Google maps have been lagging behind in the mobile maps war of late. Microsoft took the lead with added functionality like its voice activated searches but that could be about to change. The new Google Maps Mobile 2.0 (beta) includes a useful bit of technology which can pin point your location using the mobile phone [...]
I’ve given the network operators a hard time recently but for good reason. The dictatorship of the airwaves has done nothing to aid development of the mobile sector, in fact quite the opposite. So Verizon’s announcement a couple of days ago is quite something: “BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced that it will [...]
I have posted a lot in the past about the depressing lack of a good browsing experience on Windows Mobile. Its a difficult thing to get right with a small display and a few companies have tried. Opera Mobile so far gives the best experience but at a price so the confirmation that Mozilla are [...]
As far as new announcements go, the Android one was huge. Google is a giant not just on the web but in business in general but to team up with 33 other companies like HTC, Intel, nVidia, Qualcomm, SiRF, T-Mobile, Sprint and Broadcomm to name a few is just colossus. BUT I have some grave concerns: The Open [...]
“MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere. “ I covered MojoPac before when [...]
You here a lot of people talking about OneNote being Microsoft’s best kept secret and I have to agree, its a fantastic application. Well today only you can download a similar note taking program call Evernote which includes many of the same features of OneNote, best of all its free. It comes courtesy of Giveaway of [...]
We all know the theory of the SSD (solid-state drive), its flash or DRAM based drive and has no moving parts, which largely eliminates seek time, latency and failures associated with a conventional hard disk drive. Not only is the performance of a SSD based device increased due to the faster read/write speeds but also the [...]
I read about some interesting figures earlier today on the steady decline of PDA sales: The worldwide handheld device market posted its fifteenth consecutive quarter of decline in shipments, signaling either vendor intent to scale back production or exit from market entirely, or both. According to IDC’s Worldwide Handheld QView, vendors shipped 728,894 handheld devices [...]