Over at Google I/O last week, one of the interesting but under-reported items on the event floor was the Meta Watch from FOSSIL. The folks over at This Is My Next managed to play with it a bit, and in…
PC Mag :: The Five Most Influential Tech Products of All Time
PC Mag took your votes in multiple categories to come up with a definitive list of the most influential products of all time. From mobile devices to gaming to desktops to operating systems, they laid out the candidates and the…
PCMag :: The 10 Best Phones with Keyboards
I hear it all the time: everyone wants a smartphone, but not everyone wants to type on a screen, no matter how good alternative screen keyboards like Swype or SwiftKey really are. Considering the most powerful and popular phones entering…
Android Trojan Tackles Piracy by Messaging Your Contacts
I’ve reviewed a bunch of mobile apps that promise to help you text while walking or in motion without forcing you to not pay attention to where you’re going, but this is the first time I’ve seen an app that…
Picking Apart the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Over at PC Mag, some big questions that have been on everyone’s mind since AT&T announced last Sunday that they were buying T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for something on the order of $39 billion get answered by the one and…
Spinning Gears :: Is Android More Profitable than iOS for Developers?
(this brand new image for Spinning Gears columns is courtesy of Narilka, who graciously gave permission to use it!) So the blogs have been buzzing recently thanks to a report that for SpaceTime Studios, the developers of the popular mobile…
Agloves Announces Two for One Valentine’s Day Deal
If you’re not familiar with Agloves, peep this Gearlog article I wrote about them a little while back – they’re comfortable, warm, and conductive gloves that allow you to use your touch-sensitive devices even while you’re wearing them. This means…
Spinning Gears :: Why I’m Not Getting a Verizon iPhone, but That’s Just Me
(this brand new image for Spinning Gears columns is courtesy of Narilka, who graciously gave permission to use it!) Well, the moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Verizon Wireless finally has the iPhone 4. But I’m not…
CES News :: Hands On with the Motorola Droid Bionic and Cliq 2
Some of the most promising mobile phones at CES were the Droid Bionic and the Cliq 2, both from Verizon Wireless. The Droid Bionic will be a 4G LTE phone, making use of Verizon Wireless’ new high-speed network, and frankly?…
CES News :: PC Mag Goes Hands-On with the LG Optimus 2X and Optimus Black
The LG Optimus 2X – the world’s first dual-core smartphone, and the LG Optimus Black – a stunning new, bright, and incredibly thin phone – were both on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, and…