Now that my cross-Potomac move and hellish 90 minute daily commute home are behind me, I intend to get caught up with a variety of hands-on hardware coverage, including the upcoming Jawbone Prime and BlueAnt Q1 showdown (pic below), and giveaways. With all these new Bluetooth devices in my possession, I figured we’d get started … Read more
FlyCast 2.0 Internet radio streaming is now available for the Blackberry platform, with an iPhone app to follow later this quarter. While the software features a variety of performance improvements and new capabilities, the notable enhancement is the ability to cache content: With FlyCast 2.0, users can quickly store their favorite stations to their mobile … Read more
Until now, Google Voice has been a web-only service to manage voicemail in the same way Gmail manages email. That’s no longer the case. But, as of today, Google Voice is a first class locally installed mobile application, available in the Android Market, deeply integrated with the Android operating system. (And there’s a less robust … Read more
After a bazillion year hiatus, I’ve rejoined the gym. And find myself in need of a portable FM radio to tune the evening news or Sports Center from facility flat panel televisions while on the hamster wheel cardio devices. As we know, Apple would prefer to sell iTunes and thus refuses to incorporate a FM … Read more
We have a continuing argument in my household about whether the iPod Touch or my Asus Eee netbook is a more useful device. I find the netbook falls right in my sweet spot. I’m happily willing to carry it around everywhere, and in return it gives me all the functionality I need to work, play, … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Details on On Demand Online, aka TV Everywhere Comcast and Time Warner held a joint press conference to announce details around the On Demand Online initiative. Specifically, Comcast will begin a trial next month to test out its authentication system and gather feedback on the … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Hulu really hates the TV, PlayStation 3 blocked Following the Boxee fiasco, the PS3 has become the latest means by which to conveniently watch Hulu content on a television has been blocked. Users who try to visit the site via the PS3’s built-in web … Read more
Just a follow up to my previous post on video on the Android, as has been reported a few places, Qik is now available for the G1. It has a lot of limitations, based on the T-Mobile network and the camera hardware, but it does work, and it opens up some very cool possibilities. The … Read more