Windows 8 phones are around the corner, which means that Windows 7 phones are now on final sale. The 900 is available at AT&T for 1 cent with a 2-year contract; is the question is whether it’s a good buy for someone who wants a good smartphone but doesn’t want to spend a lot to […]
One of the big perks about my new hometown, Houston, is that it’s one of the select few cities where Sprint’s high speed LTE network has been rolled out. This replaces the original high-speed WiMax network, largely spanked by AT&T and Verizon’s LTE networks. Heck, in some cases T-Mobile’s HSPA+ has beaten Sprint’s WiMax, and […]
Popular Apple rumor and discussion website MacRumors reveals that at least one Fortune 500 company is advising its employees not to upgrade their iOS devices to the latest version. The concern centers around a bug with Exchange calendar integration. A user who receives an invitation to a meeting and declines it winds up sending cancellation […]
MediaMall has long been thinking about streaming video on the internet. Back in 2004, CEO Jeff Lawrence developed the idea for PlayOn, a service that allows internet video to be viewed in an optimized way by streaming it to devices that allow you to watch it where you like, such as using a networked Wii […]
Not happy with Apple’s new iOS6 maps? Miss the old Google Maps that you used to have built in? Looks like you may be out of luck for the foreseeable future. According to Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, Maps won’t come to the App Store anytime soon. The Google Maps application that came baked into previous versions was removed from […]
Roku users got a big surprise late last week when the company provided an unexpected update to its official iOS and Android applications. Previously, the free apps were mainly a secondary remote control for the streaming media player. With this update, announced on the official Roku blog, Roku has added the ability to stream music […]
Windows 8 is coming out with a roar. First Samsung surprised everyone with the Ativ, followed by a major announcement from Nokia and Microsoft to introduce the Lumia 820 and 920. Then, HTC announced yesterday that the 8S and 8X, its Windows 8 phone, are set to drop in November. Three features emphasized by Nokia […]
HP’s dumping of my favorite mobile operating system may have been over a year ago, but I’m still getting over it. Pitiful, yes, but that’s part of what makes me who I am. I’ve gotten better though. I managed to resist writing an article about the release of the code for Open webOS earlier this […]
We’ve all oohed and aahed over the new iPhone. All that’s left is making fun of Apple’s sales pitch. That means it’s time for another banned iPhone promo from the hilarious John Elrick and company, whose banned iProduct promos have been going strong for two and a half years now. I’m not about to be […]
My friends like to joke that they’re bitter because it’s the 21st century and we don’t have our jetpacks. The 21st century is damn different from how it was portrayed in the media of our childhood; The Jetsons have a lot to answer for. However, “different” doesn’t mean bad. I made a recent long […]
