Perhaps one of the most compelling announcements at the CES event last week was the Samsung Galaxy Note phone. Their pitch was that this larger form factor phone removes the need to carry a tablet (e.g. iPad) and a phone. The picture to the right highlights some of the key features. The most prominent is [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Note: Cool Phone!
Posted in Buzzing Topics, Mobile Development, Technology Topics, tagged CES, galaxy, Jan_2012, review, samsung, smartphone on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
iPhone 4s – An Early Report
Posted in Buzzing Topics, Mobile Development, Technology Topics, tagged Apple, iPhone, Siri on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I admit it, I was excited last Friday to arrive home and find my shiny new iPhone 4s waiting for me. Ever since the announcement several days ago, I was very interesting in seeing what the new features could do for me. I was also interested in how the new iCloud service would play into [...]
Prediction: Amazon Tablet Will Be Relevant
Posted in Buzzing Topics, Mobile Development, Technology Topics, tagged amazon, android, speculation, tablet on August 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this week, Amazon claimed and registered the new domain names KindleScribe(s).com. This brings speculations of a new tablet in the ever so competitive marketplace. After witnessing how HP’s TouchPad tablet flew off the shelves at a $99 price point, this may have changed the tablet market for the future. During a time of an [...]
iPad 2: Early Report
Posted in Buzzing Topics, Mobile Development, Technology Topics, tagged Apple, iPad, review, tablet, technology, trends on March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to my wonderful assistant, I am now a user of a new iPad 2. I have had a chance to use it for a few weeks and have a couple of observations. Impressive device, overall, with some new key features. First, it is much thinner. The specifications suggest 30 percent or so smaller, which [...]
Mobile Web Apps Fast
Posted in Management and Leadership Topics, Mobile Development, Software Development, Technology Topics, tagged mobile web, MVC, software engineering on March 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We’ve been doing a lot of work on mobile web lately, in addition to our work on native mobile platforms (e.g. iOS, Android, Win 7). The author of this text, Lyle Luppes, works on my team and has come up with a way to quickly create a mobile web site that can be easily customized [...]
