Smartphones

According to The Verge, Microsoft will begin shipping cheap updates to Windows every year. The new approach, which is reportedly codenamed Windows Blue, would shift Microsoft away from its current strategy of introducing mammoth updates to the OS package after several years. The Verge reports that the Blue approach will include both Windows and Windows Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121128_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Did you know roughly 1 in 5 phones accidentally wind up in a toilet? What’s the best way to try to save your most important gadget if this is its fate? A quick reaction is most important: Grab the phone right away! You can wash your hands Continue Reading →

Time to sync your mobile device.  Where’s the cable – Ugh … behind the desk, of course.  Happens all the time, but it doesn’t have to. Welcome to bluelounge, an awesome company that has just the right product to keep your cables neatly in place. It’s called the Sumo, and it’s only 12 bucks. The Continue Reading →

Despite the “slow start” for its Surface with Windows RT tablet, Microsoft is definitely interested in working on more hardware. BGR exclusively reported last month that the Redmond, Washington-based company is developing its own Windows Phone 8 smartphone, possibly with Surface branding. The Wall Street Journal corroborated our report earlier this month with news that Continue Reading →

It’s been over two months since Apple released iOS 6 and the iPhone 5 and Google has just now updated Google Voice. I mean, finally. We’re on the second public build of iOS 6 with a third version having been released to devs earlier this month and pretty much halfway to June, which is, presumably Continue Reading →

Ed Fries, co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console, believes it is harder for gaming platform makers Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft to ignore the gaming and app experience that Apple has created, highlighting the iPhone and iPad maker’s creation of a platform that is easy to develop for and affordable for gamers. In an interview with Continue Reading →

The “next big thing” from Apple might not be a smartphone, tablet, computer or a television, as countless recent rumors have suggested. It might not even be a service like a Pandora competitor or a new TV service tied to an Apple set-top box. Instead, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty believes the next big thing Continue Reading →

As I say, way too often, “If you want an iDevice, nothing else will do.” This is absolutely true about the iPad Mini. If you want one, just go buy it. Nothing else will do — not the Nexus 7, not the Kindle Fire HD, not the Samsung Galaxy Tab… nothing. This is not to Continue Reading →

In recent years Apple’s do-it-all iTunes has become more bloated than a stuffed turkey. The completely overhauled iTunes 11 was first announced at the iPhone 5 event for an October release, but was delayed until November because Apple “wanted to take a little extra time to get it right.” With the month almost over, it Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121122_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] It’s time to rejoice, iOS 6 users! A great, free alternative to Apple Maps has been released to the App Store in the form of Nokia’s Here, its newly rebranded maps app. It works on iPads and iPhones running iOS 4.3 or higher, and looks and feels Continue Reading →