While Apple’s AppStore might be brimming with all kinds of iPhone apps, the iPhone maker itself is struggling to keep up with the flood of new iPhone apps being submitted to the AppStore. Developers are hitting the internet en masse, complaining of rejected apps and apps that are taking longer than the standard two-week review…
Google Maps update works with HTC HD2’s digital compass!
Google Maps has come a long way from its early days. With support for layers, satellite view and street view, Google Maps is as full-featured an app as we could hope for. The latest Google Maps 3.3.1 update takes things a bit further with support for the HTC HD2’s digital compass. Rather than just pin-pointing…
Force update your Motorola DROID to Android 2.0.1 on your terms… like NOW!
Verizon has started pushing out their Android 2.0.1 update to Motorola DROID users across the country. The name of this particular game is apparently “wait for Verizon to deem you worthy of your 2.0.1 update.” Well, homie don’t play that game – or, more like there are some people in the Android community that don’t…
Dragon Dictation for iPhone – Voice transcription that’s actually useful… and FREE
I may be dating myself here, but back when I was in grade school, there was this new piece of software from a company called Nuance that had the power to turn your speech into text. They called it “Dragon Dictate.” The technology sounded too good to be true. Could I really do my homework…
Future mobile phones powered by paper?
Paper is good for a lot of things. It can be used to play a fun game of paper football. You can write on it. You can fold it into paper planes. Heck, you can even use paper-products to wipe your hiney. But did you know you can even use paper to store electrical charge?…
ZyXEL launching ‘world’s first’ LTE router at CES 2010
The coming year promises to be an exciting one for mobile technology. Verizon is slated to bring their 4G LTE network online in 2010, answering many a mobile geek’s call for true high-speed mobile broadband data service. And, in preparation for the day when we’ll be surfing the web at 50Mbps sans ethernet cables, ZyXEL…
NPR News app going Android this month
Android users need not envy iPhone users for their NPR iPhone app. The folks responsible for the National Public Radio’s NPR News app will soon launch an Android version of the app on the Android market. And, with custom-content features that aren’t available with the iPhone, it should be iPhoners that envy the Android app.…
Motorola’s DROID-ish MT710 Android phone headed to China soon
Motorola will soon be pushing their Android wares in China. According to a new report from IDG, Motorola will soon send the Motorola MT710 Android smartphone to China as a keyboard-less variant of Verizon’s Motorola DROID. Starting December 28th, China Mobile will offer the Motorola MT710 as part of their OPhone Android lineup, which offers…
Apple posts AppStore Rewind 2009 – The hottest iPhone apps of 2009
The iPhone AppStore may be brimming with tens of thousands of iPhone apps, but most of them end up dying a slow death of iPhone-neglect. Some apps, though, shine like the Sun and end up performing incredibly well on the AppStore. It’s these apps that Apple is highlighting in their year-end AppStore Rewind 2009 list…
Verizon starts updating Motorola DROID fleet to Android 2.0.1
Well that didn’t take very long. Verizon announced last week that they would be rolling out an Android 2.0.1 update for their Motorola DROID before the end of December. We’re now barely in the second week of December and Verizon has already started sending out over-the-air updates to its DROID fleet. If you haven’t yet…