5 Minute Posts About Something Cool Episode 5

Every once in a while, a device will come along that people can’t help but continue to develop for, even after some owners have moved on to other hardware. Come see for yourself why the HD2 continues to be one of these “renaissance devices” after the break. A couple weeks ago, I did a “throwback” … Read more

Nokia Windows Phone Has Better First Year Than iPhone and Android Combined

I just posted our MobilityLeaks: The Great Windows Phone 8 Debate where we are discussing the future and past success of all the major operating systems for smartphones and as if to prove Ramon’s point, market research firm Strategy Analytics has released a study that indicates Nokia’s Lumia Family of Windows Phone devices exceeded that … Read more

5 Minute Posts about Something Cool Episode 4

Since I haven’t wrote anything here in a while, I thought I might say a few words about one of Android’s worst shortcomings: synchronization. We’ll take a look at the problem and what’s involved to fix it after the break. Like many other people like me upgrading from Microsoft’s dead end series of mobile OSes … Read more

Waterproof Kyocera Hydro Android Smartphone Coming to Boost Mobile

Hmm… I think I want one of these. I’ve never dropped my phone in the water but I know people who have and it usually destroys the phone and I’m always afraid of water. There are exceptions, sometimes you can use rice or other moisture absorbers to bring the phone back to life but that … Read more

AT&T ATRIX HD Dock is Cool But Who Wants It?

Every time I see a new docking station the first thing I say is that is so cool! But the problem has always been that they are so expensive and would I really in fact use this feature? I mean, screen sizes and resolution, as well as user interface have improved so much on smartphones … Read more

Verizon Introduces GameTanium Subscription App For Android Offering Unlimited Game Play

Hmm.. GameTanium is a subscription app just introduced by Verizon that costs $5.99 per month per device and that gives you unlimited access to more than 100 Android phone games or more than 50 tablet games. I don’t know what the heck anyone would want this for though as you can play them all for … Read more