Yesterday an open letter to RIM by a high-level executive was published by Boy Genius Report, and it seemed to mirror the sentiment that many BlackBerry fans have been airing for years. The lack of confidence in that particular RIM employee is probably rampant amongst other employees and perhaps even other executives. RIM and the…
HP TouchPad with webOS now available
Just a friendly reminder, folks, that the HP TouchPad, that sexy webOS tablet we’ve been waiting months for, is now available for purchase. If you’ve been longing for a decent alternative to the iPad or the swatch of Android tablets floating around, you might want to give the HP TouchPad a try. Early reviews have…
Verizon iPhone sales may have dropped during Q2
For years, the possibility of a Verizon iPhone was all the rage, and when it finally came to existence in February this year, sales were a little more tepid than expected. However, it has done consistently well and some are arguing that it has been responsible for slowing the growth of Android sales for the…
Google improves web search for BlackBerry smartphones
BlackBerry users reliant on Google for web search have a few improvements to look forward to today. The search giant has just updated web search for BlackBerry 6.0 WebKit-enabled handsets, so searches are faster and auto-complete populates quicker as you type. Overall, the experience should make life a little easier for BlackBerry smartphone users with…
Path for Android now available as a public beta
Path, the somewhat popular photo sharing application for the iPhone, has finally made its way to Android. One of Path’s biggest limitations, besides its self-imposed 50-friends limitation, was that it was limited to iOS users only. The app allows users to shoot photos and share them with friends or family, and the photos can be…
Samsung Galaxy Tab for Sprint getting Gingerbread on July 5
The Samsung Galaxy Tab seems like it has been left in the dust by its sexier Android tablet counterparts – the Motorola Xoom and its successor, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9. The latter tablets are sporting Honeycomb, a version of Android meant for large screens, while the more portable Galaxy Tab with its 7-inch…
HTC Eternity Windows Phone outed, 1.5GHz beast!
If the HTC Eternity is a sign of things to come for future HTC or Windows Phone 7 devices, it’s really time to get pumped. This new Windows Phone handset retains HTC’s design cues, but it is much larger and more powerful than what we’ve seen in a Windows Phone device before. The Eternity boasts…
Skype video calling comes to Android devices
When AIM and GTalk were my primary instant messaging tools, Skype was mainly for video calling. So when mobile apps were created for the client, I was excited for some video chat action on my phone–especially on Android. Unfortunately, it was a long wait before video calling capabilities landed on the Google mobile platform, but…
HP TouchPad with webOS gets torn down to bits
The HP TouchPad is the sexy webOS tablet we’d all been waiting for. With Android tablets failing to make a huge splash, the HP TouchPad was really our only hope against the reigning king of the tablet world – the Apple iPad. When HP presented it during its webOS conference, it looked incredibly hot and…
iPhone 4 captures wedding – photos, videos and all
Would you entrust capturing the memory of your wedding day, monumental as it is, to the iPhone 4? One couple decided to allow professional wedding photographer Brian Adams and videographer Rainer Flor to use just the Apple smartphone to shoot photos and videos on their special day. So, how did the pictures and videos turn…