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Flurry: more Droid devices than iPhones sold in first 74 days on the market

16 March, 2010 (14:52) | By: Michael Klear

Share Flurry: more Droid devices than iPhones sold in first 74 days on the market Share by Robin Wauters on March 16, 2010 via Flurry: more Droid devices than iPhones sold in first 74 days on the market.

Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now

15 February, 2010 (16:13) | By: Michael Klear

Share Today Microsoft announced their first endeavor into the phone world however, just like every other company they are only making the software and calling on the manufacturers to make the hardware.  I will be sticking with my Droid mainly because I don’t own an XBOX, and I am on Verizon.  I’m still wondering why [...]

Samsung i8520 ‘Halo’ Android 2.1 phone with 3.7-inch Super AMOLED and pico projector

15 February, 2010 (11:47) | By: Michael Prassel

Share The i8520 Halo packs a 3.7-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display (bigger than the Wave’s 3.3-incher), 8 megapixel autofocus camera with flash (VGA on the front), 720p / 30fps video encoding / decoding, DivX and Xvid playback support, Bluetooth 2.1, standard 3.5mm headphone jack, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, A-GPS, 16GB of internal storage and microSD expansion, stereo [...]

Motorola Droid the true iPhone Killer?

26 October, 2009 (08:00) | By: Michael Klear

ShareI think the Motorola Droid might actually have a chance to see some serious buyers. I will lay out a couple reasons I think this phone will be a hit. First, Verizon has terrible handsets to date. I have used the Blackberry World, Curve, and now the Storm. They all have their benefits but they [...]

Why Text Messages are 160 Characters in Length

5 May, 2009 (09:00) | By: Michael Klear

Share Have you ever wondered why the text messages on your phone are limited to 160 characters?  Well you can thank German fellow Friedhelm Hillebrand. He is considered the father of the text message according to the LA Times.  He invented these blimps of messages to inform workers on a jobsite big things going on [...]

The Worst Program for your Smartphone

22 April, 2009 (09:00) | By: Michael Klear

ShareI was reading about a new program last night that made me tremble because it is all about utilizing your smartphone so that there is a record of everything you do.   From what calendar appointments you have, to what you said on your phone conversation with a customer, to where you are at any given [...]