Google isn’t about to lose out on all the potential search traffic they can get from people searching for Android and iPhone apps. The search giant has quietly enabled a new feature this week that will direct any iPhone OS- or Android OS-powered smartphone to a direct download link for a particular app. When searching…
Man complains to AT&T CEO Stephenson about upgrades and data caps, gets threatened with cease and desist legal action
We apparently live in a world where sending complaint emails to corporate CEOs can result in legal action – or, more specifically, the threat of legal action. At least that’s how AT&T is operating these days. A new report has AT&T threatening to issues a cease and desist letter to AT&T customer Giorgio Galante in…
iPad vs iPhone – A deeper look at how the iPad compares to iPhone
There are a good number of people out there that will tell you the Apple iPad is little more than a giant iPhone or iPod Touch, and that you’d be better off buying yourself said iPhone or iPod Touch and saving yourself a good amount of green. But, the iPad is more (and sometimes less)…
AT&T proves tiered data pricing is inevitable, but are the new plans a rip off?
AT&T earlier today announced that they will be completely revamping their wireless data plans and bringing in the DataPlus and DataPro pricing tiers to essentially assassinate the current unlimited data plan altogether. Starting June 7th, Big Blue will become the first US wireless carrier to pull the trigger on tiered wireless data plans in preparation…
Motorola Shadow/Xtreme spotted being ‘very metal’ in the wild
The Motorola Xtreme (or Shadow) has just been spotted in the wild and its looking sexy as all hell in its ridiculously thin metallic casing. If, for some reason you’re still not convinced that Android is the next big thing in mobile, just look at the number of high-end Android smart phones headed to market…
Smartphone apps usage on the up and up, iPhone users have most installed apps
Whether you’re on BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, or some other smartphone platform, if you’ve got something to do, chances are, there’s an app to help you do it. With smartphone usage on the up and up and app stores from iPhone and Android growing ever faster and adding more features at an almost daily pace, there’s…
Which came first, iPad or iPhone? Turns out, Apple iPad was first.
Was it the iPhone or the iPad that came first? Unlike the philosophical mobius strip that is the “chicken and egg” conundrum, we now have an answer to the question of whether it was Apple’s iPad or iPhone that came first. During an interview at the D8 conference, Apple chief Steve Jobs decided to let…
REVIEW: Sprint HTC EVO 4G – Is it as good as it looks?
Over the last few months, we’ve been drooling in anticipation over the Sprint HTC EVO 4G and it’s over-the-top feature set. Well, for the past week or so, we’ve had a chance to turn our dripping envy into obsessive play time with our very own Evo. So, to help you figure out if the hot…
Video: Sprint HTC EVO 4G video recording quality test
Sprint HTC EVO 4G! There, do we have your attention? Of course we do, it’s hard to ignore the phone that has proven to be the hottest Android kit for the foreseeable future. Following our official, comprehensive review of the EVO 4G earlier today, we thought we’d show you what kind of videos the EVO…
Smokescreen brings Adobe Flash to iPhone, iPad (by converting it to JavaScript and HTML5)
Flash is coming to the iPad and iPhone (and anything else that runs the iPhone OS), but it’s not what you think – a new technology called Smokescreen has entered the fray, with its sights set on making Flash accessible to iPads around the world through the magic of JavaScript (and HTML5). The tech is…