Consumer electronics
The Chrome operating system is no Windows rival- yet
Ever since Google announced that it was creating a new operating system called Chrome, there has been speculation that this would be a problem for Windows. Very little was actually known about the potential OS until yesterday, when Google revealed some details. The OS will not be available for another year and seems to be [...]
Did Apple blow a golden opportunity?
When Microsoft was struggling with the poor reception for Vista, poor search market share, security holes, and other problems, Apple made some inroads on Windows. However, several observers have written that Apple failed to really take advantage when Microsoft was in a hole. Now with Windows 7 revitalizing Microsoft, they say the chance to [...]
Cell phone vs. PC
It’s been quite a while since the cell phone was just a voice communicator. Camera, games, music, personal data manager, email, texting, Web browsing- all of these and more are features that are available on various models of the so-called “smartphones”. In fact, the most advanced of these über cell phones are really small mobile [...]
An appliance just for tweets
Are you a devoted tweeter? Then there’s an appliance just for you. Its sole function is tweeting. It’s called TwitterPeek and CNET describes it:
A new gadget designed specifically for people who want to tweet on the go was launched Tuesday by gadget maker Peek.
The device, dubbed TwitterPeek, does one thing and one thing only: [...]
Google Android GPS
Among its many activities, Google has developed an operating system for small devices like phones. It is called Android and has growing usage. For example, Motorola has a phone coming out called the “Droid”. Google’s platform is free, which gives Microsoft and others who charge some competition.
Now Google is adding a free navigation service [...]
Kindle software for PCs
Soon you won’t have to own the Kindle itself to get access to Amazon’s store of e-books. ZDNet reports:
Amazon announced on Thursday its “Kindle for PC,” a free application that lets users read e-books on their PCs.
The software makes it easier for a tablet PC to double as an e-reader that’s compatible with Amazon’s Kindle [...]
The most important tech product is- the Kindle?
If you ask somebody what the most important recent consumer tech product is, the iPhone is the likely answer. However, Don Reisinger has a completely different (and surprising) take on this question. Over at Internetnews.com, he says it’s the Kindle. He did an informal poll and no one mentioned the Kindle but he says:
The answers [...]
Forecast for Microsoft
This coming week marks the big day (October 22) for Microsoft when Windows 7 becomes available to the general public. Technology professionals have already had the new Windows for quite a while but this will be the first time that you can walk into a store and see a PC with Windows 7. Naturally the [...]
Text messages growing out of hand
More and more people are sending text messages over their phones and wireless bandwidth is approaching a limit. Some 740 billion text messages were sent in the first half of 2009 in the U.S. alone according to a report from CTIA. Digital Daily notes these comments from the FCC chairman:
Consider these remarks from Federal Communications [...]
More smartphones than PCs
In many parts of the world, cell phones are the way to connect to the Internet. PC World reports that sales of the advanced type known as a smartphone will soon equal and then exceed sales of PCs:
Smartphone sales will surpass worldwide PC sales by the end of 2011, says a report. The report, by [...]
iPhone use strains resources
It always surprises me how many technical professionals seem to believe that there is no limit to the bandwidth that the Internet can provide. But there is a limit and the enormous growth in traffic created by the exploding transmission of video, images, and data is causing an increasing strain.
Where this might be heading is [...]