September 23rd, 2008
That mobile Amazon music store rumor? Totally true.
Yeah, so Amazon just confirmed the existence of a mobile music store for Android-based cellphones. It’s essentially a pint sized version of Amazon MP3, and it comes pre-loaded on the G1. You’ll have 6 million DRM-free songs to choose from, from all four of the big record [...]
September 22nd, 2008
SanDisk and the RIAA sure do hope y’all aren’t “finished” with physical media-based music playback. If you are, then this whole slotMusic venture will end up being a waste of everyone’s time.
SlotMusic, actually written slotMusic, is the name of Sandisk’s new line of music-filled microSD cards. The thinking behind slotMusic is that consumers, what with [...]
June 2nd, 2008
I was supposed to finish this piece last Friday to cap off productivity, but, in fact, I was traveling. That’s right. I couldn’t do a piece on travel productivity because I was traveling.
Trust me: it wasn’t for wont of gear that I didn’t turn in my piece. It was because we just weren’t prepared [...]
May 22nd, 2008
So you want an iPhone. Or you just hate your carrier and want to switch to someone else. You should be able to just do that, right? But you cannot, as there are all kinds of fees and penalties that they hit you with, it’s horrible.
Luckily for you the FCC has your back, as word [...]
May 21st, 2008
Some people out there are under the impression that they’re the only ones using text messages in the US. Turns out it’s become more popular than you might think, with 301 billion texts forecasted total for 2008. But the SMS’s time in the sun might be over before the zenith, as mobile IM is set [...]
May 19th, 2008
There are 42 minutes left on this auction for a Zune that has been run over by a charming young lady who caught her boyfriend cheating on her.
Well, this WAS my ex boyfriend’s Zune. It used to hold 60GB of music, videos, etc., until I caught him cheating on me. Now it [...]
May 8th, 2008
Todays Top Posts:
Verizon announces Samsung Glyde
Review: Samsung Glyde
Daily Crunch: Tool Battle Edition
Gun-mounted cameras coming soon to DC police?
MPAA sends a big, fat bill to The Pirate Bay
Microsoft is not planning to filter content on your Zune, so chill out
iPhone to get .Mac push email
iPhone no longer on sale at O2… but why?
Kid gets real Mario [...]
April 11th, 2008
Yesterday I mentioned my excitement to the prospect of Opera making a version of Opera Mini native to Android. Those of us who use our phones for more than texting and calling all find it interesting, but then after talking to friends, I find I’m in the minority. The fact is, most of you don’t [...]
April 2nd, 2008
A new study by Rubicon Consulting finds that most iPhone users are very satisfied with their purchase that the most popular application is e-mail. 75% of iPhone users claim to do more mobile web browsing and many are disappointed by the limitations of Mobile Safari. The study also found that 50% of iPhones replaced standard [...]
February 28th, 2008
With Nuvio suing Garmin’s Nuviphone on fairly spurious grounds, let’s take a look at famous trademark wars of times past.
Apple v. Apple — Say you want a revolution? How about a mouthful of lawsuit! In 1978, Apple Corp (owned by the Beatles) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the nascent Apple Computer. They settled the [...]
