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Google Chrome OS, all time connected
November 20, 2009 – 6:47 am | Comments

Recently I found a video, and honestly I do not remember where in the web,  where Google explains What’s Google Chrome OS. To summarize, an all time connected to the cloud OS. A version of …

iPhone vs. Android vs. WinMo vs. WebOS vs. BlackBerry – Fight!
November 15, 2009 – 3:24 am | Comments
iPhone vs. Android vs. WinMo vs. WebOS vs. BlackBerry – Fight!

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 …

Windows Mobile 7 to OEMs Q1 and to us Q3, before delays are inserted of course…
November 11, 2009 – 9:15 am | Comments
Windows Mobile 7 to OEMs Q1 and to us Q3, before delays are inserted of course…

Engadget Mobile says that we might not see Windows Mobile 7 until Q3…
According to ZDNet Taiwan, the mobile OS is now on track for a release to OEMs for testing (the so-called "Maldives" …

They’re called Ads not Facts
November 10, 2009 – 11:01 am | Comments
They’re called Ads not Facts

Apple Insider is running an article this morning, calling out Verizon for misrepresenting AT&T’s data coverage in their “There’s a map for that” ad campaign.
Verizon’s ads clearly compare, their 3g coverage  to AT&T’s 3g coverage, …

Natural Born Killers: Android, Apple and Windows Mobile
November 9, 2009 – 2:42 am | Comments
Natural Born Killers: Android, Apple and Windows Mobile

Our esteemed editor in chief, Chris Leckness, just posted an excellent response to the spreading assumption that the Motorola Droid will someone be the nail in the coffin of Windows Mobile. Like him, I …

I guess it’s official right? The Droid is here to finish off Windows Mobile.
November 8, 2009 – 11:34 pm | Comments
I guess it’s official right? The Droid is here to finish off Windows Mobile.

Well, that’s what people are saying. An article over at Cnet questions Windows Mobile’s need in the mobile world in an article title, “First iPhone, now Droid. Who needs Windows?”.  Businesses need Windows Mobile, lots …

It’s An Apple Thing
November 8, 2009 – 8:39 am | Comments
It’s An Apple Thing

A few days ago I reported that beta builds of the new Mac OS X 10.6.2  could no longer be installed on netbooks running Atom processors, effectively spiking the popular Hackintosh builds. Well, reports …

Winsupersite Review of WM 6.5 – part 1
November 6, 2009 – 7:08 pm | Comments
Winsupersite Review of WM 6.5 – part 1

Paul Thurrott over at Winsupersite has posted part one of his review of WM6.5 and has made some interesting comments on the improvements made to the Mobile OS and how to him they are not …

Bus Stop Convergence
November 4, 2009 – 1:54 pm | Comments
Bus Stop Convergence

I have been staring at people on the bus a lot lately.
Well, staring more than usual, anyway. You see, I would say at least half of the people I share busses with have earphones …

Video Encoders (H264/VC1)
October 29, 2009 – 4:06 pm | Comments

Windows Media Center 7 is my latest toy. I have been playing with it the last few weeks and one of the tasks that has consumed most of my time is the one that has …

XP to W7 and Apple TV commercials
October 23, 2009 – 11:23 am | Comments

Lets start with one of the TV commercials released by Apple yesterday talking about the release of Windows 7.

YouTube – Apple’s "Get a Mac" ad: "PC News "

Pathetic. That’s the word that came to my …

“The seductive angel of death for computing…”
October 18, 2009 – 9:19 am | Comments
“The seductive angel of death for computing…”

David Weinberger, at his always interesting JoHo the Blog wrote about the Motorola Droid today, noting it probably will not be as pretty or have as many apps as the iPhone, but he would …

Verizon is getting low down in their ads
October 17, 2009 – 3:13 pm | Comments
Verizon is getting low down in their ads

Whether you like it or not, Verizon seems to be sick of the iPhone and AT&T. So sick that they have been launching some low down, desperate attempts to degrade AT&T and now the iPhone. …

Daniel Lyons Drinks the Koolaid Deep
October 16, 2009 – 4:17 am | Comments
Daniel Lyons Drinks the Koolaid Deep

Daniel Lyons, the Newsweek tech columnist who always seems annoyed that when people list Apple journalistic sycophants, Mossberg and Pogue are mentioned and he gets ignored, continues to try harder then either of them. …

Logitech Notebook Kit MK605
October 15, 2009 – 6:50 am | Comments
Logitech Notebook Kit MK605

Here is an example of how some  makers call their accessories using the names of the best sellers trying to increase their own sales. Logitech Notebook Kit MK605. Check the picture of it.

Come on Microsoft, Windows Phone Commercial Take 2 = Worse
October 14, 2009 – 10:04 pm | Comments
Come on Microsoft, Windows Phone Commercial Take 2 = Worse

Strike 2. This one is not as “Creepy” as the 1st, but it’s as bad. No need to tout having Twitter capability, a Facebook app, and the tired MSN stuff on a phone. First off, …

Sidekicks and Fallout
October 14, 2009 – 7:32 am | Comments
Sidekicks and Fallout

The firestorm that resulted from the recent loss of Sidekick data (and thus effectively the end of the grandfather of all smartphones) is finally settling down. In fact, after all the words written and …

The Chinese Black Market Exposed
October 14, 2009 – 6:57 am | Comments

One of the webpages I follow in my RSS Reader is Shanzai.com, one of the reasons is very simple, you can’t fight the reality, almost 90% of all electronics that we own are made or …

What’s Your Smartphone/PDA History?
October 11, 2009 – 11:59 am | Comments
What’s Your Smartphone/PDA History?

Ok, so after Chris Leckness’s post on Windows Mobile’s history and over-exaggerated death, I sort of felt a little nostalgic.
So I ask everyone, what is YOUR Smartphone/PDA history?  Maybe you started late with WinMo …

Is Windows Mobile’s Death Exaggerated? I bought an iPhone 3GS.
October 10, 2009 – 11:59 pm | Comments
Is Windows Mobile’s Death Exaggerated? I bought an iPhone 3GS.

I have said this before and I will say it again, even before Windows Mobile 6.5 came out, Windows Mobile wasn’t dead. If anything, it was in hibernation. But seriously, the OS in itself …