For some reason, smartphones have made it ok for folks to hate on others. For some, it’s like religion – what smartphone choice they make. Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone ad takes advantage of the rivalry between iPhone and Samsung carrying Android owners by placing itself as the alternative choice, for those who do not want…
Google doesn’t get social. Or at least, that was the thinking about three weeks ago before Google+ came out. Now, Google is getting some respect and people are coming around to the idea that this engineering-heavy company from California might have a social muscle that has yet to be flexed. I am a huge fan…
I talk a lot about mobile topics, in fact, it’s my favorite hobby, outside of cycling. However, being crazy technologists, we often forget the basics. In a recent meeting, I was asked very poignant question which I thought would be perfect blog post fodder: how does a phone owner actually use and interact with QR…
Oregon is among a handful of states that has implemented ‘hands-free’ laws, which means we cannot drive down the road while holding a phone up to our ear. Drivers in Oregon can however, use headsets (both Bluetooth and wired) or use speakerphone, which is cumbersome at best. As we all know, Bluetooth headsets are great…
A story came out last week during the Where 2.0 conference hosted by O’Reilly that, unbeknownst to most iPhone owners, that iOS tracks your location and keeps this valuable information in a file. The unencrypted file is then housed on the computer in which you back your phone up to and can be utilized to…
Sonos announced their intent to build a controller application for Android months ago. This welcome news comes to Android users who want to utilize their phone to control music throughout their house, much like iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch users can do now. The Android app has been released and is not available in the Android Market. To…
OtterBox, based in Fort Collins, Colorado, makes sharp looking cases that provide rugged protection for a wide array of devices including iPhones (all models), Android devices, eBooks and tablets. When I recently bought a T-Mobile G2 device (also called the Desire Z outside of the United States), I wanted to protect the device and after…
Big news out of Waterloo, Ontario this week. At the annual CTIA conference in Orlando, Florida, BlackBerry finally announced the pricing and release date of the PlayBook. The much anticipated tablet will be released on April 19 and will be priced at $499, $599 and $699 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, respectively. The…
I love the Apple ads titled “If you don’t have an iPhone” which show that basically the iPhone is the only smartphone worth it’s lick. An Android fan, presumably in the UK, has countered with an excellent video showing the usefulness and extent of the Android platform. I try not to get sucked into fanboy…
A few weeks ago, some numbers came out from Canalys saying that Android was now the number one market share for smartphones in the United States. I didn’t buy into it as I find that firms numbers to be suspect all around. However, comScore has released its figures recently and affirmed the results. In the…