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Mobile OS wars: Apple, RIM surge; Symbian still dominant

Mobile OS wars: Apple, RIM surge; Symbian still dominantA slight difference of opinion perhaps?http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090504.htmlGo Nokia. Yehhh BabyyyyyyyNokia S60 phone owners,If you haven't done so, download:http://get.skyfire.comIt will make your day!Not really....The NPD Group is simply retarded, that's all it is. They neglected to count Nokia in their survey numbers... More than...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile OS, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., mobile, operating system, Symbian Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

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Google Backup is what I want for Christmas

Google's Lenoir, North Carolina Data Center, seen during construction, could be one of several sites that could provide business continuity and peace of mind for netizens everywhere. I've heard this story too many times. "I got back from vacation and...

Tags: Google Inc., Carbonite, Storage, Google Backup, Backups, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-12-03

Slacker Radio for BlackBerry 2.0 (Mobile)

Listen to all of your favorite personalized Slacker stations on your BlackBerry for free. You can listen to over 100 stations programmed by music experts or create your own custom stations right from your Blackberry. You'll have detailed artist biographies, full album reviews and more. Best of all, the music...

Tags: Station, Mobile, Radio, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-12-03

uSeesoft DVD Ripper 1.5.0.7 (Mac)

uSeesoft DVD Ripper for Mac Convert DVD to all popular video and audio formats on Mac OS X. uSeesoft DVD Ripper for Mac is a powerful Mac DVD Ripper software to rip DVD video to all sorts of video files and extract DVD audio to various audio files on Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DVD-Video, Video, DVD-Audio, uSeesoft, Desktops, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-12-03

HP iPAQ Glisten brings an OLED display to a forward QWERTY device

An iPAQ?Wow...an HP iPaq running Windows Moble? That is sooooo 90's. I still have my old Compaq iPaq. Are they expecting to sell a lot of these for $299? I can't see tens of thousands of people wanting one enough to make up for the development and support costs. I...

Tags: Handhelds, Monitors & displays, Compaq iPAQ, Hewlett-Packard Co., organic light-emitting diode, Droid

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Woman Calendar Palm/Windows 6.2 (Mobile)

Woman is a personal ovulation calendar and family planning tool for women. This title includes both Palm OS and Microsoft Windows desktop components of the program, along with the synchronization software between them. Enter data in either program and simply sync your Palm OS powered device with the desktop and...

Tags: Mobile, Operating System, Palm Inc., Beiks, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Gender And Diversity, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Desktops, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Human Resources, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-12-02

Consumer Reports ranks AT&T last among U.S. wireless carriers

More salt on the woundEven AT&T's latest commercials seem to echo the very same perceptions everyone has of them. And they seem to do little to help their own image.I think one commercial boasts they can reach something like 98% of the US population, which is great if you...

Tags: Smart phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., VZW, Apple iPhone, LTE, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., wireless carrier, carrier, Consumer Reports, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Are open source developers suffering?

Open Source tends to be anti-job.Open Source tends to be anti-job. Unless you fancy yourself as the next big advertiser."And one thing I can say for certain is that, while they all like to eat, most don?t measure their self-worth strictly on the bottom line."You don't need to measure yourself...

Tags: OS developer, open source, software, job

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Pimp my iPhone: Apps for storing, editing and reading files

iPhone streamingHello: These are pretty impressive applications. I've seen a few before and after a very in depth research we worked on something more advanced then created an iPhone broadcaster. I don't know if you ever seen this working. We are now trying to integrate it with other iPhone applications...

Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, DropBox, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Total Recall Call Recorder (Symbian Series 60) 4.10 (Mobile)

Total Recall by Killer Mobile is the best selling, feature packed Call Recorder utility for Nokia S60 devices running the Symbian OS. Total Recall integrates the most cutting edge beep suppression available to deliver high quality recorded, beep free audio on most devices, and offers a rich feature set in...

Tags: Recorder, Mobile, Symbian Inc., Upper Hand Software, Symbian OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-12-01

Live Webcast; Ready, Set, Refresh: Why Windows 7 Changes the Game

Chances are good that your company has not updated its PCs in a while but the release of Windows 7 presents a unique opportunity to both refresh and upgrade your company's computers. In fact, by replacing that aging fleet of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and even servers with brand new...

Tags: Game, TechRepublic Inc., Webcast, Hardware, Chances, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Webcasts 2009-12-01

Analyst: The iPhone's next carrier is likely T-Mobile, not Verizon

T-Mobile USA is GSM / T-Mobile needs...Both AT&T and T-Mobile USA are GSM, so no iPhone redesign would be necessary.T-Mobile USA needs iPhone more than Verizon, so Apple could negotiate a more favorable deal with the former.RE: Analyst: The iPhone's next carrier is likely T-Mobile, not VerizonI'm not a patent...

Tags: Smart phones, TMobile, Kinda, T-Mobile, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Reinvigorating Microsoft's mobile strategy

MS should give up and go homeNobody wants Windows Mobile. It's declining share and the increasing share of competitors makes it also-ran.Many are not wanting Windows at all as evidenced by its declining market share.There is no reason for Windows on the mobile device given reliability and performance are...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, strategy, Microsoft Corp., phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Indigo 4.1.2 (Mac)

Indigo is a home control server that integrates INSTEON and X10 hardware devices. Save money, conserve water, and reduce electrical usage by automating your home with Indigo's unlimited scheduling and control logic. Using Indigo's built-in Web server, you can access and control your home from anywhere using any modern Web...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Indigo

Software downloads 2009-11-30

Will the Adult Industry Drive Android Adoption?

Oh come on Jason.Porn can be received on the iPhone/iPod Touch to. Try going to www.youporn.comon your browser or mobile web browser.Not as apps.Web sites, sure. But not as apps.The "Vibrator" appSimply adjusts the rate of haptic feedback, so there is little reason for apple to reject it.ACTUAL Adult content...

Tags: Smart phones, Web site development, Web technology, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Web application

Discussion threads 2009-11-29

Will the Adult Industry Drive Android Adoption?

The Adult Entertainment industry drove the adoption of DVD and the streaming media technologies that everyone now enjoys and takes for granted on the Internet. Will pioneering in mobile porn also accelerate adoption of Google's Android mobile OS? by Jason Perlow

Tags: Mobile, Adoption, Industry, Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Internet, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-11-29

Image Gallery: The HTC HD2 is the best Windows Mobile device

There hasn't been a lot of excitement in the Windows Mobile space for quite some time, but the HTC HD2 pushes the limits of the OS with a capacitive display, multi-touch support, Windows Mobile 6.5 improvements and more. The device's main distinguishing feature is the large 4.3 inch 800x480 pixel...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Mobile Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, product photos, screenshots, htc, windows mobile, microsoft, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-11-26

Puzzles for Android 8750.5 (Mobile)

The Puzzles package contains a collection of 27 small one-player puzzle games, which were initially developed by Simon Tatham for Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. The actual games in this collection are re-implementations of many well known classic puzzles. The puzzle collection for Android includes Black Box, Bridges, Cube,...

Tags: Mobile, Collection, Chris Boyle, Games, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Personal Technology, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-26

The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?

You can't be a good consultant if you can't even mention MSIf you really think MS is irrelevant in cloud computing then you have some serious bias issues to work out.The fact that throughout your entire blog you can't even get yourself to mention MS or Azure even once is...

Tags: Virtualization, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, cloud computing battleground, Microsoft Corp., cloud computing, Azure, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

1Password is must-have eshopping nirvana

Oh Goody ! Mac Users Are Easily Pleased :(Except for the credit card info, which I wouldn't want stored anywhere on my machine, Microsoft made popular, something so superior to your 1Password software,that it's almost petty to mention it.The fingerprint reader, and it's associated software, which is now marketed by...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, MAC USERS

Discussion threads 2009-11-24