Android

[Funny & True] How smartphone users see other smartphone users – iPhone vs Android vs BlackBerry

November 18, 2010

Ever seen a Mac vs PC discussion thread online? Or iPhone vs Android? Or Nikon vs Canon? You get the idea. Some people just don’t see what else is in the world and will – no matter the cost – defend their own choice of product over any of the competition. What many people seem [...]

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Smartphone reliability: iPhone 4 with fewest failures, but…

November 11, 2010

A new study conducted by SquareTrade after analyzing failure rates of over 5,000 smartphones covered by SquareTrade Care Plans, shows that Apple’s iPhone 4 has the fewest failures with 2.1% failures within its first year. Below Apple you find Motorola with 2.3% and HTC with 3.7%. Another interesting observation is that when it comes [...]

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Flash coming to iPhone & iPad … ish!

November 2, 2010

Three months ago I mentioned the Skyfire browser might be coming to iPhone soon. Well, now it has been approved by Apple and is expected to appear in the App Store on November 4th with a price tag of $2.99 in the US App Store. Skyfire has a trick up its sleeve. It doesn’t fully [...]

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We might see a Nexus Two from Google after all…

October 29, 2010

Google has previously said that they won’t be making a new Nexus phone and that Nexus One was the only one. But now there are some indications that they have changed their minds and a Nexus Two will hit the streets already this year. While Nexus One was made by HTC, Nexus Two will be [...]

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Use VoIP on Your Android and Blackberry With Google Voice

October 26, 2010

All you Android and yes, of course BlackBerry users, attention! Now you can make calls from their mobile phones using Google Voice. Users have the advantage of a platform that can synchronize SMS, unified phone number and automated voicemail transcription. Earlier the calls could be made only using a web interface but Google Voice makes [...]

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HTC Desire HD vs HTC Mozart – Froyo vs WP7

October 5, 2010

High Tech Computer Corp, commonly known as HTC, is one of the top smartphone brands in the world. Even the iconic Nexus One had been developed by this company, for Google. Both Google and HTC have shared a very steady relationship since the birth of the Android platform. The HTC Dream, was in fact the [...]

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Samsung Epic 4G: A Super Multimedia Phone [review]

September 10, 2010

The Samsung Epic 4G is very much unlike its Galaxy S siblings as it has a physical keyboard and a front-facing camera. This is currently the second phone that runs on Sprint’s 4G network and as of August 20, 2010, it is priced at $250 along with a two-year contract from Sprint. The question now [...]

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iOS surpasses Linux as browsing platform – also on TechPatio

September 9, 2010

Apple’s operating system for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad known as iOS, is now the third-most popular platform on the Internet, Computerworld reports. The three above-mentioned devices accounts for 1.1% of all hardware on the Internet during August, more than the 0.85% by Linux and only 0.2% by Android devices. Yes I know we’re mixing [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab announced – the real iPad killer?

September 3, 2010

Engadget had their hands on the new Samsung Galaxy tab for a preview and several specifications are now available: Android 2.2 with TouchWiz 3.0 7″ capacitive touch screen with 1024×600 resolution Weight: 380 grams 16GB or 32GB internal storage 1 GHz Cortex A8 CPU 1.3MP front-facing camera and 3MP on the back 3G data and [...]

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10 Money Saving Android Apps

August 22, 2010

Everyone is interested in saving money in the wake of the Great Recession of the last couple of years. The first step that must be taken in controlling one’s spending lies in keeping a tight reign on what the person currently has. Also, a log with all of the information on everything being spent is [...]

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BlackBerry API Gears Up For Mobile Shopping

August 21, 2010

With the imminent arrival of the new Motorola ES400, RIM is already adding EDA-like capabilities to its Blackberry phones. When the BlackBerry 6 mobile operating system was released with the BlackBerry Torch 9800, it already supported an API for barcode scanning, one of the main features of a typical EDA. An API or Application Programming [...]

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9 Best Android Apps for Writers

August 14, 2010

If you’re like a lot of writers these days, you may have an Android phone. If so, which apps can help you be more productive? Here’s a list of the top 9 apps that will do just that. 1. Fbabble (Free) This nifty little app helps you stay connected with your friends on Facebook. It [...]

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Android Market: One Billion Downloads

July 19, 2010

Android has just joined in Apple’s App Store in the “>1 Billion Downloads”-club, if there was such a club. Apple’s App Store reached 3 billion downloads in in January 2010 so by now they are even more ahead, but Google and Android also seems to have a good thing going now that they’ve reached a [...]

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Official: iPhone OS 4 With Multitasking Coming Summer 2010

April 8, 2010

In an event today, Apple has at its headquarters in Cupertino announced features of the new iPhone OS 4, to be released during Summer 2010 (comes to the iPad during Fall). Steve Jobs took the stage to tell how Apple has won the J.D. Power award three times in a row, for highest customer satisfaction. [...]

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Google Goes Social With Buzz. GooBook? Gwitter?

February 10, 2010

Google Buzz is fresh out of Mountain View, California, where Google announced this new service just yesterday. Google Buzz combines Gmail with status updates and the ability to share links, pictures and videos with your friends. Buzz is available within Gmail (not for all users, yet), where you can see a feed of what your [...]

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Google Adds Multitouch To Nexus One

February 10, 2010

Google last week shipped an update to users of their $174.15 phone, Nexus One. The biggest new feature is probably support for multitouch in Maps, Browser and Gallery. Google claims that units that ships with Android 2.1 are now so powerful that they are able to handle multi-touch and lots of users have wished for [...]

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iPhone Free Week – Day 5: HTC Tattoo, Android Market & Conclusion

December 2, 2009

It’s time to blog about my 5th day with the HTC Tattoo, which means I’ve been staying away from my iPhone for five days – congratulations, me Previous articles in this series: Introduction To A Week With HTC Tattoo (Android) Warm-up To My “iPhone Replaced By Tattoo”-Experiment Day 1 & 2: HTC Tattoo, It’s Small [...]

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iPhone Free Week – Day 4: HTC Tattoo, Web Browser & Text Input

November 26, 2009

Welcome to day 4 of my iPhone Free Week. Today I will focus on the Web browser in the HTC Tattoo and how the text input works on the Tattoo as well. If you missed any of my previous iPhone Free Week posts, you can find them here: Introduction To A Week With HTC Tattoo [...]

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iPhone Free Week – Day 3: HTC Tattoo, Camera & Video Recording Quality

November 25, 2009

Welcome to day 3 in my iPhone Free Week where I’m using only a HTC Tattoo running Android, instead of my trusty old iPhone 3Gs. Today, I also have a home-made video for you. Before we continue, please allow me to mention some of the previous posts in the iPhone Free Week series: iPhone Free [...]

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iPhone Free Week – Day 1 & 2: HTC Tattoo, It’s Small & Slow

November 24, 2009

Welcome to my experiences with HTC Tattoo over the past two days. I started using the HTC Tattoo yesterday morning as part of my “iPhone Free Week” Experiment and I have used it almost for two full days now. The top 3 noteworthy things about the HTC Tattoo so far: It’s small and doesn’t weigh [...]

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10 Reasons Not To Use An iPhone

November 24, 2009

In the middle of my iPhone free week where I’ll be using only a HTC Tattoo running Android, I thought it would be approriate to post these 10 reasons not to use an iPhone, from PC World Denmark. 1. Multitasking Apparently it’s “a dream come through” to be able to switch between your e-mail application, [...]

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iPhone Free Week: Warm-up To My “iPhone Replaced By Tattoo”-Experiment

November 22, 2009

In my last post I introduced you to my little experiment of replacing my beloved iPhone 3GS with a HTC Tattoo running the Android operating system. Now I’d just like to touch some of the things that “switchers”, with a Mac, might come accross, especially when switching from an iPhone to an Android based phone. [...]

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iPhone Free Week: Introduction To A Week With HTC Tattoo (Android)

November 19, 2009

I’ve been ‘suffering’ from the “iSyndrome” since I got my first MacBook back in Q2 2006 and when the iPhone EDGE was released in the US, I had no other choice than go to eBay and import one of them. Then came the iPhone 3G and I bought one locally. The year after, iPhone 3GS [...]

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Apple Makes More Money On Cellphones Than Nokia & I’m Giving Up On My iPhone!

November 19, 2009

Apple has taken over Nokia, when looking at profit by selling cellphones, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics. With operating profits in the third quarter of $1.6 billion (estimated by Strategy Analytics), they made more money by Nokia with $1.1 billion. Apple sold 7.4 million iPhones during the third quarter (July-September), generating sales [...]

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Droid Attacks iPhone. iPhone Strikes Back.

November 4, 2009

First, Motorola placed their Droid in the ring, to take a shot at the iPhone, with this iDon’t commecial, advocating that “all the things your iOhone doesn’t do, Droid does“. Then, some iPhone users decide to strike back with the iDon’t Care video: Despite Droid looking very interesting indeed, I’m still liking my iPhone and [...]

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Google Maps Navigation – Free Navigation From Google Looks Amazing

November 3, 2009

Google recently launched a beta version of Google Maps Navigation. As the name hints, it’s based on Google Maps but it’s also heavily updated with new stuff because of the “navigation”-part of the name. At first, the software will only be available for Android 2.0 but it will be free and ad-sponsored. The advertisements are [...]

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