Posts tagged Motorola

Android Army vs. Apple: Why Apple Never Had a Chance

Android’s dominance over Apple is effectively a fait accompli (see latest Neilsen data).  A post-mortem, so to speak, reveals that Apple never had a chance. Although a technical and design innovator, the mighty Apple cannot withstand the ongoing onslaught from the Android Horde.  It’s demise as the leading platform can be attributed to 3 factors: [...]

Shopping for a smartphone – part 1

I’m a bit embarrassed, but I don’t have a smartphone. I look around me and everyone has a smartphone, even kids have smartphones.  Even some my kids have smartphones. I don’t consider myself a late adopter, maybe just for things that are hard on my personal budget.  I experimented with an 8 bit Motorola 6800 developers kit (hexadecimal keypad [...]

Shameless tagging

It’s hard to watch a movie by Stephen Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, or starring Brad Pitt, J-Lo, or even (gasp) Justin Bieber without seeing product placements from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nike, RIM, Dell, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and others. On screen stars are using iPhones, iPads, iPods, Android phones, and you will soon even see Motorola tablets and RIM [...]

Is there peace without a Smart Phone?

Over the past 2.5 years I have been addicted to my smart phone, not the worlds greatest, I’ve had both  HTC Touch and Touch Pro with Windows Mobile 6.0 then 6.1. Yes, the web browsing was basic, the phone (voice calls) was bearable, but I have really enjoyed the syncing of all my email and [...]