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Today I was relaxing in a cafe, taking it easy on Sunday. As I looked around the other tables, everyone else was either looking at a smartphone or else had one resting on the table. They weren't students or young professionals either; these were mums and dads, grandmas and grandpas. Here's the tally of what I saw: 3x Samsung Galaxies
For Linux fans, there's a new version of OpenSUSE out today, bringing the version number to 12.2. Albeit a little late, this new version sees some significant upgrades and changes which improve performance and reliability. OpenSUSE is one of the big 5 Linux distributions so it'll be a solid release. In additional to the 3.4 kernel, KDE is bumped to 4.8.4
J5Create may be familiar to Apple Macintosh users as they're designers of aesthetic Mac accessories, but their latest gadget will be of interest to those of us with a foot in the PC camp. Here Todd talks to John about their new Wormhole Station. The Wormhole Station combined with the Wormhole cable creates a keyboard and mouse switch which not
I’ve had an Android phone for about a year and a half (the HTC Evo from Sprint) but primarily because of battery use issues I’ve never used it on my home WiFi network. In the interim, a few months ago I purchased a Barnes & Noble Nook Color, which runs a custom version of Android. I’ve also experimented with dual-booting
Over the break, there's been a bit of discussion by some of the big names regarding the reasons why Windows Phone 7 handsets haven't been flying off the shelves this holiday season. Charlie Kindel started the debate with "Windows Phone is Superior; Why Hasn't It Taken Off?" and largely faults the relationship between the OEMs, Microsoft and the carriers. MG Siegler
In a surprise move, HP has announced that it will give WebOS to the open source community while continuing to support and develop the platform. HP believes that the combination of the superb WebOS platform combined with open source innovation and corporate support from HP, will foster innovation, creating a compelling user experience. “WebOS is the only platform designed from
In the UK, Android is beginning to dominate the smartphone space, with 50% of handsets sold in the last quarter running Android. RIM (Blackberry) and Apple are almost level pegging on 22% and 18% and with half of UK adults now owning a smartphone, Android has an impressive lead. Breaking the Android figures down, HTC is the top dog, with nearly