Mobile apps have infiltrated themselves into the auto industry and one of the newest, Safe Driver Program for the iPhone by Dangerous Decisions, is going to make most parents of driving teens pretty happy. Amongst other things, this app lets you know the moment your teen goes over a certain speed or acceleration that you’ve [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Is Mobile Computing Getting Too Fragmented Device-Wise?
If the increasing number of tablet computer options hasn’t caught your interest, maybe the one HTC is planning will. If you’re a woman. The idea is that women do a great deal of social networking, such as on Facebook, and HTC thinks this is something they might like to do while watching TV. They’re considering [...]
Next OLPC Not a Laptop, Not a Netbook
Remember the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) campaign aimed at providing children in developing nations with affordable computing devices? It ended up costing way too much, but there’s a new, relatively inexpensive option. The next version of the campaign’s device won’t even be a laptop, it’ll be a tablet computer.
According to specs in Fortune, the [...]
Apple’s iPhone Manufacturer to Increase Wages
Foxconn, the Chinese company that manufactures Apple’s iPhone has had over a dozen suicides either on its premises or from the homes of workers. The why of this is still being investigated, but so far it’s chalked up to high-pressure, low wages. As a result of this, Silicon Valley Watcher’s Tom Foremski asks whether it’s [...]
Mobomo Mobisphere Roundup — May 29, 2010
The mobile tech rumor mill suggests that Apple might open up iPhone/ iPad development to tools on the Windows PC environment, and for that reason, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer will appear at Apple’s WWDC keynote next week. But Microsoft’s officially Twitter channel says it’s not true. What might be true, on the other hand, is that [...]
Don’t Hold Your Breath for a Verizon or Sprint iPhone
A lot of changes are happening in the iPhone area, and there’s a ton of speculation about what’s coming for the 4th-gen iPhone.
Firstly, the 8GB iPhone 3GS might be on it’s way out of production. The Apple.com site no longer allows it to be selected as an option to view details about. Speculation is that [...]
Mobomo Mobisphere Roundup — May 26, 2010
AT&T customers in New York City will be able to access free WiFi in and around Times Square. This is the company’s temporarily solution to data congestion. This will of course be great for New Yorkers with iPad WiFi-only models. Just don’t go near Yankee Stadium, as iPads are banned there since they’re being classified [...]
10 Confirmed or Possible Features for 4th-Gen iPhone
We all probably know by now that another generation of iPhone is coming and that it’ll have numerous new features. Some of these features will catch Apple up with other handset manufactures, but other features will put them ahead of everyone else.
Foxconn, Apple’s Chinese manufacturer of the iPhone, will apparently ship 24M units of the [...]
Netbooks Still Favored Over iPads? [Updated]
Are netbooks still favored over the Apple iPad? According to a survey by Retrevo, almost a third of U.S. consumers who had planned to buy a netbook ended up with an iPad. The survey further indicates that the most desirable netbook feature is it’s portability.
I’d have to agree with the portability. I gave my wife [...]
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