android
How to Grill a Phone
How fire-resistant is your cellphone? If you’re the owner of an HTC Surround Windows Phone 7 device, you’ll be happy to know that your phone will last longer in direct heat than either the iPhone or the T-Mobile G2 running Android. In a rather interesting marketing campaign for EZ-Grill, the company decided to fry up [...]
What Smartphone Do Real Men Use?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Wired reported that American Special Forces favor the Google Phone, vs. the Army who designs their own hardware/software. They like the fact that it’s an open source option, which means that they can customize it to their liking, vs. spending extra [...]
iPads and Androids Can Get Along
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Connecting an Android device (by way of hot spot) to an iPad is an excellent solution if you don’t want to use the built-in 3G connection. One caller to the live stream recently asked if I felt it would be faster [...]
Samsung’s Galaxy S Android Phone vs Apple’s iPhone
Fellow geek, Emily H (from Wales, UK), had a proposal: I had an idea for a video I thought you might be interested in. With the rise of the Samsung Galaxy S (particually in the UK & Europe, where it is outselling the iPhone with a lot of the networks providing it), I thought it [...]
InterPad 10 Inch Tegra 2 Android Tablet
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The tablet features a 10-inch capacitive display that also accepts multi-touch gestures. It packs the usual 1024×600 pixels and runs Android 2.1 on its powerful Nvidia Tegra 2 processor that brings in 1080p video support. This tablet design is manufactured by [...]
Netflix Coming to Android
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings claimed earlier this year that the company was not focused on streaming their content to mobile screens. However, the iPad app was launched the same day the device itself was back in April. Since then, Netflix has stated that they are working on a version for the iPhone to be available [...]
What are Your Thoughts on Legal Jailbreaking?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed After the court system in the United States declared that jailbreaking a device is not illegal in and of itself, TechRob asked how we feel about it over on Lockergnome. This is something that is being discussed all over the Internet, [...]
EVO 4G First to Have Froyo – Coming Tuesday
It’s official! The EVO 4G will be the first in a long line of phones to be updated to Android 2.2 Froyo, beginning August 3rd. The release will be rolled out in stages according to Sprint. However, they will provide a manual download link for those of you who cannot wait another moment. According to [...]
I’m Not in Love – an Android vs iPhone Song
Imei has decided it’s time to make a change and begin using the iPhone 4 in her daily life. Following is the post she wrote to explain her choice. You’ve probably heard me as “the voice of reason” when it comes to Android vs. iPhone. I believe Android gives iPhone a run for its money [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Initial Impressions
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Samsung Mobile. All opinions are 100% mine. The Samsung Galaxy S will be available soon in the AT&T network. I’ve been able to play with it for the past week [...]
Will the Motorola Droid 2 Feature R2-D2?
The new Motorola Droid 2 is rumored to be launching on August 12th. All of you who are robot-loving Star Wars fanatics will want to pay close attention to this. According to a source at Engadget, the sequel to the original Droid iteration will not only have Froyo loaded at launch – it will have [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Review
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Samsung Mobile. All opinions are 100% mine. The new Samsung Galaxy S is definitely a phone worth taking more than a second look at. The screen is bright and beautiful. Text and images aren’t quite as sharp as what you’ll find on the iPhone [...]
Google Android can Park Your Car
If you’re anything like me, road rage sets in when you’re trying to find a parking place. Snagging a spot – even one far from your destination – can be a royal pain in the ass much of the time. If you happen to be the owner of a phone with Google’s Android operating system, [...]
Google Music Service Coming to Android
According to an executive at Google, their much-anticipated music service will be launching later this year. It’s also purportedly going to be a big part of the next version of Android. This move by Google follows shortly after Apples announcement that it too will be launching a new streaming music service of its own linked [...]
How to Transfer Digital Photos from the iPhone to the iPad
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You may remember a video I recorded a few months ago to talk about the Bump app for the iPhone. You could use it to bump two phones together and share contact information. Now, I can use Bump on my iPad [...]
