The Motorola Droid 2 Global was released just yesterday, and now we have a pretty nice video ad showcasing some of its great features. The Droid 2 Global is essentially just regular Droid 2, only with a beefier CPU and global roaming capabilities (it has a SIM card for international roaming). Still, that may be…
Archives for 2010
Big brands fail to impress users with mobile apps
For all the time and money that goes into advertising for big brands, they sure are falling short of making the mobile experience for the products and services a pleasant one. As a matter of fact, of 781 adults surveyed online, 38% of them said that they weren’t terribly happy with branded mobile apps. Perhaps…
Android creeping up on Symbian in worldwide market share
As if the past few weeks haven’t been enough for Symbian in terms of bad news, it looks like its market share is slipping and may soon take a back seat to Android. While Symbian still has the lead at 36.6% of the world’s smartphone OS market share, it has slipped from 46.6% last year…
Poynt for Android and iPhone Spreads to Europe
One of my favourite apps, Poynt, is now available for iPhone and Android users in Italy, France, Spain, and the UK. As a location-based search app, I’d imagine there are a different set of directories they would have to partner with to get working over there just like here in North America. I’m a little…
Skyfire rakes in close to $1 million during its opening week
The iPhone doesn’t need Flash? Oh, well someone ought give Steve Jobs the memo since Skyfire sold over 300,000 copies of its browser during its opening week and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing. Actually, the only setback it ran into was the fact that the browser was so wildly popular that Skyfire’s servers…
Some T-Mobile G2 users experiencing issues with Gmail attachments
Looks like some T-Mobile G2 users are having trouble previewing and downloading Gmail attachments, specifically, some G2 users are having problems viewing JPG image attachments. The problem doesn’t seem to be effecting all users, but it can’t be a good thing for those that are plagued by this bug. So the issue seems that when…
Palm Pre vanishes from Sprint and Verizon’s web sites
It is the end of an era for webOS fans as the original Palm Pre has disappeared from Sprint’s website. After being on sale for over 1.5 years, the Palm Pre is no longer available online from the nation’s #3 wireless carrier. References to the handout are still interspersed throughout the carrier’s website but this…
Bang & Olufsen prepping BeoSound 8 iPhone dock for audiophiles with style
If you’re holding an iPhone in your hand, you’re likely no stranger to gadgets that have just as much style as they do high-end technology – more so if you’re an iPhone 4 user. For you and your discerning gadget tastes, Bang & Olufsen is preparing release their first iPhone dock, which marries high-tech with…
When it comes to Windows Phone 7 updates, Microsoft is in charge
Not to beat the dead, rotting horse that is the story of Android fragmentation, but we’re being reminded again of how annoying it can be to deal with software updates and upgrades when you leave it up to the carriers and manufacturers. It’s not a pretty thing, either, when we see carriers like Sprint losing…
Samsung outs 10-inch Galaxy Tab
If you’re holding off on the Galaxy Tab because the screen just isn’t large enough for you, then you’ll be happy to know that Samsung is showing off a Tab-like device that sports a 10-inch screen. At the trade show in China, Samsung showed off an “e-reader” with a 10-inch screen that looks exactly like…









