When LG Mobile asked me to be one of their esteemed bloggers and tweeps at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I had the privilege of meeting Arnold Aranez, “Mr. Gadget” from down under in Australia. He has since moved to Hong Kong and has created one of the most amazing iPad cases [...]
As an awesome 38 year old dude, who specializes in local marketing, I thought I would share with you my personal tech “get-up” and my rationale for my choices of technical gadgetry and the operating systems of choice. I help businesses be found online. I need to know what in the hell Google is doing [...]
So, on the last day of CES 2011, I finally made it over to the Motorola booth, as I just had to try out the new Motorola Xoom tablet powered by Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) which eventually topped the polls and was named the best gadget at CES 2011. It is indeed a crush-worthy device. The [...]
LG kicked off press day here at CES. LG Mobile connected with Mobile Local Social back in December and invited me to come out and blog about their event and give our honest take on their new product line. However, after the press event, I can say I am very impressed. 2011 is going to [...]
Boom! Apple and Skype finally agree to allow Skype’s popular video chatting compatible with the iPhone. Amazing. The cats out in Cupertino are starting to cooperate with people now. Can you feel the love tonight? And it’s available IMMEDIATELY. We didn’t have to wait for CES or MacWorld! Holy sh#t! I heard of some rumblings [...]
January is quickly approaching. What does this mean for early adopters and lovers of cool tech gadgetry? Only one thing, CES is nigh. This will be a fun time to go to CES, as many companies are preparing to take on Apple iPad with tablets of their own. I expect internet TV to get some [...]
Earlier today, while monitoring some feeds on Tweetdeck, I was thinking about how handy it would be to check on all of my facebook pages, my twitter feeds, my Rss feeds, my favorite forum threads, etc… and boom Seesmic releases their new Desktop 2. It doesn’t add forum threads, that was my idea… but the [...]
As I skimmed the iPad app store the other night, the one app that struck me most (besides Flipboard) was one that actually set way, way down at #55. It was the highly-touted Hulu + app, possibly one of the most hoped-for and touted apps by the iPad crowd. The price was set at $9.99. [...]
Obviously, Best Buy was going to start selling a tablet soon… that isn’t a surprise., however it is a bit surprising that its CTO Robert Stephens shot a few pics of the tablet branded RocketFish and tweeted them out over Twitter earlier today. Beyond the shot above and the one after the break, we don’t know much about the HP [...]
Amazon dropped the price of the Kindle to $189 from $249. Ok, really? While I understand that some people have a previously purchased Kindle, why would anyone buy just a Kindle for themselves at this point when we now have the iPad? Yes, the iPad is a lot more money but for most people it [...]
WWDC 2010 Live Stream – Today, June 7, is one of the much-awaited day for Apple Fanboys out there because today, Apple will unveil the much-anticipated iPhone 4 and many more new products. World Wide Developer Conference 2010 will be joined by different tech savvies and Apple fanboys from different corners of the world – [...]
D8. All Things Digital, the an annual conference where the worlds top tech gurus come to discuss the state of the digital world was created by the Wall Street Journal’s renowned tech journalist, Walter Mossberg, and his colleague-in-crime, Kara Swisher. This year the conference is in it’s 8th year, first year at the new location, [...]
Greetings Earthlings. The team at Mobile Local Social, has connected with some amazingly bright minds here in our hometown of Kansas City, and are forming a Mobile Media Club to connect with businesses and show them the error of their technological ways. What we have here is the very first podcast / experiment of this [...]
The iPhad empire. Only two or maybe three operating systems can hang with the top dog. Ok, maximum five are possibly real iPad competitors. Six then. That’s it! 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the tablet/pad/slates.
Read on for the major comparisons.
I have had my iPad for about six weeks now and I have to say that for the most part I love it. The screen is amazing, the apps are great and it is extremely convenient for taking to meetings. Here is my one hang up. The accessories are less than stellar. While I think [...]
Steve stands by his capatalism. And rightfully so. Over at Valleywag Ryan Tate and Steve Jobs have a conversation about freedom of expression vs. invention.
For the first quarter in over six years, the Japanese giant, Nintendo, lost money. Heads have to roll! It looks like they may have declared war upon Apple, since apparently, they’ve already defeated Sony. Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, is believed to have told his senior executives recently the war on Sony is victory. Time [...]
If true, does Apple even need to make computers anymore?
If I had an iPad, I would surely have this App. Excerpt: Air Video will convert and stream any video on the fly, directly from your computer to your device, no matter where you are. The main selling point for Air Video: It works really, really well, and there’s nothing to setting it up. If [...]
Virginia Campbell who is 100 years old and has never owned a computer of any type, proves a point of contention that Apple has always held.
You are never too old to be an Apple Fanboy (I mean Fangirl)
Video and limeric after jump.
Spring is officially here, meaning summer is only two months away. So, why won’t an iPad be in the Frugal Fanboy’s beach bag (or carry-on)? Because even for vacationing, it doesn’t fill a need.
So today I made it to the apple store (got my Jobs badge on Foursquare) and picked up Apple’s case for the iPad. I have to say that this does make typing a lot easier, not that it was hard but I do believe we are going to see increasing cases of carpal tunnel. I [...]
Ok, So I haven’t blogged in a week or so. With work projects moving in fortuitous directions, I’ve been busy. Plus, my free time has been spent consuming mass media on the iPad device. The apps that have consistently snagged my attention are the Oceanhouse Media apps. I’m taking some time tonight and will publish [...]
iPad Ebooks are making their way into the light. Eventually, if technology continues to move forward, we may see much less books in print and much more books like the one in this video. If these types of Ebooks are exclusively made for children I must be easily entertained. As seen at Gizmodo.
Six must-have games for the iPad that will have the gaming world buzzing.
Can we please wait until the iPad has been available for purchase for more than a week before we hail how it has irrevocably changed our lives forever?
Job’s is your 21st century medicine man selling you sugar water at the street fairs. The Macintosh, Macbook, Ipod, Iphone….all novelties. Innovative, yes, but just enough to suck you simpletons in with “easy to navigate”, “simple to use,” and hop on the Apple truck.
Cory Doctorow, Joel Johnson, you’re both wrong when it comes to the iPad. I’m probably wrong, too. But that’s never stopped me from pointing out errors when I sees ‘em. First up: C-Doc, I love you and your can-do spirit, but Joel is right. A lot of people want something that just works. The trick [...]
Hey it’s iPad release day!! This is kind of a cool day for Mobile Local Social, as we officially launched on site on the day that Apple unveiled the iPad. It was a catalyst for us to start sharing our opinions on new technology, not only tech, but the ways in which information is searched [...]
Okay so here is my first blog from the iPad using the WordPress app. I have to say it is all pretty seamless so far. I am looking forward to the docks and other accessories to make life easier but overall I am very impressed. The screen is amazing, and typing is pretty simple. I [...]
If you’re looking to pre-order an iPad today, you’ll notice that on Apple’s website that shipping dates have been pushed back to April 12th. Apple has also removed the option to pick up your iPad in-store. It appears Apple simply can’t supply the demand for the first week of iPads, writes 9to5Mac, suggesting high demand [...]
As the release date for the iPad nears I find myself talking myself out of buying one. I really want one, I can afford one, but I can’t quite justify the price. That leaves me wondering how others feel about the iPad? Do we think we are going to see the lines outside of the [...]
Great video on self defense using an item that will soon be obsolete. In that case you may need to use your iPad in the same fashion.
ARM is the democratization of the CPU outside the Wintel paradigm. ARM has become the CPU of choice for mobile devices, and as the demarcation between mobile and immobile gets further eroded by devices like the iPad and Chrome OS, the ARM architecture has become the most viable x86 killer that has ever existed.
