Mobile & Wireless

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110204_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Verizon stated that while it’s offering an unlimited data plan for new iPhone 4 subscribers, they reserve the right to throttle the connections of those hogging data. The restrictions are for the top 5% of bandwidth-consuming users, and only when the usage is affecting surrounding customers. In Continue Reading →

iPhone 4 pre-orders will be made available to existing Verizon customers starting February 3rd. If you’re making the switch from AT&T, Verizon will give you $212 trade-in credit for a 16GB iPhone 4 and $285 for the 32GB model. Have an older generation iPhone? They’ll take those too. Read the full article at USAToday.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110202_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google claims that Bing is stealing their search results and Microsoft isn’t denying the accusation. By assigning bogus queries to specific sites, Google caught Bing in the act. Strings of random letters bring up the same results on both search engines, but not until Google had assigned Continue Reading →

Android has now overtaken Nokia’s Symbian as the most popular smartphone platform worldwide. Selling 33.3 million phones, double that of Apple’s iPhone, put Android ahead of Nokia’s 31 million sales. 89% growth in the smartphone market and manufacturers’ rapid adoption of Android has led to its overwhelming success. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110201_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Android has overtaken Nokia’s Symbian as the most popular smartphone platform worldwide. Selling 33.3 million phones, double that of Apple’s iPhone, put Android ahead of Nokia’s 31 million sales. 89% growth in the smartphone market and manufacturers’ rapid adoption of Android has led to its overwhelming success. Continue Reading →

Google’s operating system aimed at portable devices recently previewed its developer kit and showed off many new features. Android 3.0 codenamed Honeycomb brings many features familiar to desktop computers to the tablet format. Included are APIs for tabbed viewing action bars, orientation sensitive layout pieces, and drag-and-drop events. Read the full article at arstechnica.com Continue Reading →

Engadget.com revealed pictures and video of the PlayStation Phone, dubbed the Xperia Play. The smartphone runs Android Honeycomb, has a touch screen and slide out controller pad for playing games. It also sports a 5-megapixel camera that can shoot 800 x 480 video. How games will be delivered to the phone is still unknown. Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless’ COO, Lowell McAdam, confirmed the $30 a month unlimited data plan for iPhone users. The special pricing is merely an incentive for new customers and isn’t expected to last for very long. Verizon announced that it plans to move to tiered data plans similar to those offered by AT&T. Read the full article Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110126_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook is rolling out a new ad platform that will allow advertisers to turn your status updates into promoted content. If you check-in to a location or like a brand, companies can turn the status into a “sponsored story” ad. Your update will appear in your news Continue Reading →

Google announced that it would bolster its workforce by 25%, adding over 6,000 new employees within the year. The company is aggressively expanding its workforce as it continues to venture into non-search related products. Larry Page hopes to spread Android’s success at attracting talent to other special projects. Read the full article at WSJ.com Continue Reading →