There’s nothing like the holiday season to get you in the gadget shopping mood. However, even if you’ve done all your homework on what to buy, sometimes it’s hard to avoid the impulse purchase, particularly when there are so many shiny toys in all the store windows. Earlier this year, gadget site Retrevo launched its … Read more
Last month, Nokia published an official Netflix app to their Ovi store for a variety of Symbian handsets. (Joining the official Windows Mobile Netflix app, developed with Microsoft.) Of course you can manage your DVD rental queue, search for titles, and receive recommendations. But, using Flash Lite, movie trailers can also be streamed to Nokia’s … Read more
Based on my personal experiences, and tales of the blogger elite, from where I’m sitting it appears that AT&T’s inferior 3G data network is oversold and oversaturated. When airlines are oversold, impacted customers are compensated. But when it comes to mobile access, we’re all locked into two year contracts and there is no recourse for … Read more
In the week or so I’ve been evaluating Sprint’s rendition of the HTC Hero, I’ve bemoaned the lack of Slacker Radio — one of my iPhone must-haves. Fortunately, review timing is fortuitous… and Slacker just joined Pandora in the Android Market. It’s the same music experience you know and love, yet accompanied by less polished … Read more
While I don’t do late night television, I too have been playing with the TwitterPeek. We still see contrarians and youngsters haven’t embraced the platform, but there’s no denying Twitter has become quite the phenomenon. Perhaps it’ll even defy our collective Web 2.0 ADD and stay strong, long term. What makes TwitterPeek notable is that … Read more
Back in June, I traded in my Cradlepoint router and USB aircard for Sprint’s rendition of the MiFi to meet my mobile broadband needs. The combo aircard-WiFi access point has served me well in a variety of situations. In fact and ironically, Sprint basically allows me to retain AT&T by keeping my iPhone’s data functionality … Read more
After a decade+ hiatus, Alice in Chains is back in business with William DuVall on vocals. However, I didn’t rush right out to purchase the new ‘album’ Black Gives Way to Blue. AiC may be one of my favorite bands, but I had no idea what sort of music they’d produce as middle aged men … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Adobe Flash seen running on Palm Pre – Netbooks, MIDs, and other smartphones Adobe was already known to be working with smartphone platforms from Palm (WebOS), Nokia (Symbian) and Microsoft (Windows Mobile), along with a raft of content providers, chip makers and consumer electronics … Read more