Tag Archive for smartphone

Modern Mobile Devices Need a Decent Speaker

Does anyone remember the transistor radio? You know, the rectangular one with the manual and slightly inaccurate dial at the top, and the remainder of the device dedicated to the speaker grill? If you follow the basic concepts of engineering,…

Think Before You Buy 4G

If there is any single truth about modern life, it is the fact that our smart devices just keep getting more powerful. As the devices get more powerful, they develop a hunger for more bandwidth and bigger chunks of data.…

Is the Verizon iPhone Too Little, Too Late?

Recently Verizon announced that they will soon start selling a version of the iPhone 4 that is designed to run on their CDMA network. Previously, if you wanted an iPhone, you had to do business with AT&T, the exclusive carrier…

Cutting The Home Phone Cord Is Not Always Easy

Cellphones – today almost everyone has one. Not only are there cellphones, but there’s also smartphones – smarter than just a mere phone, and getting even smarter… is only an app away. And the phones are getting smaller almost as…

What Windows Phone 7 Needs NOW!

Microsoft and its partners have just released the version of the venerable Windows mobile device, this time around dubbed Windows Phone 7. While Microsoft has been in the mobile device business for almost a decade, this version represents a completely…

When Are Tablets Better Than A Smartphone?

Tablets are becoming quite the rage on the technical market, with seemingly everyone releasing their own version (and with a variety of operating systems). But in a lot of the cases the buyer of a new tablet device already owns…