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Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Sep 11, 2010 | 5 Comments
Talk about bad publicity. Just a few days after the exciting reveal of the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung’s extreme Android affection, Google’s Hugo Barra, director of mobile products, claims in a typical engineering-honesty-that-can-really-ruin-sales that "Froyo is not optimized for use on tablets". Wow. Did you get this one? That could really speed up sales for Samsung’s Tab, couldn’t...
3 Reasons why Apple’s solution to the Antenna crisis is bad
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Jul 20, 2010 | 5 Comments
So regarding the antenna issue (you know… Apple… iPhone 4… you know what I’m talking about…). I was actually planning to purchase an iPhone 4, but for now I’m postponing those plans, I didn’t like Apple’s reaction to the Antenna crisis, and I don’t like their solution which is simply not good enough for me.
I believe that even if a small percentage of potential buyers will do the...
Sure they are smart, sure they are bad phones, but maybe it doesn’t matter anymore?
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Jun 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
Just finished reading the interesting post here at MobilitySite by Zealot about the fact that many of today’s smartphones are simply not designed to be practical phones: their size is too big, they have not buttons to enable quick calls, they are way tot flat, hard to hold, and lately, some of them (Nexus One for instance, iPhone4 of course) have some reception issues as well…
So first of all, I agree with...
Is the iPhone 4.0 enterprise worthy?
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Apr 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
So I get a lot of questions about iPhone 4.0 and whether it’s now "enterprise ready".
Hard to tell at the moment, although Apple seems to definitely go towards the right direction. After all, iPhone is already used in the enterprise, mainly due to the amazing popularity of it (over 50 million iPhones sold already!) and the fact some IT managers simply don’t care about security as long as they...
Why should HTC buy Palm?
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Apr 14, 2010 | 3 Comments
Well, firstly, because we all want Palm to stick with us some more. Secondly, because it makes sense.
You see, HTC may prove to the world it is capable of developing and executing when it comes to cutting edge design, great specs and modern mobile technology. but in my opinion, HTC’s work lacks a good innovation; in most cases, the company’s so called "innovation" is more about taking good ideas...
40% of Blackberry users are willing to trade in for an iPhone
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Apr 06, 2010 | 6 Comments
Crowd Science has recently published the results of an interesting survey in which it seems like too many BlackBerry owners are interested in replacing their device with an iPhone or an Android smartphone.
Here’s a quote from the results: "Nearly 40% of Blackberry users continue to prefer Apple’s iPhone as their next smartphone purchase, but a third of them would also switch to the Android operating...
A month later: Nexus One
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Mar 31, 2010 | 20 Comments
For an old guy like me, switching to a new mobile OS is not an easy task. You need to get used to new things, learn the right tweaks and find the best apps that will upgrade and polish your smartphone. In the last 2 years I switched from Windows Mobile to iPhone, all the way to BlackBerry and back to the iPhone. Now I found myself trying to get used to a Nexus One; Google’s first phone running Google’s first...
What will the iPad do to the enterprise?
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Mar 25, 2010 | 5 Comments
As I was watching Apple’s iPad announcement, a serious Déjà vu from the iPhone premiere stroke me and thought to myself: "Oh boy, here we go again… first we will all say: WOW. Then most of us will criticize it all over while others will stand in line to get a glimpse of it. Eventually, we will all carry one in our pockets."
OK, so maybe I’m exaggerating. After all, the iPad will not fit any...
Great Gestures Search For Android!
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Mar 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
I recently started using the Nexus One. I must say it’s a very interesting phone, great specs, amazingly fast, beautiful screen but lousy hardware buttons.
The Android OS is simply strong. Multi-tasking is perfect, the platform seems very open and robust, although still a bit buggy and young. I’m still getting used to it.
A brilliant addition to the phone was recently released by Google themselves, it’s...
A Tribute To The D-Pads
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Dec 19, 2009 | 9 Comments
D-Pads… the Final Frontier…These are the stories of the directional pads, seeking out new life and new civilizations, once heroes in our hands, today – an extinct species.
D-Pads: a flat, usually thumb-operated directional control found on nearly all modern video game console game-pads and phones, with one button on each point.
I decided to dedicate this post and create a tribute to the D-Pads,...
HTC HD2 Mini-Review
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Dec 14, 2009 | 25 Comments
I’m not the "kiss and tell" kind of guy, but this time I must make an exception: I just spent the entire night with the brand new HTC HD2 (AKA: HTC Leo)! And YES – it was THAT GOOD!!!
Just when I started losing my hopes that a WinMo phone will ever fascinate me again, just when I was certain Windows Mobile is dying, came HD2, the highly customized device, the first one to combine WVGA and a capacitive...
iPhone vs. Android vs. WinMo vs. WebOS vs. BlackBerry – Fight!
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Nov 15, 2009 | 48 Comments
Few months ago I wrote a provocative post comparing between different smartphones OS.
After getting hammered (pretty nicely I would say) by a lot of Google fans out there (but not only), furious about their little baby not winning the kindergarten contest, and after almost a year has passed, in which many have changed, I’ve decided to try again…
(Oh boy… here we go…)
So what’s different...
Android Will Bypass iPhone By 2012, Says Gartner.
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Oct 08, 2009 | 12 Comments
From the very beginning we knew Google’s Android is going to be something big. Google, open source, cloud, a long list of devices manufacturers supporting this effort – it cannot go wrong.
The first version did not make us too excited (but made others too excited…) but the “cupcake” version (1.5) was much better, and then came a few really good handsets as well.
Gartner Inc. predicts...
No Windows Mobile for you! Says Palm.
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Sep 19, 2009 | 8 Comments
Well, that’s it people. Palm/Windows Mobile fans out there – there will be no more Palm devices running Windows Mobile.
For me, those are sad news. Palm Treo 750 was my favorite WinMo phone, and the one I kept for the longest period as well. In addition, I still haven’t managed to put my hands on the latest Palm Treo Pro.
For Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein – all of my problems are not so relevant....
The Truth About The BlackBerry Bold
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Aug 07, 2009 | 6 Comments
Midnight.
The streets are empty.In this part of town, even the cats are hiding.You can hear the sounds of the winds, something is coming!
Suddenly a flash!A red light, indicating just one thing:
‘It’ is here…
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BlackBerry Bold vs. iPhone
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Jul 15, 2009 | 6 Comments
(Image taken from The iPhone Blog)
I found an interesting article at PCWorld, comparing between BlackBerry Bold and iPhone 3GS.
The writer is definitely an iPhone fan and seems to criticize most of the BlackBerry features (UI, trackball, mails functionality, keyboard).
I found some interesting points in the article, but I have to admit I do not agree with many of them (I do agree with some). For example, I actually...
Samsung Omnia II Emulator
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Jul 14, 2009 | 5 Comments
Samsung, following the recent trend, has come up with a nice simulator of the new Omnia user interface.
I like those things as it gives a good impression of one of the most important things in an advance mobile device – the user interface experience.
Check our the emulator in here.
First impression: Like in the previous Omnia – loud’s of customizations, but a nicer...
Android based phone by… Nokia?
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Jul 06, 2009 | 10 Comments
Can it be that Nokia has finally realized nothing good can happen by sticking with the old Symbian OS and is now looking for other alternatives?
Not sure, but according to this report, Nokia is already working on an Android based smartphone.
The new touchscreen device will be unveiled at the Nokia World conference in September, say industry insiders, as the Finnish handset giant tries to revive its fortunes in the...
Introducing HTC TouchFlo 3D 2.5
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Jun 28, 2009 | 5 Comments
You have probably already seen the news about the new HTC device called the FireStone.
So apparently this device will come with a new version of TouchFlo 3D, newer than the one installed on Diamond II and Touch Pro II.
There are some improvements, in the main tab, in the calendar tab, widgets capabilities, and a new footprint tab which will now become standard.
There are more details in WMPowerUsers, including...
18 Android Phones This Year!?
Posted by Gil Bouhnick on May 28, 2009 | 4 Comments
I heard there will be another ‘Terminator’ movie this year but I definitely wasn’t expecting that:
According to Andy Rubin, speaking at Google I/O there 18 Android based handsets are about to be released this year (in other words – 18 different models in 7 months…)
They will come from 8-9 different manufacturers (we already know of HTC, Samsung and Lenovo), which is a huge number. That is...
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