Smartphones

After eight months of development, the popular iPhone photo filter app FilterMania just got a big upgrade, its developer Dropico Mobile announced today. Now known as FilterMania 2, it includes several improvements, including the addition of a ‘Filter Market’ in which users will find over 300 free new filters. That’s obviously a much larger number Continue Reading →

Nokia on Thursday announced a number of moves as it cut second-quarter guidance and upped its bet on Windows Phone, which has yet to help slow a slide that saw the struggling vendor lose nearly $3 billion over the past two reported quarters. Nokia lost $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter last year and another Continue Reading →

Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to show off new iPhone software, updated Mac computers and provide more details on future releases of Mac software when he kicks off the company’s annual conference for software developers on Monday. Continue Reading →

Sprint, in unveiling its plans to offer the iPhone through one of its pay-as-you-go businesses, announced a pricing structure that may change how users buy and pay to use the popular smartphone.  Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal   Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120606_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] This week game makers and gamers alike have made their way to the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. So far, the big announcements have come from Xbox and Nintendo and it’s all about multi-screens. Microsoft announced Xbox SmartGlass, an app that will work with Windows Continue Reading →

Leap Wireless announced on Thursday morning that its Cricket prepaid wireless carrier will begin offering the “first” prepaid iPhone option in the US on June 22. Though the devices will cost significantly higher up front than iPhones purchased “on contract” from another carrier, Cricket offers a $55 per month, no-contract plan which includes “unlimited” calls, Continue Reading →

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company would increase secrecy of the products in its pipeline, a speech that occurred on the same day alleged designs of the iPhone 5 were leaked online.  Read the full story at PC World Continue Reading →

LG has announced it will release a new 5-inch LCD screen later this year that boasts a 1080p resolution. Designed for “smart devices,” the new panel also features a 440ppi pixel density — handily beating the 330ppi Retina display found on Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. “The naked eye is unable to distinguish between Continue Reading →

The New York Time’s Nick Bilton reported recently, citing unnamed sources, that Facebook is hoping to release its own smartphone by next year. Bilton’s sources include Facebook employees and several engineers who have been sought out by recruiters there, as well as people briefed on Facebook’s plans, he says. Those briefed on the plans told Continue Reading →

I very rarely call the “time of death” of a company.  It’s really not my place.  But, after my customer service experience with RIM (Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry smart devices) the other day, I think it’s safe to say that BlackBerry has passed on! RIM is no more! It has ceased to Continue Reading →