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About iPhone 3GS

The good: The iPhone 3GS finally adds common cell phone features like multimedia messaging, video recording, and voice dialing. It runs faster; its promised battery life is longer; and the multimedia quality continues to shine.

The bad: The iPhone 3GS’ call quality shows no improvements and the [...]

About Samsung SCH-220

Product summary

The good: The Samsung Code offers a sleek design with an easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone also has Bluetooth, GPS, and a 2-megapixel camera.

The bad: Runs on the older Windows Mobile 6.1. No Wi-Fi.

The bottom line: The Samsung Code is a basic but solid messaging smartphone [...]

How to repair Firefox / Google Search Hijack

A few weeks back I was using Google Chrome to browse the net, and then my firewall went nuts — it appeared as though all kinds of bugs were installing themselves on my system, and I couldn’t stop them. Well, after running several different anti-spyware, adware, and anti-virus utilities, my PC was labeled as “clean”, [...]

News about Firefox 3.6, Safari 4.0.5, and Opera Mini 5 Beta for Android

There’s a lot to report from the browser world – and this time it is now about Microsoft and the choice screen (see here, here, and here). Let’s get things started with the Mozilla Foundation and its product, the Firefox browser. The latest iteration, Firefox 3.6, was released by Mozilla late this January. [...]

Thunderbird 3.1 Beta Released

After a lengthy development process, the Mozilla Messaging team released version 3.0 of its email client back in December, 2009. Since then the team has been working on making Thunderbird better and safer. For example it launched Thunderbird 3.0.2 which plugs critical security vulnerabilities, and Thunderbird 3.0.3 which comes with a “fix for [...]

The third operator steams a singer

The third operator steams a singer

IE8 is claimed as the Safest Internet Browser

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is the latest iteration of the Microsoft-developed web browser. It has more features than IE6 and IE7, it is faster than IE6 and IE7, and it is definitely safer to use than IE6 and IE7. Why just the other day Microsoft announced it is aware of a new vulnerability [...]

Nokia Nuron

White Plains, NY, USA and Bellevue, WA, USA – Nokia and T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the Nokia 5230 Nuron, a smartphone solution for the masses packed with applications, maps with turn-by-turn directions, and more. Operating on T-Mobile’s blazing-fast 3G network, the Nokia Nuron offers dynamic Web browsing and rich [...]

Microsoft’s first Android App

04 March 2010 – The BBC reports that Microsoft has developed its first application for Google’s Android platform. Called Tag, the free software uses a handset’s camera to turn it into a mobile barcode reader, enabling barcodes to effectively become coupons that link people to websites, pass on information or give visitors a [...]

My Opinion of Blackberry Bold 9000

Speed:

OS5.0 is FAST. Menus open and close with no noticeable delay and the device feels generally snappier. In fact, those that reviewed the Bold 2 9700 often attributed it to the newer device or the application memory but it appears it was entirely the new OS5 that comes preloaded with the [...]