Google unveiled a new mobile login verification system today, and perhaps more importantly slipped in that editing of Google Docs would be coming soon to Android and the iPad. The ability to edit docs on the two mobile platforms will bring real-time collaboration to mobile users. Read more »
Samsung launched its iPad competing Galaxy Tab on all four carriers in the U.S. The Tab will come in 3G and Wi-Fi models, but 4G is not available. The MeeGo-based WeTab is launching next week and can run Android apps, which is a first. Read more »
Samsung has officially announced that its iPad competitor, the Galaxy Tab, will be coming soon to all four major carriers in the U.S. Hitting all four carriers is a continuation of the strategy that Samsung employed with the Galaxy S handsets, but lacking 4G. Read more »
The CEO of South Korean consumer electronics giant LG resigned today to take responsibility for the company’s poor performance in the smartphone space. Yong Nam will be replaced by the head of LG International. LG reported a loss of $103 million in the latest quarter. Read more »
Microsoft is readying for the fall appearance of Windows Phone 7 handsets, but Verizon won’t have its name on any of them. Big Red will not be launching a Windows Phone 7 handset this year, but stated today it will “probably release a phone in 2011″. Read more »
MeeGo may have been neglected at Nokia World this week, but a German company is readying a MeeGo tablet for launch next week. MeeGo is a joint venture of Intel and Nokia, and the WeTab is an iPad competitor that is running the open platform. Read more »
The Android Market is a hustling bodega of app goodness that is growing by leaps and bounds. To borrow a famous line, no matter what you need to do with an Android phone, there’s an app for that. Here are the most-used apps on my EVO. Read more »
Android phone giant HTC today unveiled two new phones and the next generation of the Sense interface that aims to bring the phone to the living room with DLNA support. The new phones add wireless streaming to the big screen, turning the phones into lifestyle devices. Read more »
Parallels Desktop 6 makes it easy to run an alternate OS on any Mac in a virtual machine. Those needing to run Windows will find it makes using OS X and Windows side-by-side a solid experience. Parallels Mobile for iOS brings Windows to the iPad. Read more »
Parallels Desktop 6 recently launched, and we were all over it. Today, Parallels Mobile is available for the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch. Parallels Mobile lets you access any virtual machine running on your Mac with Parallels Desktop 6, over either Wi-Fi or 3G connections. Read more »
Over a year ago, Verizon told us they were going to open an app store for Android, BlackBerry, Palm and Windows Mobile handsets. This store was to open by the end of last year, so news appearing today about the VCAST store is no surprise. Read more »
Have you installed an app that replaces one of the preinstalled phone apps but the original still fires up when you try to do something with the new one? Don’t fret, Android has way to reassign the default app to use in any situation. Read more »
Android phone owners will tell you that a big draw of using the Google platform on the smartphone is the ability to tailor the user experience to personal preference. Almost every aspect of the user interface is customizable, and these are my top apps and widgets. Read more »
Verizon created a stir this week as word spread it was replacing Google search with Bing on Android handsets. The irony was thick that a competitor’s product would replace its search on smartphones running Google’s own platform. Samsung has adopted Apple’s product line strategy to success. Read more »
The days of major Windows/Mac compatibility issues have waned, but for the mobile professional they have not completely receded into memory. Whatever your reasons for needing access to Windows, the newly released Parallels Desktop 6 may be just what you need. Read more »
Road warriors will soon be cheering world-wide as word spreads about the new Lenovo Power Hub. This product is so simple that it’s amazing no one has produced one before now. Take a power brick and add four USB ports to it without making it bigger. Read more »
Parallels Desktop 6 (PD6) has been announced for the Mac, and offers performance gains over the previous version. PD6 provides virtual machine capability on the Mac designed to allow the installation and operation of alternate operating systems such as Windows. Read more »
Verizon is firmly on the Android train with a full line of handsets, but it may be detouring that train through Redmond to replace Google search with Microsoft’s Bing on Android phones. Customers can’t change the default to other search providers, which won’t be popular. Read more »
The e-reader war is heating up with Amazon announcing the Kindle and Kindle 3G will be sold in Best Buy stores this fall. This has the Kindle joining the Barnes & Noble Nook and Sony Readers at Best Buy. Pricing will be the same as Amazon’s. Read more »
MasterCard has launched its MoneySend service on the BlackBerry, taking aim at PayPal in the growing mobile payment business. MoneySend is a virtual prepaid credit card that customers can link with existing bank accounts and credit cards to send and receive personal payments on the BlackBerry. Read more »
Mobile computers will chip away at the desktop PC market according to research, led by notebooks that will be shipping 291 million units by 2014. The mobile segment — notebooks, netbooks and tablets combined — will ship over 400 million units in that same year. Read more »
The HP Mini 5103 is the newest member of HP’s netbook product line aimed at the enterprise. The brushed aluminum casing, full-sized keyboard and long battery life is much like the previous model, with one notable improvement. This video shows the small Mini from all angles. Read more »
Samsung is predicting an oversupply of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) used in computers due to expected weak PC sales. The uncertain economic climate is cited as the primary cause for lower than expected PC sales in spite of the upcoming holiday season. Read more »
The collective groans of supervisors was heard this week as the successful Angry Birds game was released for Android. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab this week, a competitor to the iPad. We took doubleTwist for a spin and found it to be iTunes for Android. Read more »
Worker productivity likely took a massive downturn today with the arrival of the highly successful Angry Birds game on the Android platform. Rovio Mobile intended to conduct a closed beta for Android but bowed to pressure from those anxious to play the game. Read more »
The HP Mini 5103 is the next generation of netbook with the Atom dual-core processor and touch screen. It is aimed at the enterprise with metal construction for durability, but consumers may find it a good fit for their needs, too. Read more »
Tablets are going to see tremendous growth, according to a UK analyst firm, as consumers choose them over e-readers. Tablet sales are projected to hit 50 million by 2014, a whopping increase of 1370 percent over the 3.65 million to be sold this year. Read more »
The Galaxy Tab is looking like a real competitor to the iPad due to apps Samsung has optimized for the larger screen. The need for tablet versions of Android apps will lead to potential confusion in consumers that Google must be prepared to deal with. Read more »
The folks at Twitter took their time releasing an app for the iPad, but it was time well spent. Having used more Twitter apps than I can count on multiple platforms, this iPad version is better than any of them for following the Twitterverse. Read more »
Steve Jobs took the stage at today’s press event in San Francisco, and disclosed that Apple retail stores regularly hit a million visitors in a day, several days each month. The high foot traffic is translating into new customers for Apple according to Steve Jobs. Read more »
Space enthusiasts who follow information coming out of NASA with excitment should download the free NASA HD app for the iPad right now. This app aggregates all of the happenings at NASA with a gorgeous interface that is tailored for touch operation on the iPad. Read more »
No matter what you think about iTunes, the seamless way it syncs with the iPhone is very convenient. Android phone owners wanting a full-featured program that provides a similar syncing experience should look no further than doubleTwist. It’s like iTunes for Android, and it’s free. Read more »
HP has introduced its fall line-up with five notebooks and the new HP Wireless TV Connect unit for wirelessly connecting a notebook to HD televisions. The notebooks include two new Envy models (one with 3-D), the Pavilion dm3 and two new netbooks. Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively watching app stores for apps that it deems fill a medical purpose with an eye toward regulating them, according to an attorney specializing in health care issues. Developers should be aware that apps may warrant FDA approval. Read more »
Retail giant Staples will play a role in heating up the e-reader war as it will start selling Amazon’s Kindles in its retail stores. This move, coupled with price drops, shows how competitive the e-book business has become. Borders dropped prices on two of its e-readers. Read more »
The race to build a tablet that competes with the iPad is underway, with Toshiba set to announce the Folio 100 this week. The Folio is an Android slate designed for HD video playback. Samsung will announce its own tablet to compete with the iPad. Read more »
The parade of new Android smartphones continued this week with the appearance of the Motorola Droid 2 and the Samsung EPIC 4G. This week we reviewed both phones, plus we put them against the EVO 4G in a video smackdown showing the phones going head-to-head. Read more »
Verizon is hard at work to get its LTE high-speed network online late this year, but MetroPCS may be first according to information its LTE network will go live in September. The fifth-largest operator in the U.S. will light up Dallas and Las Vegas next month. Read more »
Verizon is hard at work to get its LTE high-speed network online late this year, but MetroPCS may be first according to information its LTE network will go live in September. The fifth-largest operator in the U.S. will light up Dallas and Las Vegas next month. Read more »
Join James, Matt and Kevin live for this week’s audio podcast where they’ll cover this week’s mobile technology news and share experiences with the latest software, hardware and web services. If you missed the live show, you can grab an MP3 audio recording and listen later. Read more »
