Category

Android

iPhone and Android OS Updates

Apple introduced the new iPhone and iPad OS 4 to be released this summer and fall.  In January Google released Android 2.1.  Now this week at it's own conference it will introduce 2.2.  What's the difference?   How soon it will make it to the phones. Because of the open nature of Android each manufacturer is tweaking or establishing a cover

Capacitive Touch Screens – A Step Backwards?

Ever since I bought my first PDA (a Palm III) back in the late 90s, I've used the kind of touchscreen which needs you to give it a slight press, typically with stylus but a finger will work just fine too.  Apparently these are resistive touchscreens and work by having two thin transparent parallel sheets which are brought together by the

Mobile Podcasting for iPhone and Android – iPadio.com

Our Friend on the Tech Podcast Network, Andy McCaskey from SDR News has been out at CES with Todd, Jeffery and the bunch covering the show. Andy has found this website/service that allows for phonecasting. I've been listening to his updates all week and they are great. ipadio allows you to broadcast from any phone to the Internet live. Phone

IDC Predicts Big Change in IT and Telecoms

The analysts over at IDC reckon that 2010 is going to be a year of "recovery and transformation".  On the recovery side, they're expecting global IT spending to increase by 3.2%, returning to 2008 levels but a large chunk of this spending is going to occur in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China. But more interestingly, the transformation part is going

Motorola Droid getting First update

Verizon Wireless is rolling out the first droid update starting today. From the Verizon webiste: The following enhancements to the Droid by Motorola have been made: * OS stability is improved. * Battery life is improved. * Camera auto focus functionality is improved, and time between shots is reduced. * Enhancements for three-way calling. * Audio for incoming calls is