RIM (Research in Motion) is dying. That’s been evident since the release of the iPhone by Apple all the way back in 2007. Instead of immediately going to work on a new platform to compete with the iOS enemy, RIM insisted physical keyboards were the way to go and that touchscreens were a fad. Even […]
MetroPCS has a great agenda: affordable smartphones that don’t require a contract. Unfortunately, driving a phone down to $149 or $199 without subsidy often requires manufacturers to make cutbacks, especially to fit in LTE (complete with metroPCS’s fledgling coverage). Huawei did this maneuver with the Activa 4G I’ve been testing the last few weeks. This […]
Sprint first introduced its EVO line in 2010 with the classic EVO 4G. This 4.3″, WiMax-connected behemoth did a great job as the company’s flagship phone, spinning off the EVO Design, Shift, and 3D, all fine phones in their own way. None, however, seemed to get as much attention as that first model. We at […]
BlueStacks has released a public alpha test version of its App Player for OS X at the Google I/O conference. The product was originally announced as a beta release for Windows users in March, allowing users to run any Android app without modification. The current attempt to extend this functionality to Mac OS X users […]
There have been rumors for some time that Google will release it’s own tablet. Recently it became more and more evident, and now the device is here. Except it’s not exactly what I was expecting. Rather than compete with Apple in the 10″ category, Google has firmly aimed the Asus-built Nexus 7 at a category […]
Apple’s been doing well in the lawsuit department lately. Sure, Apple’s patent case against Motorola was thrown out of court, but the company that Jobs built managed to seriously delay HTC’s recent hot phones earlier this month. Now, it’s struck a major blow against Samsung. A federal judge in California has ruled that the Galaxy […]
Like a shopping mall that destroys local mom and pop shops, internet shopping has wreaked havoc with brick and mortar retailers. I can admittedly speak up as part of the mass exodus to almost exclusive online shopping. The majority of non-grocery items I buy are, by a wide margin, from Amazon. I order groceries from […]
The mechanics of bicycling have not changed much in the last 50 years. Anyone who saw a bike 50 years ago would look at a bike today and see something that mechanically looks about the same. Materials used in building a bike have definitely kept up with the times because bicyclists always want a lighter […]
This has been an impressive year for smartphones. Indeed, with units like the RAZR MAXX, Galaxy Nexus, and HTC’s One line, I think we’re seeing a real transition to superphones. Then there’s the LG Viper, a far more mild-mannered option. Despite being the first LTE phone released on Sprint (by a whole day), the Viper […]
Last week, I wrote up a list of what mobile operating systems I’m considering to replace my current one. My end result was Android, as its the most webOS-like solution for now. I noted that today’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) might change things vis-à-vis iOS and boy, did it. Just not in the way […]
