As usual Google has announced something bigger than what was rumored.
There has been a lot of talk about the gPhone that would compete with the iPhone, well forget that. Google jumps ahead and goes for a complete platform.
There are several Google Android announcements out there, but here is a link straight to Google’s official announcement.
Google [...]
That appears to be the headline of the day and only 3 days after it’s release.
To be fair to Apple, it should probably be AT&T iPhone activation problems.
There does not seem to be a lot of actual iPhone problems, but rather a slew of problems based on AT&T not being ready for the amount of [...]
The iPhone finally made it’s debut Friday, and had early shoppers lined up for days to get the new wireless device. Initial reports are good so far…
Reuters reports thousands of faithful fans first to buy new iPhone.
Wired Blog Network shows the iPhone unboxed.
CNN Money…will it live up to the hype?
engadget iPhone Q & A
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There’s an interesting article from Media Center PC World, quoting a study by the Consumer Electronics Association. It says the average U.S. household owns 25 consumer electronics and the average adult spends $1,200 a year on these products. Gee, I spend that much on my cell phone alone!
The article continues with [...]
PC World has an interesting article on the 50 best tech products of all time. Some of these names sure bring back memories. Plus it shows just how fast technology is moving along. Let’s take a look at their Top 10…
#1 Netscape Navigator, first introduced in 1994, popularized the world wide web [...]
Now you can search for a local business with just your phone. The automated system is completely voice prompted, so you just say the name of the business or a general category, to get a listing. The search results are numbered, so you can say or press the corresponding number, just like [...]
Highbrid Nation writes about Yahoo’s new mobile search initiative, OneSearch. Starting on April 3, you can submit your mobile content to Yahoo for inclusion into their mobile search engine. Cool. Maybe now those cell phone web services will be useful for something. But please, no pop-ups.
In our house we have 2 teenagers, 14 and 18. Both of them skipped email, and that just makes me dizzy.
They use their cellphones for instant messaging and they can type out complete messages while never looking at the screen, however, neither one of them can type very well on a full keyboard.
This is just [...]
Here’s another story that makes you wonder about high technology and the way it’s being used, or abused.
NewsTarget has learned that the FBI has developed a technique that can remotely activate a nearby cell phone’s microphone, thereby turning it into a listening device. The “roving bug” technique was approved by U.S. Department of Justice [...]
A new technology known as Near Field Communications or NFC, allows you to make payments and share information. NFC is similar to RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification, but only works at close range.
Nokia has integrated this technology into a new cell model, the 6131 NFC phone, which works like MasterCard’s Pay Pass. Proximity [...]