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 [...]
The Motorola PR firm just sent out this teaser video which shows that a Motorola tablet is on it’s way very soon. No details about Motorola’s tablet are shared in the video, but we already know that it will feature NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor inside and should run on Verizon’s network. At the end of [...]
In an incredible innovation of usefulness, Voice Actions have been much improved beyond the simple “navigate” command. Here is the full list. send text to [contact] [message] listen to [artist/song/album] call [business] call [contact] send email to [contact] [message] go to [website] note to self [note] navigate to [location/business name] directions to [location/business name] map [...]
In the most astounding mobile conference presentation I have ever seen, Samsung highlighted all of the major offerings that its new Galaxy S series Android devices are capable of. I will be acquiring the Sprint Epic (physical keyboard, LED flash, 4G) version of the Galaxy S upon release. Expect an article when that happens. In the [...]
Tether announced earlier today that they have a beta version of their Android app ready for to be test run. This release is open to the public. According to the Tether, they have been seeing speeds roughly 40% faster than their competition. Now that they’ve been able to address major bugs and issues, the focus has shifted to [...]
Check out Samsung’s promo site for the Galaxy S. AMOLED screen looks to be more attractive than the iPhone 4 screen, albeit at a lower resolution. Specs: Samsung Galaxy 2 Leaked Specs: 3.7 inches AMOLED display 1 GHz Snapdragon processor 90 Million Triangles per second GPU (PS3 does 250) Android 2.1 Operating System 5 megapixel [...]
This is innovation! USB Host or USB OTG (On-The-Go) is a way for your device to read other USB devices such as keyboards, web cams or small EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES. Sven Killig decided to work out some driver tweaks to get this running on his Nexus One. The Nokia N8 also has USB OTG built [...]
Over at Reddit I noticed a link to Whisper Systems. Encrypted voice and texting applications entitled RedPhone 0.1 and TextSecure 0.1, are free for Android phones. If this isn’t a reason to have an open source O/S, I don’t know what is. Download from the Android market now. I just did.
Epic win. Google has merged the art of communication of devices. There new API they rolled out today in San Francisco at Google I/O Conference allows the Browser, Google Google Chrome, to connect with your Android device, allowing you to push messages, links, map destinations, etc. Watch the exact portion of the presentation where they [...]
The Android 2.2 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new user features and technologies in Android 2.2. For more information about the new developer APIs, see the Android 2.2 version notes. New User Features New Platform Technologies New Developer Services New [...]
BumpTop 3D has been acquired by Google. With the advent of a new multi-touch version of the software, it shouldn’t be too long before we see this being implemented in phones, tablets, and anything else Android.
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Engadget reviews the HTC Droid Incredible which is releasing officially on April 29th. Here is a snippet: Let’s just put this out there: the Droid Incredible is the best Android device that you can purchase in America right now. It’s better than the Droid, better than the Nexus One, and certainly beats the pants off of [...]
A new Android app offers a brilliant feature for business users.
First, there was Google Wave, which was ushered in with a torrent of breathless hype. The day of the release, Twitter was filled with tweets reading “Does anyone have a spare Wave invite?”, only to be replaced a week later with “Does anyone want a spare Wave invite?” Then, there was Google Buzz, which managed [...]
Android received yet another endorsement, this time from Martin Cooper – the inventor of the cellular telephone is the proud owner of a Motorola Droid. Although to his credit, he is always trying out new phones, and wanted to experience the Android OS, firsthand. Cooper was on C-SPAN last week where he talked about spectrum and [...]
Google is slowing catching up to Apple in the smartphone market.
Over the weekend my original beta version stopped working and I was heart broken… until we discovered the new beta version was released. I immediately put it on my phone. Without Swype on my phone, it felt like my phone was broken.
Great news for Ow.ly fans! I just downloaded Hootsuite for my Droid, and so far, it’s amazing! Thanks Hootsuite!
Gizmodo recently posted an article about the upcoming Flash 10.1 (currently in Beta 3 form) and Adobe’s determination that only a few current Android phones (see Nexus One only), and upcoming handsets with the proper muscle, will actually be able to run Flash properly. “There are two factors that’ll determine whether or not your phone is [...]
Google threatens to pull more services out of China. Italy convicts three Google employees for being in the same world as people who beat up autistic kids. Google Politics now in Beta.
BusinessWeek examines how Facebook is transforming the mobile phone, and poses the question, “what if Facebook made their own smartphone?”
Adobe is pressing forward with Flash 10.1 for Android devices as well as WebOS, & Windows Mobile. Sorry iPhone/iPad. As far as Android is concerned, Flash 10.1 will only work with the 2.1 O/S, which means only Droid and the Nexus One users can enjoy Flash content in their web browsers, unless you are using [...]
Webcams have carved out a large market since their earliest use in 1991. It is hard to believe the impact something so small and cheap and plasticy can have on our privacy, our friendships, our news delivery, and yes (drumroll please) even our sexuality.
Something to consider for every person who is going to buy a phone. There are four real smartphone platforms that are worth even considering. Sorry, Windows Mobile, but you aren’t one of them. In the fourth quarter of 2009, a developer could reach 75% of the worldwide smartphones sold in that quarter by supporting just three platforms, Nokia/Symbian, RIM OS [...]
Don’t pretend like you don’t game on your Android device. Even minesweeper was a hit with secretaries all over the planet. Well, here is a list of games that are much, much better than Solitaire
As 2009 winds down and we all take a well-earned break, it is interesting to look back at the past year and reflect on the changes that have occurred. Some were expected and some came as a complete surprise. But overall, despite the worst global economic crisis in over 50 years, mobile advertising and marketing [...]
