Andriod market share is up, Apple is flat, the rest? #Fail So let me count how many people are surprised by this… Show of hands?? Hmmm just you in the back? Work for Microsoft? Yea, ok figured. Just a quick look around San Francisco and you can see the number of Android phones are starting to make enough of an impression that they are starting to… Read More
iPhone as an OS? Maybe, but not widely There is no question that the iPhone has been an amazing success and only its At&T appendage has slowed it down from even further adoption. As great as the hardware is, just as much if not more of the credit has to go to the OS. Even after 2 years the iPhone OS is still… Read More
Top 10 Android Apps Ok, you know the drill. The top ten (10) android apps. Not everyone will think these are the best or greatest Android application, but hey, have to start somewhere. If you have an issue, with my list, let me know. It normally takes a bit of time and revision before the list settles in. Starting… Read More
Another bicycle computer / gps system comes online. SportyPal I have not tried sportyPal just yet (its not out for the iphone), but I will this week on my Android and update this post if anything surprises me. {UPDATE} The iphone version is out. Try it here. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sportypal/id319351322?mt=8 Basically, it seem to be like most of the other bicycle computers for mobile phones (devices)… Read More
Turn by Turn Nav on your Mobile via Google. GPS device stocks plunge Now unless you have been living under a rock, or you are a rock, in which you are fully excuse from knowing about this game changer. Google is now providing turn by turn navigation on enabled mobile devices for free. That means any smart phone that has GPS and Interwebs connection will most likely be… Read More
Realtime collaboration on the iphone? Enter Adobe Connect mobile. This is great news, and WAY faster then I expected it. Right now, there is not a solution for real time collaboration for mobile devices, and given limitations of screen real estate , memory and CPU power, its not surprising. The great part about flash, is how easy it is to build modules and swap… Read More
Android comes back with another cool traffic AR app I just wrote about the first iphone AR app to show up, and now here is ANOTHER Android AR app. This gives you traffic cams for Toronto. Not sure if there is one for San Francisco, but I’ll look into it. Im not sure how useful this app is, but its clear we are about… Read More
The coming tablet war: Apple vs. Android; the first skirmish The war has not started yet, but the armies are gathering their forces. Apple is building a tablet based off the iphone OS and the rest of the world will be using Android. So how what will the first skirmish look like? Based on the last known rumors, we have a coming Apple tablet that… Read More
Flash on the Android. Getting closer… This just came through the wires via Cnet.. Marking a departure from the world of iPhone, HTC’s new Android-based Hero phone will also come with the ability to handle Flash elements that adorn many Web sites and powers YouTube video. Adobe Systems announced on Wednesday that its Flash Player will be built into the HTC… Read More
Update on Flash coming to the iPhone. Nope, still nothing soon.. But the Pre and Android? Later this year So, we get a story in the Wall Street Journal talking about Flash on mobile devices. Adobe says access to mobile is key! So what is new? Nothing!! Apple and RIM still ‘Do not want!’ and Android, Palm and Nokia ‘Do want!’. I have my HTC from googleIO with Android 1.5. Looking forward to experimenting… Read More
Android on Netbooks. its coming.. and I, for one, welcome our new overlords. MATTHÄUS KRZYKOWSKI & DANIEL HARTMANN wrote an article for VentureBeat on how they were able to get Android working on the EEEPC 1000h. Link here.. Now for most of us mobile geeks, this is not shocking news… as a concept.. but given how quick they were able to do it, and also given how the… Read More