Mobile & Wireless

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 →

According to Bloomberg, BlackBerrys being launched in early 2012 will have the capability to run Android applications. RIM is desperately trying to regain sales and the addition of over 250,000 apps could help save fleeing consumers. RIM’s QNX software makes the app ports possible and is the same technology that was supposed to bring Android Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110826_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A survey by the American Red Cross reveals that people are turning to social media for disaster response. Victims are using social media to report disasters, communicate with loved ones and ask for help. 39% of online users expect first-responders to arrive in under an our of Continue Reading →

Samsung’s newest smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II will not launch on Verizon Wireless. Due in September, the Galaxy S II will be a serious contender to the iPhone, offering some of the best hardware and software available for Android phones. AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will all receive the Galaxy S II before Apple’s debut Continue Reading →

According to the Wall Street Journal, Sprint is expected to get Apple’s iPhone 5 in mid-October. An October launch date puts the iPhone 5 out later than expected, but finally gives Sprint the most successful handset to date. AT&T and Verizon will presumably receive the iPhone 5 in mid-October as well. Read the full article Continue Reading →

Verizon announced that the 45,000 employees striking would resume working on Monday without coming to an agreement on the new contracts. The FBI is looking into over 90 acts of sabotage that put some service out from Massachusetts to Delaware. There is no deadline on the contract negotiations. Read the full article at CNN.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110822_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is working on the next generation iPad with an expected release date in early 2012. The iPad 3 is expected to have twice the resolution as its predecessor with a 9.7” screen. Parts suppliers have already received enough orders for Continue Reading →

A good friend of mine just left her job.  She’d been with the company for more than 15 years and it was time.  What will she do now?  Actually she has a bunch of options, but that’s not what this story is about.  As we were talking, she said that she needed to “figure out Continue Reading →

A new report by Nielsen found that Android smartphone users favor using apps over mobile web browsing. Perhaps more interesting is that despite the Marketplace having nearly 250,00 apps, 61% of app use comes only from the top 50 ranked apps. Which do you find yourself using more, apps or the browser? Read the full Continue Reading →

BlackBerry’s first 4G smartphone, the Bold 9900 is making its way to T-Mobile. Unfortunately, with a $50 mail-in rebate the phone still costs $250, above the cost of most every subsidized smartphone. RIM isn’t helping consumers pick its products. Read the full article at CNet.com Continue Reading →