Smartphones

Someone asks me about iPhone battery life every single day.  And while I don’t usually write about gadgets and gizmos, I will offer a short chronicle of my external battery life experience. Before we get into what I recommend, here’s how you should determine if you need an external battery: First, turn on everything you Continue Reading →

Apple signed a deal with the mainly Mississippi-based wireless carrier C Spire that lets them sell the iPhone 4S. The company serves less than a million customers and the deal is confusing to companies like Sprint who had to pay an arm and a leg for selling privileges. What’s in it for Apple? Infiltrating the Continue Reading →

Ford’s voice-activated technology, Sync, is getting an upgrade that will read you text messages while you drive. Sync is available on many older Ford vehicles and will be installed on almost every 2012 model. Unfortunately, the text-to-speech feature doesn’t yet have support for the iPhone. Read the full article at Mashable.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111019_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The American Academy of Pediatrics is discouraging parents from letting children younger than two from watching TV. The group’s research finds a correlation between watching television and development problems.  Not surprisingly, actually interacting with your children has a stronger effect on their language development. In other news, Continue Reading →

Have you already ditched your old phone for Apple’s iPhone 4S? The phone’s popularity has broken AT&T and Sprint’s single day sales records. 25% of people surveyed were switching to the iPhone 4S from manufacturers like BlackBerry and Nokia. Read the full article at Reuters.com Continue Reading →

While the new iPhone’s virtual assistant is making headlines, Google quietly updated its voice recognition software. Google Translate for Android’s Conversation Mode can now translate 14 languages in real-time. The app recognizes your language and plays messages back in the receiver’s chosen language. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111017_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Doctors are turning to specially approved apps to make hospitals and physicians more efficient. The F.D.A. has approved a handful of mobile applications that let doctors quickly share a patient’s MRI results. Government approval of this app took over two years, a problem that’s persistent in digitizing Continue Reading →

I don’t always look forward to software updates from Apple.  Most of the time I can’t take advantage of major upgrades because the software I use the most will not be ready.  Companies like Adobe, Digidesign and Intuit generally do not have enough time with major upgrades before they are released to the public and, Continue Reading →

Apple released the newest version of its mobile operating system iOS 5. You can install the upgrade as long as your device is an iPhone 3GS or newer. The updates include a messenger app, taking photos without unlocking your phone and streaming your iTunes library through iCloud. Read the full article at Techland.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111012_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple released the newest version of its mobile operating system iOS 5. You can install the upgrade as long as your device is an iPhone 3GS or newer. The updates include a messenger app, taking photos without unlocking your phone and streaming your iTunes library through iCloud. Continue Reading →