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Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you'll have heard about Microsoft's return to the mobile phone space with Windows Phone 7. And boy, have they returned. Combined with the hardware of the HTC 7 Trophy, it delivers in spades. Initial impressions were good; not only am I fond of the mini-tablet format, the design
Windows Phone 7 handsets are going to be hitting Europe on 21st October, a full two weeks ahead of the USA, who won't get the new phones until 8th November. With a potential 10 phones on offer, it will be interesting to see which ones are offered at launch. So if you want to get one up on our US cousins,
The iPad has been available for a while and it’s clear that the product is a runaway success. Say what you will, but it’s now obvious that Steve Jobs and Apple have shown us how tablet computing should be implemented. It should be a very thin, flat touch screen device that has built-in WiFi with an option for 3G. The
With the impending release of Windows Phone 7 rumored to be October 11 or 25, depending on who you want to listen to, what is being overshadowed in the next version of Zune. A new version of the Zune software is coming pre-Windows Phone. We do know that. There have been some leaks about what will be in this supposed
I’ve been using Android for a while now and feel I’ve been using it long enough to make some meaningful observations. I like Android. It’s quick. It’s powerful. It has some astounding voice recognition capability built right in that even the iPhone can’t touch. For example, hold down the search button and when the voice search box pops up say
I just finished listening to the unabridged Audible audio book version of “The Man Who Lied To His Laptop” by Clifford Nass and Corina Yen. After many years of working as a software interface design consultant, Clifford Nass has developed the theory that human brains cannot completely and fundamentally distinguish the difference between interacting with people and interacting with devices.
Back in the very early part of the 1990’s, the tech world villain of choice was IBM, and the underdog was Microsoft. As the 1990’s progressed, IBM began to move into the background and Microsoft took over the role as tech villain. Windows 3.0 was the version that really started making waves in a big way. It was buggy and