There is no getting around the fact that when the IPad hit the market a few weeks ago, it was a genuine phenomenon. It has to drive the powers that be at Google and Microsoft crazy how easily Steve Jobs at Apple seems to be able to put their fingers on what “the next big thing” is and get that to the market. What remains for the other giants of the computer industry to do is to play catch up
Application Development for Mobile Computing Explodes Unless you live in a cave, you already know that the huge surge of popularity for mobile applications is the next big technological paradigm shift. The days when a mobile phone was only a phone are long behind us now. And judging by the speed of technological development [...]
The Beginner’s Guide To Choosing a PDA For everyone thinking of buying their first PDA, this guide’s for you! A gentle introduction to these devices should be all you need. PDAs aren’t like other computers – they’re compact, user-friendly, fast, featureful, and even fun! The first thing you have to do is figure [...]
What Accessories Are Available For a PDA? In light of the explosion in PDA’s popularity in the past decade, it’s kind of surprising how many people are still running around with just the bare unit. They might keep the AC adapter/charger that came with the unit, and might even drop it into a leather [...]
Christmas Shopper Poll – The Favorite Gadgets… In our latest popularity poll, we didn’t ask what the most useful gadgets were. Or the highest quality, or the most expensive, or the cheapest. No, our sole metric was “How much do you just love the crazy thing?” And in our informal office poll, this is what [...]
Exploring the World of Windows Mobile There is no doubt that the mobile phone software market has become more competitive in the last decade. Microsoft has had to compete with both the iPhone and Google Android mobile software. But, unlike the case with the desktop (where Microsoft still rules with an iron fist), the [...]
What Can You Get in Bluetooth Devices? Information technology kind of hit a jackpot with Bluetooth. For once, we have an extremely useful telecommunications protocol which became an open standard, and to this day enjoys an open existence while not being owned by any company in particular. That is, the Bluetooth special-interest-group is actually [...]
Comparing Touchscreens and Keyboards The home user has only to take a moment to consider whether they like touchscreens or keyboards, but the business owner and industrial provider has to ponder the question more deeply. The question changes when you’re ordering for thousands of employees. We’ll discuss ramifications for both here. Keyboards [...]
“Our ship is broken. Can you make it go?” – the Pakleds, Star Trek the Next Generation, episode ‘Samaritan Snare’ Every now and then in our exciting world of technology, we pause amidst the rapid pace of change to notice those technology innovations that don’t seem to catch up. The what-ifs, the might-have-beens, and the [...]
I am an iPhone fan, and have had one since they first came out. For personal use, you couldn’t ask for more functionality. However, I am out of the office often for work, and needed a little more. I started looking the PDA’s some of my coworkers were using, asking question on Tech forums, and [...]
