stand-alone GPS unit

Friday, January 22, 2010

Even though Nokia foresaw a huge market for GPS services on mobile phones when it bought Chicago digital mapmaker Navteq in late 2007 for $8.1 billion, I’m pretty confident it didn’t plan on offering free turn-by-turn driving directions on Nokia phones. At least not so soon. But that’s exactly what Nokia announced Thursday, saying 10 [...]

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