Motorola ATRIX to arrive March 1st?

After playing with the ATRIX 4G at CES this year I am excited to see what it brings to the table when it comes to Android based smartphones. I tend to not get excited about specs alone on any phone but this model stands out as being one that will shine. The ATRIX itself is an impressive phone but the real added value comes when you add the “optional” accessories such as the laptop dock as well as the multimedia dock. If you have ever wanted to fully utilize your phones hardware, this phone, with the added accessories, may be the one you have been waiting for. The real question is will consumers pony up…

Exclusive: BlackBerry Storm 3 shows up, tells all

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New Windows Phone 7 update details emerge

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Life with Android – Day 2

Day 2 – Growing more accustomed to the Android operating system things are moving smoothly now. On day one we discussed how important email was to me, that given my love for the BlackBerry email solution, it was now time to investigate this on the Android platform. Armed with five email accounts, two Google ( Gmail ), one corporate exchange, and two IMAP business accounts, let us see if Android could be a viable replacement for my loved BlackBerry. Underneath first with Google’s own Gmail service, we look into the setup and experience. Setup, or lack thereof is one of the easiest I have experienced. This being due to the fact that upon entering your…

Life with Android – Day 1

Android has grown over the years proving to be a very popular smartphones solution. We now have several choices when it comes to smartphones. Depending on the requirements there is no clear cut wrong or right answer, it is a matter of choosing what works best for your use case. Some prefer simple interfaces with less customization while others don’t mind sacrificing user experience to gain more customization. In the end forget the hype, forget the specs, find what works for you and stick with it. When it comes to email and productivity I choose BlackBerry. Having a BlackBerry attached to my side gives me a feeling of being comfortably in touch, having faith I…

Trying out life with Android

As many of you know I typically use a BlackBerry device to manage the business side of my life. From email, contacts, calendar, and task management I have relied on BlackBerry for the simple reason that it works well and is trouble free. I will be the first to admit that there is a gap that BlackBerry cannot fill. When it comes to media, being consumption or production, BlackBerry is usually my last choice. For this very reason I carry a second phone, usually the iPhone 4 or Nokia N8, both which fill this gap nicely. Recently I have had the oportunity to use the T-Mobile G2, which if you aren’t aware, is an Android…

BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Launching February?

I thought the urge to get a BlackBerry PlayBook would pass but it seems I’m just getting more and more excited. Now realizing it may be released as soon as February things have escalated. What about you, are you still interested in the BlackBerry PlayBook? Amplify’d from www.intomobile.com For those looking to nail down a launch date for RIM’s tablet, Trinidad & Tabago’s TSTT’s Jay Alvi has said they plan on launching the BlackBerry PlayBook this February. That falls in line with RIM’s established early 2011 launch window, and also conveniently lands on the month of Mobile World Congress, where co-CEO Mike Lazaridis will be issuing a keynote. The BlackBerry PlayBook was announced at the…

Apple passes RIM to become fourth largest phone vendor

Many know I’m a big BlackBerry supporter simply for the reason that the BlackBerry OS platform is stable and provides the best email solution available, at least in my opinion. The problem is people don’t just want email anymore. Applications and media are playing a huge role in the decision making process of mobile phone consumers. When you go to the store shopping for a new phone which would you choose, a phone with a qwerty keyboard that looks the same as the one that was out 5 years ago, or a phone that has a large touch screen with applications that show you how to survive a shark attack. You never know when you…

Nokia N8 Meets Mickey Mouse and Survives

Last week I had the honor of going to Disney World with my family and decided prior to leaving that the primary tool to document the trip would be the newly released Nokia N8. There are a lot of factors to this decision but let’s focus on two at the moment. First let’s be honest here, I was ready for failure and assumed that by using the phone as my primary device I would be done with it by the end of the week. Second the camera being 12MP AF Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/28, that supports 720P video at 25FPS, had me wondering if it could truly replace a good point and shoot camera/camcorder. With…

Mobile market saturation makes dumb consumers

Turned on the radio lately, then surely you have heard at least one commercial touting the latest and greatest smartphone from one of the self promoted “fastest” networks around. It seems that we can’t go a month without a new model coming out that supposedly trumps all previous models. Sure, this is how marketing works but in the process what are we telling the consumers about our products? What if every month a new type of ketchup came out claiming to be better than the last revision. I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t have a clue what type of ketchup to purchase much less which one I actually liked to eat. One might…