Mobile & Wireless

If you’re still holding out on buying a tablet, Amazon’s most interesting competitor to the iPad will reportedly be available by the end of November. According to TechCrunch, the tablet will be a 7″ Kindle that runs an Amazon skinned version of Android. The price is rumored to be half the cost of the 16GB Continue Reading →

Everyone says AT&T was surprised. I’m not sure why. Everyone expected some kind of pushback. Although, considering the scope and complexity of the deal, the Obama Administration’s lawsuit to stop the AT&T’s $39Billion acquisition of T-Mobile did come very quickly. What are the issues? “Were the merger to proceed, there would only be three providers Continue Reading →

According to a lawsuit filed in a district court, Microsoft is collecting Windows Phone 7 users’ location data through the camera application. When the app opens for the first time you choose whether or not you’d like your information to be collected, but regardless of your choice, the phone still transmits the data. During similar Continue Reading →

Sony showed off a prototype for the long-lost Walkman, updated to run the Android operating system. The Walkman Mobile Entertainment Player is essentially an iPod competitor, with access to apps in the Android Market and the ability to surf the web. Users can also sync the device to Sony’s Music Unlimited service which offers over Continue Reading →

Verizon announced that many customers will be eligible for an early phone upgrade. Select customers who would have been eligible between September and May of next year can upgrade to a newer subsidized phone. Check your account online or contact Verizon to see if you’re eligible. Read the full article at Mobiledia.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110831_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Outside firms provided Libya the technology necessary to spy on its citizens. The French firm Bull SA built Libya a monitoring headquarters that allowed Gadhafi’s regime to track phone calls, instant messages and email. Technology can be used for good or evil and putting it in the Continue Reading →

Losing certain objects is like losing certain parts of our personal lives.   We can set stuff down and forget to pick it up, or get our entire bag stolen at a coffee shop or airport.  It seems like we had it one second and the next it’s gone.  Whether it happens through villainy or absentmindedness, Continue Reading →

The group responsible for one of Android’s most popular mods, CyanogenMod successfully installed Android on HP’s TouchPad. The effort is still in its early stages, but suggests that consumers who bought it for this very reason are closer to enjoying a $99 Android tablet. Hacker websites have offered up to $2,000 for successful mods of Continue Reading →

Google TV’s chances for a second coming, showcased a few months ago in this column, may have turned brighter. If so, you can thank a $12.5 billion bet in of all things, hardware. The hardware bet is Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the side of Motorola normally associated with mobile phones and smartphones. Naturally, most Continue Reading →

Samsung is launching a new app called ChatON that lets users send free text, picture and video messages to Android and iOS devices. Other features include group chat and the ability to send handwritten notes. With more people having Internet access on their cellphones, charging for text messaging is becoming a more difficult sell. Read Continue Reading →