photo credit: Cell Phone Health Apps

iPhone and BlackBerry have health apps to help you with those New Year’s resolutions. Want to lose weight? There’s an app for that. Actually there are several apps that help you count calories, journal exercises, and there is even a scanning app to calculate the nutritional value of foods. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Motoblur in action

Motorola is looking to bring its new Motoblur UI to the cable TV world. If your cable TV interface is like most, it is only a step up from DOS. Motorola plans to change the look, feel and use of the cable TV interface with their new Smartphone, Motoblur, already shipping pre-loaded on the new Cliq XT and BackFlip Smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Is Microsoft sinking?

Microsoft may need to buy a cell phone maker in order to compete in the highly volatile market. Although Microsoft has announced the new platform, Windows Phone Series 7 (WinPho 7), it may need to buy RIM BlackBerry or possibly Nokia to stay in the game. (Experts think it would be cheaper to buy HTC, however, with more marketability.) Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Google’s Nexus One

Apple, Google, BlackBerry, Nokia and Palm are all fighting for the number one spot. With more and more demand for content rich apps on Smartphones, the very competitive market is the driving force for these companies. So how is the Smartphone war going? Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Stalker Note

The new Android app, Recognizr, would allow you to use your cell phone camera to snoop out someone’s identity. You could take a photo of someone’s face, and then know that person’s name, schedule, profile, and latest tweets. Created by the Swedish development company, The Astonishing Tribe, the new app in development would bring a whole new level to the lack of privacy. It uses a 3D modeling and facial recognition software. James Bond has come to the real world. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Intel+Nokia=Intokia

Nokia just rolled out its new Maemo phone, after 5 years in development. It combines their Linux Maemo software platform with Intel’s Linux based Moblin to create the new platform, MeeGo. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Is the network strong enough?

Smartphones and other data-intensive devices have been taking down the service provider networks right and left. With more and more Smartphones (Droids and iPhones) being sold, cell phone service providers are understandably concerned. But not Verizon…. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Xbox Live Games goes mobile

Microsoft fulfills your Xbox dreams! Unfortunately this app will be available exclusively on Windows Mobile phones. That’s right… no iPhones, BlackBerry phones, or even the new Droid phones. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Verizon Kiosk

Verizon had 13,000 lay offs last year and is expected to do the same this year. With their land line business shrinking and stiff competition in the wireless market, Verizon faces a tough road ahead. The economy hasn’t helped, but Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg feels 2011 will be the turn around year. Most of these lay offs are in their land line side of the business, but some lay offs should be expected in the wireless side as well. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Google vs iPhone

Apple put Google’s Voice app into perpetual review, essentially blocking the app from the iPhone. Just when Apple and Google seemed to be making friends again, Apple turned into a proprietary bully. Apple claims that the Google voice app duplicates several iPhone features like the dialer and text messaging. Read the rest of this entry »