Google and Android

Nokia Still Owns Mobile Patents Lawsuits To Follow

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As we mentioned earlier that Nokia will be selling parts of it’s business to Microsoft in a very huge deal that will help Microsoft continue making its  presence felt in the “post pc era” to coin an Apple (probably patented) phrase. Sold to the Redmond Giant was Nokia’s Device and Service division as well as … Read more

Fancy a programmable hardware button for your Android smartphone? Of course you do.

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The disclaimer here is I don’t have an Android smartphone. But I also don’t use the headphone jack on the Windows Phone smartphone I do have. Why? I’m what I call “functionally deaf” in my left ear – I can hear, but only at decibel levels achieved in a sound booth, and even then it … Read more

Wireless Charging Realized, Finally

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In 2004 I read an article about a company in England that had found a way to wirelessly charge portable devices, like cell phones and PDAs (remember those), by simply placing them on a charging pad. I was intrigued by their futuristic view of how the; auto, furniture. hotel, travel and restaurant industries would embrace … Read more

Motorola Moto-X Now in AT&T Stores

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Stopped in to a local corporate AT&T store and happened to come across the new Moto-X phone display. It is clean and well thought out. The range of colors certainly are attractive to the eye. Unfortunately in my 30 minutes in the store I didn’t see a single customs stop at the display. This was … Read more

Contra: Evolution Now Available on Android

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So it seems they re-made Contra and it’s called Contra: Evolution and it’s out now on Android for 99 cents and it looks pretty good! Apparently now though there are two guys and two girls as the heroes. I guess for you iOS guys this isn’t big news as it came out in June for you, but like usual us Android people get the good stuff later.. blah…  Anyway, I’ve got a quick PR for you with some details but more importantly I’ve got some screenshots and character art for you to see..

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Spire Launches the Bliss Series of Android Tablets

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I have another review coming for you guys later on today, but first I have to get some news posted! We’ll start the day off with something from Spire who just launched the Bliss series of Android tablets, there are two of them, the Bliss and Bliss Pro, both of which are 9” tablets powered by a Cortex A13 1.2ghz CPU and running Android 4.0. The difference between the standard and pro versions is $10 which basically gives you dual cameras on the Pro version. Some people might not like ‘cheap’ tablets but they do have their place for the most part, the biggest problem with them is lack of updates I think. The Bliss is $150, and the Bliss Pro is $160 and they come with a 2yr warranty from Spire. I don’t see anything listed about how much storage they have expect for a mention of a microSD port. For the price though, I wouldn’t mind giving one a try…

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Google Blocks Windows Phone YouTube App

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Once in a good while an issue comes across my desk that I throw caution to the wind and deliver my thoughts unfiltered. This Google & Microsoft YouTube app blockade is such an issue. I’ll keep this brief as I can go on for days on this rant. Google requesting Microsoft to deliver a HTML5 … Read more

Confused: Is it all about apps, or not?

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I was just reading an article on TNW  regarding some data from Canalys, an independent analysis firm. The article highlights the number of top iPad apps that are currently not available for Android tablets via Google Play. Sure that’s interesting stuff, but that’s not what caught my eye. This did though. Canalys Senior Analyst Tim … Read more

Hump Day Mail Bag

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Uh ohhh! Guess what day it is? GUESS what day it is?  HUMP DAY! WOOT WOOT! Okay, so it seems we have been getting an influx of contact inquiries asking us to write or review a developers software or app. There is no way we can do that and readers have never liked to be … Read more

The Great Divide is Getting Wider

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There was a time not so long ago where you could use the term computer and everyone in the room knew you were talking about something running Microsoft Windows. That is, assuming you avoided the digital arts & music industries, coffee shops and California. You could send someone a file and be fairly certain they … Read more