I won't go into reviewing in depth the Samsung Google Nexus as enough other reviews are out there, but what I will say is if you're a Google centric person, where you make extensive use of Google Apps, Mail, Calendar, Picasa and all that Google has to, then this is the Android phone for you. … Read more
Image via Wikipedia The last month has been meeting filled, travel filled, hotel filled, wine filled and friend filled. I've been in six cities, four countries. I've flown four different airlines, rented a car, taken trains, ridden in local cabs, and walked. I've also again stayed connected. How? My legally unlocked iPhone used a local … Read more
Funny how things happen. Over the weekend the two top wireless carriers in the USA have both released WiFi latch on applications for Android devices running OS' 2.1 and above. AT&T released the app entitled Smart WiFi while Verizon Wireless has deployed Verizon WiFi Auto On. The VZW app doesn't presently work with my Galaxy … Read more
Alec Saunders, who most recently established Calliflower, the full featured collaboration and conferencing service, has joined RIM as VP of Developer Relations. Some may recall he also introduced IE at Microsoft. He brings a very strong pedigree to RIM. For starters he is focused on Playbook.
Image via CrunchBase If you ever wondered what the iPhone would be like on Sprint's 3G network, the opportunity has been there all along and you don't have to try to hack one that was designed to work on Verizon Wireless' network either. About a year ago ZTE, the Chinese supplier of dongles, data cards … Read more
We are over conferenced. This week alone I will be at two, maybe three events and could be at more. TechCrunch Disrupt starts on Monday in San Francisco, CA Demo starts on Monday night in Santa Clara, CA-Attending IT Expo and a medley of co-conferences all start on Tuesday in Austin, TX-Attending/Moderating StartupCamp is Wednesday … Read more
Over the past few months I've been privately sharing my thoughts on how the wireless landscape changes with the looming AT&T/T-Mobile merger coming upon us. With the news today about the cable guys and Sprint working to take over Clearwire (a part of the scenario I've already been talking about) I figured it's time to … Read more
Image via Wikipedia U.S. mobile operator Metro PCS, which was first out with LTE, will deploy VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) reports Kevin Fritchard of Connected Planet. The public acknowledgement that the new, next generation of cellular voice will be VoIP is in many ways refreshing. For years telecom companies have been shying away … Read more
Image via CrunchBase All Things D mobile maven Ina Fried posted about the eagerly awaited Skype iPad app. Appearently the app was in the Apple iTunes App store for a heartbeat or two before being pulled for an unexplained reason. Bummer. If there is one app that's not on the iPad yet that needs to be … Read more
I was going to write a post about the firing of multiple Skype VP’s some of whom I have dealt with in the past for a variety of clients, interviewed or heard speak but between the GigaOm, Skype Journal, and Bloomberg pieces there’s enough speculation. The one guy of the bunch who I can single … Read more
