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Android Loses

Seems like the iPhone HD (HVGA resolution times 4 whatever that’s called – 960×480) comes out this summer and launches on Verizon. The result? Android takes a hit. Look at the phones VZ is currently offering. They have nothing. That’s the only reason Android is doing well. WM is in a holding pattern. Palm is [...]

Cell Phones for a Unix-head, part 2

*** Warning: I rip quite a few companies a new one in this blog post, due to this post’s content, I recommend that no one reads it **** So I went to the AT&T dealership after leaving work early, hoping that at 2:30pm, I’d be able to beat a lot of the traffic there.  Well [...]

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Cell Phones for a Unix-head, part 1

*** Warning: I rip quite a few companies a new one in this blog post, due to this post’s content, I recommend that no one reads it **** I’ll be honest, I hate telephones.  I cannot begin to express my loathing of speaking on the telephone and immediate disdain for anyone wishing to speak via [...]

AT&T and LTE: Are you kidding me?

Hey Doc, I don’t care what whose sources either you or Engadget are using to even suggest AT&T has figured it out, specifically that AT&T’s throughput in New York City is the best in the business at 1523kbps which would be several times faster than what I’ve seen routinely in midtown Manhattan during business hours [...]

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A BlackBerry Hit Piece

I haven’t written about the failures of a platform in about a year but I’m drawn to do it again. Why? Well when we learned that we could run BlackBerry software on Windows phones I was initially excited to try it out. But even after talking to BlackBerry users there was a simple consensus – [...]

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Windows Phone 7 Is A Leap Forward

Ever since watching the release event for Windows Phone 7 Series we’ve been internally discussing what this all means. And the more I think about it, the more I see this as a huge leap forward for the platform. I know that some people are already upset that there aren’t going to be UI replacements and [...]

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Question: How Much Markup Is In Text Messaging?

I was just sent a link from one of our readers Bitbucket, on how much the markup is on a text message. I know we have all ranted about this before, but if you had to guess, would it be 100%? You aren’t even close. Guess again. 1000 Percent? Still way off. Last chance. Give [...]

Marketplace Does Have Good Dev Support

I don’t have enough fingers to count how many articles I’ve read about Marketplace and how it’s unfriendly to developers, nonresponsive, etc. Well I’ve had several opportunities to test these theories both first hand and through conversations with some developers and as it turns out, Marketplace is a pretty friendly place. Let me start with [...]

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Not Going To Lie – I Like This Idea

This is not a WM device. It’s Lenovo’s LePhone running Android. But it has one really unique feature that I think is pretty innovative and I wish came to WM. The keyboard is detachable. So you can use it like a touchscreen only phone with an onscreen keyboard or pop it into the clear case [...]

Windows Mobile – In A League Of Its Own

Microsoft has always taken a different approach than other manufacturers when it comes to mobile platforms. Both Blackberry and Apple produce the hardware and operating system for their mobile devices and third parties are invited to the party to make accessories and apps. Microsoft, as we know, has not entered the mobile hardware market yet [...]

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