Browsing Tag smartphone
Apple Wants To Disable Your iPhone Camera At Concerts, Do You Agree With It?
By The Marksman at August 2, 2011 | 9:08 am | 0 Comment
Apple recently filed a patent application for a system that will disable the iPhone camera at live performances. Apparently there will be some sort of infra-red receiver in the venue somewhere, and when the iPhone camera is aimed at the performer it will be disabled. This is more than likely being done to protect the copyright of the content, and preventing the more...
Has Microsoft Already Failed With Windows Phone 7?
By The Marksman at May 31, 2011 | 7:42 am | 0 Comment
Microsoft’s Windows 7 Phone has been on the market for several months now, and although the people who have purchased one are generally happy with it they are still far behind in market share penetration. In March 2011 the Windows Mobile/WP7 phones only account for 7% of the overall market share in the smartphone market, and is not expected to hit double digits for a more...
T-Mobile Gets Aggressive, Lowers It’s Unlimited Data, Text, & Talk Plan
By The Marksman at April 13, 2011 | 1:21 pm | 0 Comment
T-Mobile has had an interesting few weeks, they recently announced that they were being purchased by AT&T in a merger of two of the largest wireless providers in the United States. That caused widespread panic among their customer base who had heard nothing but bad things about AT&T and the service they provide. When customers realized that it would be at more...
Five Awesome Apps For Your Android Smart Phone!
By The Marksman at February 22, 2011 | 12:28 pm | 0 Comment
When the iPhone came out people anointed it the greatest thing of all time because of “APPS”, and it was revolutionary with regard to that. But, what people did not realize was Apps are not exclusive to the phone hardware, it’s just a piece of software written to work with the phones operating system. With the explosion of Smart Phone technology APPS are more...
Verizon Uses iPhone Arrival To Screw Over It’s Customers!
By The Marksman at January 18, 2011 | 1:37 pm | 2 Comments
The introduction of the iPhone to AT&T several years ago saw the beginning of "mandatory" data plans on all smart phones. That was a practice that was never used until the iPhone came alone, and the carrier wanted to make sure that everyone paid the extra $20 or $30 to have the privilege to own an iPhone. It was instant money in the bank for AT&T, and to more...
The LG Optimus 2X Is A Game Changer in the Smart Phone Market.
By The Marksman at December 16, 2010 | 3:39 pm | 0 Comment
Smart Phones have started to increase in complexity and features, which provide the consumers with a lot of options and features to choose from. With all of the application development to create these downloadable programs that allow you to play games, track where you are, play music, among a large list of other things the requirements from the hardware increase at more...
The BlackBerry Empathy Concept A Phone That Knows Your Emotions.
By The Marksman at November 30, 2010 | 3:59 pm | 1 Comments
As I was sifting through my usual technology websites, I saw an odd photo that almost did not look real. As I looked closer I realized what had caught my eye was the design for the new Blackberry Empathy. the so-called Empathy is the bizarre outcome of of a RIM-sponsored design project at the Art Center College of Design that touts its ability to detect the more...
Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Touts Android Over IOS. Wait No He Didn’t!
By The Marksman at November 18, 2010 | 3:46 pm | 1 Comments
In an interesting article Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak stated that Android will end up being the dominant smartphone platform, and not Apple’s IOS. This probably comes as a bit of a surprise to the numerous fans of Apple who swear by the iPhone. One of the main people that started the company gave a straight forward and realistic opinion of the smart phone more...
Five Minutes With T-Mobile’s HTC HD7 Windows Phone
By The Marksman at November 9, 2010 | 1:31 pm | 0 Comment
Microsoft's New Windows 7 Phones have started to hit the shelves in stores, and the initial reaction is positive. The phones are flying off the shelves and all the Windows 7 phones were sold out a day after launch. This is a good sign for Microsoft, and proves that people want to buy the newest devices rather than just sticking to one platform. Loyalty seems to more...
Five Minutes With The Iphone 4, Will It Live Up To The Hype?
By The Marksman at June 30, 2010 | 6:14 am | 0 Comment
Many people do not own an iPhone, and no phone will ever reach even 50% market share penetration. There are many reasons for this, but it’s quite simple the iPhone is not the answer for everyone despite what fans of the device may tell you. In the end everyone has varying needs, and things that they like which do not match everyone else’s preferences. The more...
