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.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Apple has used that same approach for hand-held gadgets with significantly better results, as the iPhone, iPod and now iPad have become market-leading products. But Google quickly adopted the Microsoft model — ironic, isn’t it — and is seeing the love spread.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Battery life is a key consideration when buying a new smartphone. How do various models stack up? Laptop Magazine tested a crop of the latest Android smartphones and determined that the Motorola Droid X is the best.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Is there a smartphone less interesting than the BlackBerry these days? No. Research in Motion, BlackBerry’s maker, is desperately trying to change that perception but it hasn’t been easy. RIM is losing market share at an alarming rate, as Android phones and the iPhone continue to attract new users. So can the BlackBerry Torch, RIM’s [...]
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 [...]
A guest post by Andrew Crestodina, Strategic Director, Orbit Media Studios Inc. As usual, times are changing. But there is one change that is about to reach its inflection point: mobile computing. New research shows we’re about to reach critical mass on several mega-trends. So as a follow up to our post on Mobile Marketing [...]
The new Moshi Bluetooth Handsfree Car Kit is smaller than a flip phone, has just a few buttons and uses a magnetic clip to attach to the sun visor.
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).
The momentum has swung so strongly toward Apple’s iPhone and a host of truly compelling Android-based smartphones (Motorola Droid X, HTC Incredible, HTC Evo), that the only reason many BlackBerry users stick with the device is because they don’t like using touch-screen keyboards.
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 It’s review day for the iPhone 4, but as David Pogue writes in his piece for Wednesday’s New York Times, “honestly — what’s the point?” He’s right. At this point in the iPhone’s evolution, with its glowing history and a wanting public, Apple doesn’t need help from tech critics. People [...]
After its first disastrous foray into touch-screen devices to compete against the Apple iPhone, Research in Motion appears to be preparing a new touch-screen phone — this time to include a slide-out keyboard — to regain its lost sales momentum.
