Mobile & Wireless

Research in Motion on Tuesday unveiled prototypes of the new BlackBerry 10 phone and operating system that the company hopes will be its salvation, in a form that looked quite rough around the edges. Among the features missing on the test phones given to software developers was the ability to actually make phone calls or Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120423_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] I’ve had my Nokia Windows Phone Lumia 900 for a couple of weeks now and I have to say, I like it way more than I thought I would.  Just like many of you, my company uses Microsoft Office and the new Lumia 900 has absolutely flawless Continue Reading →

Google is trying to make a video destination out of the revamped Android Market, now known as Google Play. The company announced today that a pact with Metro Goldwyn Mayer will bring 600 of the famed studio’s movies to Google Play, the software store that services Android mobile devices. YouTube’s premium rental service will also receive Continue Reading →

It’s near the end of your obligatory two-year contract and you’re all excited about upgrading to a new phone.  Awesome! What’s this … an upgrade fee!  Yep, for the honor of getting a new phone, Verizon is going to charge you a $30 upgrade fee. Are you upset?  Outraged?  Incredulous?  Don’t be. Verizon has never Continue Reading →

Something that’s a potential watershed in the generation of interactive TV takes place next weekend. Something not on anyone’s radar screen just two years ago, now quite commonplace in the digital frontier–the hackathon. What’s a hackathon?  Groups of people coming together in one place over a weekend, firing up their imaginations and coming up with Continue Reading →

Originally posted at www.kellerfay.com When people consume media together, either in-home or out-of-home, does it help or hurt advertising effectiveness? The argument that it hurts the advertiser is the “distraction” model, which argues that the presence of other people distracts people from on-screen content, reducing value to the advertiser. This is an argument put forth Continue Reading →

The last remaining holdout against handset upgrade fees has finally given in. This morning Verizon Wireless said that beginning April 22 it will charge subscribers an extra $30 to upgrade to a new phone. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120409_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] AT&T is finally allowing iPhone owners to unlock their phones – but there’s a catch.  You must be finished with your initial 2-year AT&T contract.  Why would you want to unlock your AT&T iPhone?  Well, if you travel abroad, you can just pop in any compatible SIM Continue Reading →

Next Issue Media, a joint venture between Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp, and Time Inc., has formally unveiled its Android tablet newsstand, which has been referred to as “Hulu for magazines.”  Read the full story at PC Mag Read more Top Stories Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120404_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] On April 8 Nokia will bring its Windows Phone Lumia 900 to AT&T for only $99.99.  This is a Windows phone, and the user experience is decidedly different from an Android or an iPhone.  If you’re all-Microsoft the way many iPhone users are all-Apple, and many Android Continue Reading →