The Reg is reporting that HTC’s new Android handset will debut in the UK through the Vodafone wireless carrier. If you can’t wait you can have an imported, unlocked handset for around $500. No word yet on what US carrier will get the device in the US. Perhaps this will be Verizon’s big foray intoContinue reading “New Googlephone En Route”
Category Archives: Mobility
Rise of the Smartphones
The makeup of the world’s cellphone population is rapidly shifting towards mobile handsets that can do much more than make and receive phone calls. The usage of data-centric devices will continue to increase over the next five years. Smartphones currently constitute 1 in 10 handsets. That share of the market is set to more thanContinue reading “Rise of the Smartphones”
Don’t Miss Flight of the Conchords Tonight
I just watched tonight’s episode “Prime Minister” and you don’t want to miss it. Follow Bret and Jemaine on Twitter.
Help, My Phone Repels Developers
My “smart phone” is a Windows Mobile device. I’ve used the Blackberry and the iPhone and they are both wonderful types of handsets. I’d love to get an iPhone for my personal cell phone, but US carriers have not quite figured out GSM yet. Either that or the FCC is blocking the frequency ranges itContinue reading “Help, My Phone Repels Developers”
Search LA Tweets
Search “jazzercise” near:los_angeles TWITTER PROTIP: Use an inclusive location-based filter to search tweets. Visit search.twitter.com, enter your search term, then add “near:your_geocode” to include in that location in the filter. Tighten it down by specifying a search radius by using the “within” parameter. E.G., “freeway near:90404 within:5km“
