Wow, they’re really taking this whole “we’re a software company’ thing to the extreme as now Live Messenger is accessible to all. As we know, Windows Phones have Messenger built into the text/messaging client and that’s exclusive to the Windows Phone experience. Or it was at least: Today we’re taking another step, with the public … Read more
Yep, as of today American Airlines customers get Samsung Galaxy Tabs to play with and enjoy. Sadly it’s not everyone, according to the PR it’s “Premium Cabins” that will get the tablets and not those who fly coach apparently. Yeah, reading a bit more it says Business and First Class will get them. I wonder … Read more
Android owners are going to be pretty happy with the new Skype 2.6 update that just rolled out. Now, Skype users will have the ability to send pictures and videos to friends and family. Skype works on WiFi or on your 3G Data plan, but this recent update won’t work on all Android devices because … Read more
You know what I want more of? Harassing robo-calls so please Congress, get to work and make sure that while I’m eating dinner I get one of those annoying calls. Yeah, this is an actual bill introduced into Congress that’s at its first steps. It would let your cell-phone number be part of the robo-call … Read more
Gotta love the irony here. The FAA has now approved the use if iPads in cockpits to replace paper manuals and charts. And American Airlines is going to start using them in flight starting Friday. It saves energy (apparently manuals are 35 points of paper – crazy) and they note “By using electronic charts and … Read more
Microsoft is getting its feet wet in the NFC arena. Remember, there’s a lot that makes up NFC and this is not peer to peer payments. This is a part of their Tag application so this is geared towards getting information (like advertising, similar to QR codes). To help simplify the growing fragmentation currently taking … Read more
Gadget Show is conducting a poll for King of Smartphones. The poll is between Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, HTC Sensation XL, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Apple iPhone 4S, Nokia Lumia 800 and Blackberry Torch 9860. Currently Nokia Lumia 800 is leading the poll with 51.44% votes with distant second by iPhone 4S with 19.56% votes … Read more
Way to hit them while they’re down. Android has a bit of an malware issue with 22 more apps in their official marketplace being malicious. These apps sent pricy SMS messages without your knowledge (but were in the TOS that you ‘accept’ when you start the app). There were over 14,000 downloads of these ‘apps’ … Read more
Whoah: This isn’t your grandpa’s Hotmail. The folks at Microsoft have taken updating their world-market-share-leading webmail service seriously, adding unrivaled tools for organizing and cleaning out inboxes and viewing active content. Sure, Gmail gets all the praise, but frankly, the emperor has no clothes on that one. The newest Hotmail outdoes Gmail by offering mail … Read more
Woot has got a refurbed Vizio 8″ Android tablet for only $159.99 + $5 shipping. That’s not bad at all I think. I want one for Christmas, someone but it for me please? Anyway, it comes like it would new of course with case and it has a 90 day warranty. I like the built-in IR blaster … Read more
As expected it’s out. Waypoint is free and ATLAS is $5 (except on Windows Phones where it’s free). Here are the download links: iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/halo-waypoint/id468457600?mt=8 Android: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.halo.companion Windows Phone: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/79c9f9c8-ace7-df11-9264-00237de2db9e?wa=wsignin1.0 Of course the Android version has mixed reviews already but Microsoft has to learn that you can’t expect an Android app to run on all … Read more
Many of you now Charlie Kindel He was a Windows phone general manager and worked at Microsoft for 21 years before leaving on a startup. So what happened when he won a Samsung Galaxy S II running Android? Some brutal honesty. Summary: A typical non-geek consumer would be absolutely-fraking-crazy to pick an Android phone over … Read more