Social networking is huge, no doubt about that. Palm ratcheted up the ability to network socially with Synergy, by pulling various networks together into a seamless heap of contacts for Pre owners. Motorola recognized this usefulness and carried it a step further with its new MotoBLUR […] Read more »
Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts: Soccer moms and smartphones (RWW) — You know smartphones are catching on in the mainstream when we have quantitative reports on how moms use their iPhones. […] Read more »
Welcome to our newest Monday feature — Android Ecosystem! There’s plenty of news on tap this coming week, starting with what’s expected to be the official announcement of the Motorola Droid for Verizon Wireless on Wednesday. Verizon will announce at least one more Motorola Android device […] Read more »
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A funny thing happened to Android on its way to Verizon– it became yet another product line. Big Red is pushing the Droid campaign everywhere, and word is coming out that Droid is Verizon’s Android product line. Droid was previously thought to be the phone that […] Read more »
Those of us involved in covering the smartphone world know HTC, the company behind such phones as the Hero, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2, G1, myTouch 3G, and the list goes on and on. What most people don’t realize is that HTC is the third largest […] Read more »
It seems the race is on to produce e-book readers based on the Android platform that have two screens. The enTourage eDGe has a novel book form with a 9.7-inch e-Ink screen on the left (Wacom PenEnabled) for reading e-books and a 10.1-inch color LCD touchscreen […] Read more »
I’d say Dell just beat the pants off of my homebrewed Android UMPC. The Dell Streak and its lovely 5-inch multitouch display just made an appearance over at SlashGear and it looks sweet from a form factor perspective. The video demo gets a bit choppy at […] Read more »
Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts: Browse Palm’s App Catalog online (PhoneScoop) — This idea makes total sense and is probably overdue — you can now browse the Palm Pre App Catalog […] Read more »
Welcome to our newest Monday feature — Android Ecosystem! Is it just me or does it seem like Android is starting to dominate mobile news these days? Sure, there’s a new Windows Mobile version and phones that run it and we’re all wondering what Mozilla will […] Read more »
I’ve been admiring the ARCHOS Internet Tablet with Android from afar lately. A current Android device is appealing, but I’m on the fence between adding a CDMA Android phone that I can swap with my Pre or simply getting a standalone Android unit. That’s when it hit me […] Read more »
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The buzz may be about the Verizon Droid phone that isn’t available anywhere, but for those interested, today is the day the Motorola CLIQ is available for order through T-Mobile. Existing customers can put their name on a CLIQ for “as low as $199,” and the […] Read more »
Verizon has been long in the tooth for a super smartphone since the launch of the BlackBerry Storm. That is about to change, according to their new ad campaign for the Motorola Droid. The Droid looks to be the Sholes Motorola phone that’s been bandied about […] Read more »
The rumor of an e-book reader with a typical e-Ink screen that also had a small color touchscreen for navigation and content display created a stir in the digital book world. Such a device could easily be leveraged by Barnes & Noble for a dedicated e-book […] Read more »
When you think of smartphone platforms, the usual players come to mind. Windows Mobile, Android, WebOS and iPhone are the major players currently. Windows Mobile 6.5 just launched recently, and Android is evolving at a rapid pace. Palm is continuing to improve WebOS in the Pre […] Read more »
Wasn’t it just this morning I mentioned Android 2.0 appearing in some web logs? I was also wondering what you’d like to see in Android 2.0, but you’d better hurry up and answer. Or you can just skip listing what you’d like to see and have […] Read more »
I don’t know who it is, but somebody has an early Android 2.0 build out there. And to think that some folks are still waiting for version 1.6! Yup, while Donut is on the dinner table now for many, the next dessert course is Eclair, which […] Read more »
In the “we’ve been warning of this for months” department, a new article in BusinessWeek warns the companies producing Android phones that the more they move to differentiate their products, the more fragmented the platform image becomes. The main theme in the article is that it […] Read more »
Sometimes it’s easy to overlook the obvious. Take, for example, the various app stores out there. Generally speaking, people are going to hit up the app store for their platform, find what they need and then install it. While it’s nice to have one centralized place […] Read more »
Android enthusiasts have been watching the Windows Mobile powered HTC HD2 information emerge with lust in their hearts but their wallets firmly in their pockets. By all indications, the 1 GHz Snapdragon is rapidly becoming the smartphone processor of the power user. Acer is going to […] Read more »
Welcome to our newest Monday feature — Android Ecosystem! With so many handsets arriving this quarter, it’s getting difficult to decide which is the “best” Android device out there. We’ve discussed this before, but it bears repeating that fragmentation of the Android market is oddly reminiscent […] Read more »
I’m actually posing this question out to you folks because I’ve never had more than one active CDMA device in the past. See, I’m thinking about having two on the same plan. Oh, I know they can’t both be active at the same time and I […] Read more »
Updated with a statement from Sprint. I have been impressed with the HTC Hero phone I have been evaluating on the Sprint EVDO Rev. A network, even though I just found out this evaluation phone is not actually on the faster Rev. A network; like other […] Read more »
This just hit my inbox this morning from Sprint, carriers of the HTC Hero. The Android phone is now available for order for $179.99 with a new contract. I am not eligible for the upgrade price as I only bought my Palm Pre a while ago. […] Read more »
The latest Android update, version 1.6, now includes a Quick Search Box widget. Like any other widget, you simply add it to a home panel so it’s always available, or you can hit the search hardware button on your device. Taking a cue from the iPhone […] Read more »
As we wait for Motorola’s Android phone, the Cliq/Dext, the company is once again confirming its commitment to the Android platform. Motorola had already stated that it was dropping Windows Mobile to focus on Android, and it’s doing the same with LiMo. Christy Wyatt, VP at […] Read more »
I’m in agreement with James that WebKit is arguably the best basis for a mobile browser today. Apple, Google, and Palm have embraced it, while Research In Motion appears to have “bought” it for future BlackBerry builds. But why then does the browser on my iPhone […] Read more »
ARCHOS is pushing the envelope where its Android Internet Tablets are concerned. Putting the phone OS on a web tablet is an interesting use of the Android platform, and early reviews of the devices are starting to trickle out onto the web. When ARCHOS first announced […] Read more »
So is everyone scrambling to get more Android devices simply because analysts expect it to be the number two smartphone platform by 2012? Whatever the reason, it’s good to see more choices and there’s another one with Google for Sprint customers. The Samsung Moment is poised […] Read more »
With all of Apple’s iPhone buzz, you’d think that Symbian, the global smartphone marketshare leader would be looking at Cupertino over its shoulder. Not so, says Gartner via a Computerworld posting. Google’s Android is emerging as a big challenger over the next few years. By 2012, […] Read more »
UPDATED: My recent research of the Beatles remastered CD catalog has my musical juices flowing. Maybe that’s why this T-Mobile news popped on my radar this morning. The carrier announced a myTouch 3G Fender limited edition handset — only 10,000 of the units will be sold. […] Read more »
We excitedly reported that the Motorola Cliq would be the company’s first Android handset. We showed you the cool MotoBlur interface that would keep you in touch with all your peeps. It turns out that technically it’s not true that the Cliq is Motorola’s first Android […] Read more »
Welcome to our newest Monday feature — Android Ecosystem! The biggest news this week has to be the upcoming introduction of Flash for the Android platform. Android is tapped to gain support for Flash 10.1 as Google has joined the Adobe Open Screen Project. Unfortunately for […] Read more »
I use Evernote on every mobile device I put my hands on. It is the information capture tool that helps me make sure nothing gets away from me. It also lets me access that information no matter what I might be doing, and put it to […] Read more »
I have enjoyed my brief time with the HTC Hero, easily the best Android phone I have tried. Podcast co-host Matt Miller is enjoying his Hero too, and he’s published a thorough review of the phone. Matt makes it clear that he finds the phone to […] Read more »
T-Mobile has landed yet another Google Android handset, making the carrier’s wide assortment of Android devices in the U.S. even wider. The Samsung Behold II hits before the holidays, and like the G1, myTouch and Cliq before it, will support T-Mobile’s 3G network. Much like the […] Read more »
I am being inundated with one single question since receiving the HTC Hero phone with the Android OS. That question is which phone do I prefer, the Palm Pre or the HTC Hero? It’s a fair question since both phones are on the Sprint network in […] Read more »
Fanbois and girls alike constantly debate the future mobile operating landscape. Is there room enough for all of the current platforms or will there be just a few? From a consumer standpoint, there’s room for plenty of competitors — after all, choice is good, right? But […] Read more »
Back in August, I got my first taste of augmented reality (AR) courtesy of Yelp’s easter egg. The iPhone version of this location based application combines geographical data with a camera to show nearby points of interest in the virtual view. The experience proved to me […] Read more »
MoTR 184 is 32 minutes long and is a 29.4 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPIC: The HTC Hero for Sprint is in the house! […] Read more »
James and I got an early look at Vringo’s newest beta for Android phones. Vringo takes ringtones a step beyond by adding video to the tones. Their catalog has a large number of free Vringo’s and the newest ones from Marvel Comics are $2. Better yet […] Read more »
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