Smartphone manufacturers have a goal in mind: to make money. In order to do this, they build phones, they build software for the phones, they ship the phones to places that buy them, and then the phones are sold for money and everybody gets a little bit of they money. Google has recently announced their [...]
Google’s Android platform is a mobile platform designed atop an open-source operating system. Android is installed on a variety of devices including mobile phones/smartphones and tablets. Android 3.0 is on the forefront of tablet operating systems. Android is the current #1 competitor to Apple and their mobile platform iOS and the iPhone and iPad tablet. Android also includes 3-rd party applications installed via an Android Market, where many apps are free and many are paid. Although Android is thought of as “open”, this is often the result of misconstruing the “open-source” operating system which Android sits on top of. The Actual end-user experience is more “open” in many ways compared to Apple’s devices, but not completely “open”. In fact “open” is an arbitrary term. Fragmentation is also a debatable subject of Android.
05.10.2011
05.10.2011
Google has announced a strategic move towards home improvement. In other words, they want you to turn on a lamp with your smartphone. Yes that’s right. Your thumb is no longer good enough. Not even a foot button will suffice. The clapper? This isn’t the 1980′s. Motion sensors? This isn’t the 1990′s. Google is making [...]
05.09.2011
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Bluetooth support is limited. Each Bluetooth device is configured to use the Bluetooth standard differently. This can make it difficult to use your device for unintended purposes, such as listening to music in your single ear headset. On top of that, it can be difficult to configure your phone or other handheld device to use [...]
05.09.2011
Categories: Android, Audiophile, Blackberry, Bluetooth, Gadgets, iPhone, Laptops, Music, Smartphone, Tablets | Add a Comment
Many phones are not configured to work with Bluetooth stereo headphones, so even if you have Bluetooth on your smartphone, and even if you purchased a nice pair of Bluetooth headphones, there is no guarantee they will be compatible. You can find out by searching information online related to your specific phone. You might also [...]