12 year old wins award for innovative iPad/iPhone dock

Fresh new ideas are always the life blood of a successful company in my opinion. Paying engineers, research teams, and millions on marketing is fine, but it sometimes happens that a kid has the best way to solve a problem and come up with something new and innovative. Such is the case with Dino Zaharakis, … Read more

Cricket and Samsung Introduce New Android Messaging Smartphone

Cricket gets a new Android phone from Samsung called the Transfix that will make all of your texters out there happy!  The Transfix is running Android 2.3, and has a full QWERTY keyboard along with as 3.2” screen and an 800mhz CPU. It also has a 3.2MP camera and of course a microSD slot so … Read more

Samsung Stratosphere: First 4G LTE Smartphone with QWERTY Keyboard for Verizon

Just like the headline up there say, Verizon is getting its first 4G phone with a QWERTY keyboard. Not sure why it’s so amazingly important but it appears they’re excited about it anyway. I for one used to be a person who only used phones with keyboards, but since screens have gotten bigger it doesn’t … Read more

One for the Ladies: Umiushi Smapho 2800 Smartphone Battery Charger

Apparently this little phone charger is made with the ladies in mind. It’s called the Umiushi Smapho 2800 and it’s basically a universal charger that includes iOS dock connector and a micro USB connector. It’s charged with a standard USB port and it has a 2800mAH battery in it for power to your devices. There’s … Read more

Motorola Announces Budget Android Phone Called the XT531

Wow, a budget smartphone running Gingerbread?! The new Moto XT531 has a 3.5” screen and even dual cameras, and a flash, not bad for a budget phone. The phone features 8 hours talk time and 28 days of standby. – Now there is no need to sacrifice design or function with the Motorola XT531™, the … Read more

Turn Your Phone’s Display into a Solar Cell

Ran across this article today over at Engadget about a French startup called Wysips that has developed a transparent photovoltaic film, basically generating power from light, which could theoretically turn your smartphone’s touchscreen into a self-sufficient, solar charger. The film would be applied directly to the screen, below the capacitive layer, so no effect on … Read more

Vizio makes official their VIA Phone and Tablet at CES

Seems like a natural progression if you are one of the most recognized names in large flat screen TV’s to take advantage of the Android operating system and come out with a Smartphone and Tablet at CES. That’s right, Vizio has announced that they will be bringing to the CES Show in Las Vegas, an … Read more

Poll: How Important Is Flash?

There is an ongoing debate between the iOS people and the Android/Windows Mobile people regarding the importance of Flash. No doubt, Flash is a very popular web technology used by many sites, but recently a question popped up about the importance of Flash in those sites, especially when accessed from a mobile device. Some believe … Read more