Nokia’s Lumia 900 has the makings of the ultimate tech comeback story: A once-proud mobile phone maker makes a desperate pact with Microsoft, which despite its own juggernaut status in the PC market is similarly downtrodden when …
Smartphones
Maybe You’d Be Better Off Without Filters, Instagram
I’m not sure if I have a favorite smartphone app, but I can’t think of one which has given me more pleasure than Instagram.
I like using it to take photos with my iPhone 4S; I like sharing them; I like seeing the photos which …
No Joke: Instagram Is Finally Available for Android
The wait is over. Instagram has finally released an app for Android, available right this second on Google Play.
It’s no secret that Android users coveted the app, which was previous only available on the iPhone. According to …
Galileo Robotic iPhone Dock Lets You Pan and Tilt Video Chats Remotely
Galileo is a Kickstarter project billed as an “iOS-controlled robotic iPhone platform with infinite spherical rotation capability.” Translation: You dock an iPhone into it, which can then be tilted and panned remotely via another …
Why America Needs Apple
I was having a discussion with a few executives at a technology summit I was attending, and an interesting question was asked to me concerning what America would look like without Apple.
They asked me about this since I do …
Maybe RIM’s Thorsten Heins Isn’t So Clueless After All
Two months ago, when RIM CTO Thorsten Heins was named as the company’s new CEO, it was easy to be skeptical about his chances of turning around the ailing BlackBerry maker. In fact, it was hard to be anything but skeptical. In …
Camera Awesome Adds Instagram Support, Loses One Cool Feature
Instagram is my favorite photo-sharing service. SmugMug’s excellent Camera Awesome has became my default iPhone picture-taking app. So when I learned this week that there was a new version of Camera Awesome with built-in …
More on ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’: Not Fair, but Not Unreasonable
Over the weekend, a mini-controversy broke out when a Microsoft Store in Silicon Valley refused to declare blogger Sahas Katta’s Android phone as the victor in its “Smoked by Windows Phone” competition, even though it seems to …
Goodbye ‘Card Case’, Hello ‘Pay With Square’
Square’s Card Case app is pretty nifty: It lets iPhone users pay for stuff at over 40,000 retail locations without even removing their phone from their pocket. It may be a sneak peek of the way we’ll all eventually pay for …
Microsoft’s ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ Gets…Smoked?
[UPDATE: As The Verge’s Nathan Ingraham reports, Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph has a laptop, a phone and an apology for Skattertech’s Sahas Katta. Controversy over!]
Microsoft is holding a “Smoked by Windows Phone” contest which is …
Claim: Next iPhone to Have Huge 4.6-inch ‘Retina’ Display
What’s bigger, probably a touch heavier, even easier on the eyes and at this point a mostly unsubstantiated iPhone rumor? Word from a South Korean media source (via Reuters) that Apple’s next iPhone — call it the “iPhone 5,” or …
Rumored Samsung Galaxy S III Photo Shows Big Screen, Hardware Buttons
We’re getting a clearer picture of Samsung’s Galaxy S III as more leaks and rumors roll in. In the latest, Dutch site GSM Helpdesk claims to have a press photo of Samsung’s next flagship phone, provided by an anonymous …