Voice of Objectivity: Is RIM Still Relevant?
Voice of Objectivity is an ongoing column meant to temper the tendency of the Techcited to run away with the most exciting or controversial ideas in technology’s near future. The opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the views of Techcitement or this writer. Someone’s got to keep a cool head around here. I guess […]
Opinion: Why I use an LG Optimus instead of a “Superphone”
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 […]
Apple’s iMessage: A Solution in Search of a Problem?
Apple recently announced iMessage: a messaging app/protocol that communicated between iDevices — and that’s it. If this sounds familiar, think RIM’s Blackberry Messenger. I confess to not “getting” BBM . The idea of a closed portal for communicating on a device that can text, e-mail, and instant message already just seems redundant. And yet, what […]
HP Touchpad Gets Release Date, Price – Too Little, Too Late?
After months of speculation about what, exactly, “Early Summer” means, HP has announced that their WebOS tablet will be out July 1st. With $499 for a 16 GB model and $599 for a 32 GB model, prices are right up there with Apple’s iPad2, the market leader/trend-setter. The question is – does anyone still care? […]
Thoughts on Mac OS X, the iCloud concept, and iOS
I just finished reading an editorial put out by ZDNet where the author expresses his opinion that Apple’s new “iCloud” announcement marks Apple’s attempt at making the PC take a back-seat to doing things over the Internet, without regard to which platform is used to make the connection. With the PC vs. Mac vs. Linux […]
Samsung embraces hackers too?
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 […]
HTC EVO 3D and EVO View 4G get launch date
They may have chosen a day when their news cycle would be stolen in a matter of hours, but Sprint has announced that two new HTC devices will be launching on their network on June 24th. The first device is the much-anticipated successor to the popular HTC EVO 4G. On the surface, the new EVO […]
Playstation Network Issues Apology, Gifts
As you’ve likely heard, Sony’s Playstation Network has been hacked (a couple times), and the service was down a good while as they repaired the gaps in security. That aside, Sony is now “making good” on their goof-ups, and are all but throwing free things at users hoping we’ll forget their indiscretion and move on […]
WWDC 2011 is Today
Today is WWDC and Apple is supposed to be announcing Big Things (like more 10.7 “Lion” details, iCloud, and possibly the iPhone 5). While Techcitement can’t be there in person, we’ll be following several liveblog and posting our reactions to our Twitter feed, @techcitement (which you, of course, already follow).
Sprint was just really excited, ok?
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 […]