Nokia 5530 ExpressMusic Introduction: Nokia’s ExpressMusic series is a line of phones centered around music and entertainment. The 5800 XpressMusic was released in 2008 and has seen very positive sales figures. The 5800 was revolutionary because it was the first Series 60 phone that was fully touch-enabled. The 5530 XpressMusic appears at first glance to…
Back in July, we announced the availability of our fun music trivia game called Music Cube. Since then, thousand of people have downloaded Music Cube from the App Store and enjoyed the addictive game that tests their knowledge of music and artists in a fun visual puzzle game. To help spread the love and put…
Those who personally know me know that I have a few passions that I hold dear: 1) my wife and family, 2) technology, 3) cycling, and 4) Beer! It is my fourth passion mentioned above that has inspired my newest project: PintsandSteins.com. I am a huge fan of Oregon’s craft brewery industry and the fantastic…
Nokia has made yet another acquisition – and this latest one is quite interesting to me. The Finish mobile handset giant is acquire Dopplr, a popular site that enables users to share and display travel plans, get tips for upcoming travel, and exchange travel advice. Techcrunch is reporting that the purchase price is between â¬10…
AT&T released its version of a femtocell this week, called an AT&T MicroCell.’a0 What is a MicroCell?’a0 Basically it is a little unit that plugs into your broadband router that acts as a mini-cell phone tower.’a0 That is, a MicroCell is a repeater for the AT&T mobile network that utilizes your broadband Internet connection to…
The Android mobile OS from the Open Handset Alliance represents a great promise’a0 for the mobile world.’a0 Like the insanely popular Symbian operating system, Android is an open source project that any handset maker can take and implement on their hardware stack, free of charge. Android has been available for the better part of the…
Last September, thought leaders and industry analysts descended upon San Francisco, California for the first Mobilize Conference.’a0 This year, the lineup of speakers is just as strong (stronger, I think) as the focus of Mobilize 2009 shifts to the mobile web. I will be at Mobilize which takes place tomorrow, September 10th at the Mission…
In the mobile phone world, the iPhone from Apple has definitely set the bar with regards to touch interfaces.’a0 Apple, with their multi-touch capabilities, has set a new paradigm with regards to user interfaces and user experience on mobile handsets.’a0 We have seen other players in the mobile industry try and replicate Apple’s success, but…
We have been working hard at Taptu to refine our application on the iPhone and iPod Touch platform.’a0 We believe our app is a great addition to the touch web and brings all the highlights of touch-friendly content to your fingertips. With that in mind, we’ve released a new version of the application into Apple…
As I said in a previous Sprint broadband device review, I’m constantly looking for new ways to communicate any time and from any place. Well, today’s device review takes this concept to a whole new level. You see, the ExpressCard I reviewed earlier does a great job at providing mobile 3G broadband to a single…