As of now, Nokia is the leader when it comes to mobile phone manufacturing. That is, no one makes and sells more phones than the Finland-based mobile phone maker. There are many companies such as Samsung, LG and Apple who have been stealing market share away from Nokia; but Nokia is still number one. Samsung…
With much excitement, I installed Skype for Android onto my Nexus One just the other day. However, my first impressions are not good. Here are my experiences thus far: first, the good things. The user interface is snappy and pleasant to work with. I like the groups feature that allows you to look at just…
As an Android phone user, I really appreciate Google’s embrace of voice with the Android OS. With my voice, I can do data entry in any text field just by speaking. The voice recognition isn’t bulletproof, but it’s quite good and works most of the time. However, what about those times you are in your…
Back in August, I wrote about the crappyness that was Skype on Android. Or more simply I posed the question: why isn’t there an official Skype app on Android? Well, you can imagine my joy this morning when I saw that Skype, the grandaddy of Internet telephony, has released an official client for the Android…
Back in late 2009, we released an our Taptu Android app.’a0 The application was a ‘lite’ version, in that it provided a quick way to access our Taptu.com webpage through a desktop shortcut. Today, we’re announcing a massive update to our Android efforts.’a0 In the Android Market, you’ll find an update that is a true…
The Evo 4G from Sprint is an impressive phone that won me over in the brief time I had one. The phone has a monster 4.3″ screen, a 1Ghz processor, awesome camera, and amazing 720p video recording capability. The phone comes by default with Android 2.1, the “Eclair” version of Android. Froyo, aka Android 2.2,…
There’s no question in the mobile market that Symbian has lost major ground in the ecosystem in the last 3 years.’a0 Since Symbian was top dog (probably at the height of the N95’s success), the mobile web has sprung up and the top market share but mindshare losing mobile OS has failed to embrace it.’a0…
Introduction Motorola is at it again, releasing a third phone into the Verizon Wireless Android lineup. After releasing the Motorola Droid (review link) and the Motorola Devour (review link), they are at it again with the Droid X. This new handset is the king of Verizon’s Android offering at this time. It has some amazing…
There are 5 major mobile operating systems including: BlackBerry OS, iPhone OS (now called iOS), Windows Mobile, Palm’s WebOS, Android and Symbian/S60. With that in mind, let’s look at the comScore market share results that were released just yesterday: So, with Apple’s iPhone only garnering 25% of the US smartphone market share – why is…
As many in the computing industry know, tablet computers are not a new idea.’a0 We had Windows-based tablets in the middle of last decade that came from heavyweights such as HP, Acer and Dell.’a0 However, the devices failed to go mainstream in the business community and have since been relegated to the medical profession where…