While this shouldn’t really come as any kind of surprise, Facebook doesn’t like Google+ treading on their turf. Michael Lee Johnson, a self-proclaimed “Internet Geek, App Developer, Technological Virtuoso”, came up with a rather bold way to get more friends on Google’s social network- by creating an ad on Facebook. The ad (shown on right), […]
Here’s a really interesting concept. Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 hasn’t been the smash success they were hoping for, and MS in general has been losing the smartphone market share ever since iOS and Android have taken over. But Microsoft still owns many patents in smartphone technology. Remember when there were rumors of Microsoft suing HTC because […]
Click here to read Part I. Can a tablet be used to replace a netbook? As a regular netbook user (specifically an Acer Aspire One), my proposed experiment was to try and spend a week using a Viewsonic G-Tablet (chosen because it’s roughly the same price as the Acer) running Android instead . Now that […]
In case you missed it yesterday, Skype now supports video chat on Android. But only on four officially supported devices. I say “officially” because it didn’t take long for the hardcore users at XDA-developers to force the Skype 2.0 app to work on more hardware. The Galaxy S community was the first to take a […]
Wow, it was only about two weeks ago that I complained about the lack of a good use for Android’s front facing camera (are you stalking me, Skype?). Skype is fortunately following through with their promise to continue rolling out updates and new features for other platforms, despite being purchased by Microsoft. As of an […]
The ultra portable computer market sure has been heating up lately! It seems like only yesterday Asus debuted the first commercially successful netbook, the EEE PC, and with it created a new fad of inexpensive and super portable laptop alternatives. Two years after that, Apple unveiled the iPad. Following the success of the iPhone, the iPad is […]
Update 6/30/2011- see bottom for new information! I’ve got to be honest – I was excited to get an Android device with a front facing camera until I got one. When HTC brought us the EVO 4G, a lot of people saw the dual camera and got excited. Sure, GSM phones from Europe have had […]
With all the low budget Android handsets cutting corners, its easy to overlook the merit of the LG Optimus line. I picked one up on the Sprint network a day after the launch expecting mostly to do a review and not keep it. I’m used to owning “Superphones” (read: whatever was the most expensive from […]
Last week, we posted about HTC’s new bootloader policy, in which HTC took a surprisngly refreshing stance against locking users out of their software. That’s a big deal since custom roms and other modifications are half of the fun of the Android camp. We ended off saying we hope others will follow suit. Well, I’m […]
Sprint recently launched their eco-friendly Android handset, the Samsung Replenish. Aside from being one of the few candybar-shaped keyboard toting Android handsets out there (ala Blackberry/Treo), Sprint is particularly proud of the “green” aspects of this handset. So much so, in fact, that it is currently the only contemporary handset to NOT require the new […]
