Windows Phone 7 Has a Few Tricks Up Its Sleeve
Windows Phone 7 is finally here. At an event this morning in New York, NY, Microsoft went into details about the Windows Phone 7 interface and features. As an Android fan to the heart, I must admit it’s pretty slick. As Ballmer puts it: “Microsoft and its partners are delivering a different kind of mobile [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 10-08-2010
iPhone Apps Put User Privacy at Risk Using a custom software program called Taintdroid, researchers at Duke, Penn State, and Intel Labs found Android apps sharing private user data without explicit authorization. According to research from Bucknell University, it seems that iPhone owners have the same problem. A majority of iOS apps transmit user data [...]
Read MoreApple to Launch Verizon iPhone Next Year
According to WSJ, Apple is still working on a CDMA version of the iPhone for the Verizon network. This isn’t a new rumor. We talked about a potential January launch for a Verizon iPhone back in June. In August, it seemed that Apple had tipped their hand by ordering millions of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets, which [...]
Read MoreVerizon Gets Down To Business with the Droid Pro
While the Droid Pro has been blogged about before, it looks like the rumors were all wrong. It was originally thought to be a world edition of the Droid 2, which simply means it would support cell networks around the world.Not a very exciting prospect for a new mobile phone, but Verizon has somehow been [...]
Read MoreVerizon to Launch “Better” Android Marketplace
In a recent email to developers, it looks like Verizon is intent on becoming frenemies with Google. Having just launched the Samsung Fascinate with Bing as the default search engine with plans to make Bing the default on all devices, they have now decided to launch their own app store. They already had a V [...]
Read MoreFrom Apple to Android: Droid X Review
About a week ago, my Droid X arrived in my mailbox after waiting 17 days for it to arrive. I am switching from a iPhone 3G on AT&T to a Droid X on Verizon. It has been almost two years since I purchased my iPhone and I had taken almost four months to research my alternatives and wait to see what the iPhone 4 brought to the table. In the end, I decided to switch to the Android because of the open platform and more creativity allowed within their app store. Keep in mind I still love my apple products. I still own a MacBook Pro and an iMac as well. Today I will share with you the first seven days of my Droid X adventure.
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