Nokia is still is the leading phone manufacturer in the world but in recent years, Nokia’s market-share particularly in the smartphone segment has been slowly divved up by the likes of BlackBerry, iPhone and Android devices. The fact that developing apps in the Symbian (Nokia’s operating system) is like getting a root canal does not [...]
So we all knew that the iPad was aimed squarely at the education arena. Apple once called the education circle home, but had been pushed out over the years as the platform became less and less relevant to a working environment. The iPad seems to be their bid for a coup to retake control of [...]
The Wall Street Journal came out with a story on a new iPhone upgrade this summer, but the news about an iPhone fitted with CDMA for Verizon has shaken the blogosphere at lot more. The WSJ article spoke about how AT&T will likely lose some customers to the rival carrier right out of the gate [...]
Almost everyone that owns a BlackBerry knows the Viigo app. It’s a very well-organized RSS reader, which is a must-have for a BlackBerry user. The app is customizable with quick and easy navigation. It allows you to pull news, quotes, weather reports, blogs, and even podcasts. Bill and I, together with the podcast crew of [...]
The proof is in the pudding that when it comes to touchscreen accuracy, the iPhone rules the day. The shocker to this is that there isn’t just a little difference between devices, but there is a HUGE difference! We’ve all read reviews or heard other people talk about how they didn’t the touchscreen or just [...]
This bit of news is actually a couple days old, but I felt it was such a fun story that I had to share. So we saw from my previous post about mobile phone botnets that I think the security aspect of mobile computing is very compelling, so I’ve been following the storys related to [...]
Qualcomm’s Gobi chipset was created with the idea that a phone, or laptop, or wireless data card does not have to be wireless technology specific. Gobi chipsets support most wireless radio technologies with the idea that you can manufacture one device, but allow it to run on different wireless networks. Qualcomm’s latest chipsets seem to [...]
What is the future of mobile computing? Most of the sci-fi movie gadgets from 20 or so years ago has become a reality. In fact, what we currently have now is way better looking and functional than captain Kirk’s Communicator. So what’s next? I think the new sci-fi movies are slow in keeping up with [...]
In what may be a sign of things to come, Mozilla annouced that it would no longer be working on a project to provide the popular FireFox browser for Windows Mobile 7. As we’ve already reported in Dante’s post, Microsoft seems to be having some serious iPhone envy and is pushing Windows mobile 7 down the [...]
Skype is on a roll. We recently blog about Skype’s availability on Nokia smartphones. Today, a post on Skype’s web site announcing availability of Skype on Verizon starting this Thursday, 25th of March. The following smartphones will have it (mostly BlackBerry): BlackBerry Storm 9530 BlackBerry Storm2 9550 BlackBerry Curve 8330 BlackBerry Curve 8530 BlackBerry 8830 [...]