Category: Mobile
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HP WebOS – What’s Coming?
The world of smartphones is both overpopulated and fiercely competitive. We have seen various platforms fail quite spectacularly while others have risen to incredible heights. That same market is happy to let smartphone operating systems like Symbian fall to the wayside and cheers in jubilation as Apple’s iOS dominates the scene. With Android and Windows…
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Forget the $41 million, could Color fail simply because of GPS limitations?
There has been an incredible amount of discussion about Color, a new – let me try to describe this – mobile-social-location-aware-photo-sharing app that recently brought in an eyebrow-raising $41 million of capital. Even venture capital group Sequoia Capital was surprised, saying: “Not since Google have we seen this.” That statement definitely caught people’s attention. Sequoia…
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia for Android Review
Written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert contributors, the Britannica Encyclopedia is regarded as the most scholarly of encyclopedias (it even beats out Wikipedia!). This incredible gift to society has become mobile, hitting the Android Market in a full and trial version. Using the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia for Android for the…
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DroidWall: The Aptly Named Android Firewall Solution
Installing Android applications can sometimes be a risky operation. A list of permissions requested by the application pops up before installation, but how many people actually read those? Even if you do read them, they can often leave you puzzled as to why that application needs that permission. I recently installed a newly-released game on…
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Let Your iPhone Organize Your Life with NoteTask and SimpleNote
Staying organized can be tough. Between paper notes, calendars, and technology, it can get pretty complicated to keep daily tasks in the forefront of one’s priorities. Heck, sometimes a person even needs to organize their organization methods just to keep their wits in place. Now how can Techerator aid you in this prioritizing predicament? First…
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The Ultimate Tablet Guide – Spring 2011
“Which tablet should I buy?” That seems to be the question a lot of people are asking. The one tablet that fits all my needs continues to elude me. This article is to help guide those of you who are in this same situation and are still waiting for the right tablet to come along.…
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Track Your Sleeping Habits with ‘Sleep As An Droid’
While I can say the name of the app is catchy (but not grammatically correct for that matter), I can’t say Sleep As An Droid is just an alarm clock. This new Android app is a supercharged alarm clock on several doses of steroids. By setting your phone on your mattress while you sleep, the app…
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MLB.TV: It’s That Time of Year Again
MLB.TV allows sports fans to stream any out-of-market game during the regular season over the internet. For an arguably reasonable price of $120, fans of America’s Pastime have the entire league at their fingertips, in their living rooms, at the airport, at work, or anywhere else you can imagine.
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Unleash the Full Power of Android Multitasking Using SwipePad
One of Android’s greatest advantages over its biggest competitor is its awesome support for multitasking right out of the box. Simply hold down the Home button for a few seconds to gain access to the eight most recently used applications on your device without ever leaving the currently running application. But what do you do…
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Video Review: Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Tablet
The highly-anticipated Motorola Xoom, the first Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet, was released today on the Verizon Wireless network. Techerator contributor Jake Joraanstad headed over to the Verizon store to get a first look at the new device. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9h__mw-alk