Microsoft, Google and the Bear
on Oct 26, 2009 in Mobile google iphone BlackBerry business model contrast growth handset makers loyalty microsoft executives motive venture capitalist Windows windows mobile Excuse me for repeating a hoary old joke: Two campers see a bear, and one immediately puts on his running shoes. “You can’t outrun the bear,” the other says. “I don’t have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you,” responds the other...

Is the iPhone ready? Verizon Blackberry Storm2 releases Oct. 28
on Oct 26, 2009 in BlackBerry iphone agreement background noise business sales date die hard flash memory gb memory kinks lackluster performance Mail media storage megapixel memory card motion noise suppression November question research in motion round sales channels storm2 tactile tactile sense talk time time 3 touchscreen verizon wireless It’s time for round two. AT&T’s iPhone and Verizon’s Blackberry Storm are ready to go head-to-head once again. In two days. The updated version of the first touchscreen Blackberry, the Blackberry Storm2, will be available Wednesday, Oct. 28...

Can a Droid take on the Death Star?
on Oct 21, 2009 in Mobile google iphone aim Apple batteries device droid haven ipod touch kennedy airport leaks MiFi moto netw network coverage NY point of view refrain release SanDisk showcase network skype US vendor Verizon WiFi Since it’s introduction, the AT&T logo has reminded many users of the Death Star. Sure, that’s not what it’s supposed to look like but no matter how many times they tweak it, I just see the Death Star. So it was amusing to me when over the...

Giorgio Armani unveils new Windows Mobile 6.5 phone
on Oct 9, 2009 in Mobile ability Armani bronze chassis design designer designer giorgio Excel fashion fashion house giorgio armani gps navigation keypad launch manufacturer pop productivity tool release Samsung suits touchscreen ubergizmo video playback winter fashion Fashion house Giorgio Armani’s latest release is not some winter fashion design but a new $1,030 cellphone that will go down well with any of the designer’s suits. Founding designer Giorgio Armani did pop up during the Windows Mobile 6.

Flash Player 10.1 Coming To Smartphones
on Oct 8, 2009 in Mobile accelerometers aim Android battery life BlackBerry cold shoulder consistent experience difference flash lite player flash player 10 flash players flash upgrade gesture google GPU graphics performance high definition instance iphone mobile devices mobile users multitouch netbooks rim software Standard symbian s60 uk flash version web web applications Windows The first full Flash player for mobile devices has been revealed by Adobe. While smartphones have had Flash players on them before now, they have used a stripped-down Flash Lite player version. But now Adobe is preparing for mobile devices to have fu...

Android to be second most used smartphone OS by 2012?
on Oct 8, 2009 in Mobile 3 years Android apple microsoft BlackBerry gartner analyst iphone ken dulaney market market research firm market share mobile operating systems number open source percent push report research rim smartphone Symbian WebOS winmo According to the latest report from mobile phone market research firm Gartner, analyst Ken Dulaney believes that the open source Android OS will be the second most used smartphone OS by 2012, surpassing Apple, Microsoft, and RIM mobile operating syst...

Windows Mobile 6.5 Arrives, Mostly Disappoints
on Oct 6, 2009 in Mobile accelerometer Apple iPhone article cannot cosmetic details cosmetic overhaul dean takahashi device faint praise Gizmodo interface john herman mobile experience mobile market mobile os none office productivity phone backup PocketPC pocketpc 2002 race resemblance service slashgear step stiff competition store TechCrunch theme touchscreen upgrade venturebeat wauters Windows world zune The reviews of Microsoft’s new mobile OS, Windows Mobile 6.5, are in — and none of them are glowing. It seems that Windows Mobile 6.5 is more of a superficial cosmetic overhaul, not a bona fide upgrade capable of handling the mobile marke...

RedBull Mobile: The Cellular Service That Gives You Wings
on Oct 5, 2009 in Mobile Access Austria bull tv cellular service dare devil energy energy drink Ericsson Hardware killer killer job mvno no doubt Nokia nokia 5800 Offering Red RedBull savvy marketer service Skepitism Sony sony ericsson talent top wings zte The drink that gives you wings is set to launch their very own cellular service.  What will no doubt be an MVNO, it looks like it is set to launch in Austria sometime this year. According to Reghardware, they’ll be offering two monthly plans: €1...

AT&T Unleashes Windows Mobile 6.5 with HTC Pure
on Oct 5, 2009 in HTC 5 megapixel amp Apple iPhone browsing camera cool things current time data storage Explorer honeycomb htc touch internet explorer for windows mobile memory memory card slot microSD microsd memory card mobile device mobile devices Opera physical keyboard resolution smart phones static screen store touch screen interface TouchFLO touchscreen video web web browsers Windows windows marketplace wvga year Windows Mobile 6.5 is starting to hit the streets and AT&T announced that the HTC Pure, AT&T’s rebranded version of the HTC Touch Diamond2, will be available soon. At $150 (after rebate, with a 2-year contract), the Pure is the most aff...

Smartphones Shift from Business to Home
on Oct 4, 2009 in Mobile Android Apple iPhone BlackBerry blackberrys business traveler cfi group customer satisfaction easy web generation google intents and purposes iphon multimedia playback national carrier oriented activities palm treo personal needs research in motion satisfaction score symbian os t mobile user Gone are the days that smartphones — the BlackBerry, for all intents and purposes — were a mark of the user being an executive or business traveler. Today, smartphones are now bought mainly by individual consumers and used for mostly pers...