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Cheat sheet: A quick guide to Microsoft’s mobile announcements

Cheat sheet: A quick guide to Microsoft’s mobile announcementswhat about ARM?What I would like to know is if Microsoft is going to port Windows Mobile or CE to the new $200 ARM netbooks that are coming out this year. Or is it going to leave the market entirely to Ubuntu?RE:...

Tags: Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, ARM, Cheat-Sheet, mobile announcement, mobile, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

Big day for mobile rich Internet applications

Two pretty big announcements in the "mobile RIA" space that don't have much to do with each other, but show that the mobile side of the RIA fence is starting to get just as much attention as the desktop and browser sides. The first announcement is that Google Gears will...

Tags: Mobile Version, Google Gears, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, Internet Application, Announcement, Mobile Announcement, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-03-04

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Salesforce Chatter: what a clanger!

Running Cover-it-Live has produced some interesting commentary about this morning's announcement of Salesforce.com Chatter. Best summed up by Nenshad Bardoliwalla: The length of this keynote has turned "Chatter" into "Splatter" IMHO A three and a quarter hour keynote marathon, laced with the kind of hyperbole we've come to...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Running Cover-it-Live, Saesforce.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Windows Marketplace for Mobile available for 6.1/6.0 devices

It was just last week that we learned Microsoft opened up the Windows Marketplace for Mobile to PC access and in that release they said a version for WM 6.0 and 6.1 devices would be coming soon. I have to say I didn't expect the announcement this soon, but am...

Tags: Device, Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Microsoft opens Windows Marketplace to Windows Mobile 6.0, 6.1 phone users

When Microsoft first announced officially its plans for Windows Marketplace for Mobile, company officials said they'd eventually open the phone app store to users with phones running Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1. On November 16, the company made good on that commitment, making the announcement on the Windows Phone Team...

Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

Many of us believed that Palm was on the ropes and getting ready to go down for the count at the end of 2008, but they came out swinging at CES with the announcement of the Pre and WebOS. Motorola was a leader in the mobile phone business for years,...

Tags: Palm Inc., Motorola Inc., Motorola DROID, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Did you know the BlackBerry Storm2 is also now available?

Most of the excitement in the mobile phone space this week focused on the announcement of the Motorola DROID on Verizon Wireless. Looking at the Verizon Wireless press release archive page you have to scroll down to the 6th or 7th story to find that the RIM BlackBerry Storm2 was...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Verizon Wireless, Crackberry.com, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-30

MobileTechRoundup show #188; DROID does, we don't

The biggest news in mobile technology this week was the Motorola DROID announcement from Verizon Wireless and we spent a large junk of MobileTechRoundup show #188 talking about the device and Google Android. James, Kevin, and I haven't yet held the DROID so we are reserving final judgement on it,...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Google Inc., Google Maps Navigation Beta, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-30

Jive hits SBS 4: SharePoint in Rear View Mirror

After last week's announcement of SharePoint 2010 by Microsoft, with a scheduled arrival date of second quarter 2010, Jive Software announced their 'Social Business Software 4' yesterday at their San Francisco 'Jiveworld' event. It was interesting to contrast the huge Vegas Microsoft unveiling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Mobile, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Image Gallery: A look at the Samsung Intrepid Windows Mobile 6.5 device

Windows Mobile 6.5 was just recently announced and with that announcement came the launch of several devices running the latest operating system. The Samsung Intrepid is a touchscreen device with a forward facing QWERTY keyboard, similar to a BlackBerry device. The device supports Sprint's 3.5G EV-DO network, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS,...

Tags: Touch Screen, Device, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Intrepid, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, GPS, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, product photos, sprint, samsung, windows mobile, microsoft, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-10-20

Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service

Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...

Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream

Always have local copies of your dataThe above is why it is a bad idea to put your fate in someone else's hands when you have a choice. By default, keep your data processing and data stores local, and then use cloud services when they suit you. All these kiddies...

Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, agency, FDA, job

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

Sprint announces Samsung Moment Google Android device, which would you buy?

After using the HTC Hero on Sprint now for over a week I have almost made the decision to add a Sprint account to my mobile arsenal, even though I don't have the strongest reception in my area. Sprint just has too many extremely compelling devices for me to resist...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Communications, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T news

Last week, just the mention of VoIP over a smartphone was something that raised some eyebrows, given the controversy over Apple's rejection-that-wasn't-really-a-rejection of the Google Voice app for the iPhone. This week, at the CTIA conference in San Diego, word about AT&T's announcement yesterday that it is...

Tags: VoIP Service, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Web Browser, App, Web Browsers, Telephony, Advertising & Promotion, VOIP, Telecommunications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-07

First Clarksfield reviews: Core i7 laptops look impressive

Since Intel unveiled its Core i7 quad-core mobile processors at IDF a couple weeks ago, several PC companies have announced mainstream and desktop replacement laptops using these Clarksfield chips. Many sites have reviewed the new platform--known as Calpella--in whitebox notebooks, but so far I haven't seen many reviews of real...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Nvidia GeForce, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Clarksfield, Alienware M15x, Envy 15, Asus M60J, Studio 17, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Verizon-Google changes mobile landscape; Customers have real options again

Over $100/mo for iPhone?Huh? It's the same prices and plans as any other smartphone. And for many, AT&T's service is better than Verizon's Notwork.RE: Verizon-Google changes mobile landscape; Customers have real options againActually... I only pay 70/month with Sprint.RE: Verizon-Google changes mobile landscape; Customers have real options agThis is...

Tags: Smart phones, Verizon Communications Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Google Inc., HTC Hero, mobile, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Verizon-Google changes mobile landscape; Customers have real options again

I had to take a moment to pause and think about this new Google-Verizon chumminess and their common, yet unspoken, quest to go after the Apple-AT&T relationship with the iPhone that includes today's partnership news and a new ad campaign. For those who don't know, I am...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Stay tuned: Google-Verizon Wireless announcement on Tuesday

Google and Verizon Wireless issued an alert tonight for a news conference in the morning, the day before the kickoff of the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in San Diego. There were no details on the nature of the news but taking a few guesses isn't too tough. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Verizon Wireless, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Touch Mic 1.1 (Mobile)

Touch Mic application, which turns your iPhone into a microphone. Connect the speakers to your iPhone's earphone port with compatible adapter, talk into the iPhone and be heard. Option to either touch screen to mute, or touch screen to talk. Possible occasions are weddings, KTV, noisy meetings when you need...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Microphone, Mobile, Sudobility, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-01