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I’ve been thinking about this for quite some time now. I love phones with full QWERTY keyboard but I’m always amazed that handset makers don’t make them top of the line. Quite the contrary, there’s always some better model from the same company that lacks the QWERTY keyboard. Why that is the case is beyond…
You’ve probably seen the Asus Eee Transformer. It’s not “yet another tablet” thanks to its detachable keyboard which effectively turns it into a netbook (or that’s a smartbook). I like the concept and sometimes I’m sure everyone could appreciate a dedicated keyboard from time to time. However I do have one problem with the Transformer…
I’ve been thinking a lot about the webOS prospects recently. You may’ve read my rant on why Nokia should’ve picked Palm/HP’s rather than Microsoft’s mobile platform and now I want to make a case why HP should pitch Amazon to make a webOS-based tablet and how the two companies can help drive webOS forward. I…
I have an idea I wanted to share with you. Back when Nokia announced it will make Windows Phone devices, many Symbian fans reacted. In a nutshell – they didn’t like it and I can’t blame them for that. I do think Windows Phone has a future — Microsoft will invest billions to make it…
It was back in 2007 when Palm unveiled its first laptop-like device, Foleo. Then, few months later, they killed it, promising to focus on smartphones. As time got by we saw the netbook market exploding only to be superseded by the increasing popularity of tablets. In 2009 I posted two rants on why Palm should…
With Father’s Day just around the corner you may be thinking what to buy for your dad this year. How about something mobile related? There are tons of options out there and here I’ll try to give you a general idea of some cool gifts. We’ll start with the most expensive option and go all…
A term that’s been flying around a lot since the iPad 2 launch has been “post-PC era,” referring to how tablets and smartphones are replacing desktop and laptop computers. That theme was revisited yesterday as Apple announced iOS 5 products that, out of the box, could be used completely independently from a computer. I’m a…
Although it’s been a while since Nokia first introduced the Symbian platform, the fact is there are not that many apps available for Symbian smartphones. And while the Finnish giant did launch quite a number of initiatives to engage developers, unlike Apple and Google – they failed to reach the tipping point. There are quite…
Sooner or later smartphones will replace computers. Select professionals like graphic designers, architects and (3D) animators will always need additional computing power, but for most of us, powerful mobile devices connected to external monitor, keyboard and mouse will work just fine. When you think about it, today’s high-end smartphones with dual-core processors have more power…
Android users usually say it’s the openness of the platform why they went for Android over iOS (iPhone in most cases). I can somewhat understand the argument but would always emphasize something else instead of openness. The way I see it, as long as the phone (and its software) does the job for me, I…