Apple’s tablet is about to change the software development ecosystem and we mobile developers are rethinking existing and future projects. The tablet becomes the next app gold rush.
The App Store and the iPhone command a monstrous market share for mobile apps. There are a limited number of mobile app developers (20…
more→It’s almost been an annual pilgrimage. Each year since Apple’s release of the original iPhone I’ve jumped in and gotten one, only to get fed up with lousy messaging features and switch back to a BlackBerry.
The phone trail: BlackBerry Pearl 8100 -> iPhone -> BlackBerry 8800 -> iPhone 3G -> BlackBerry Bold 9000 ->…
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It was April 6th, 2008 that I posted How to post images to Twitter and Flickr at the same time from an iPhone. It has been one of the more popular posts on this blog.
Flickr now makes it possible to post to Twitter directly via an emailed photo AND via…
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Twitterlike post…
Grabbing a late lunch and testing a blog post via email. Early this morning I finally set up a cron to check for posts via email.
This post traveled from a Blackberry Bold to Gmail, then the cron ran and the email was pulled by Postie and imported as a…
more→Since switching to taking the train to work three months ago, I’ve been watching what devices people are using for news and media consumption. If you ride the train or find yourself in a public place, do yourself a favor and look around. It’s fascinating.
Newspapers aren’t dead here, but they’re definitely in decline. A…
more→After a week of using the T-Mobile G1 – the Google Phone – today I give it back. I knew before trying it that it was junk. Playing with it was still fun. There are great features on this phone, but for the most part it’s a phone to leave behind.
During the…
more→Hey, I’d like my phone back. If you found it, please do the right thing and email phone@solyoung.com or ship it.
Just got an opt-in email from BlackBerry on the new BlackBerry Bold. Not sure if this is a “keep you hungry” note or more along the lines of “we’re almost launching.”
In the email:
“Stay tuned for more updates – we’ll let you know when service providers in your region begin offering the exciting
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This morning’s run was notable. Honeysuckle and other sweet flowers filled the air next to the Schuykill River… Far better than the expected dead fish, exhaust, and port-a-potties.
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Most smartphones slated for release over the next 12-months include a GPS receiver, built in. After that, it will be a marked failure to not include a GPS in a phone. The functionality that comes with GPS is outstanding – mapping, directions, location based experiences, etc. We’re about to enter an age of advancement…
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= 0I’ve been using FriendFeed and del.icio.us more and more lately. Viigo (one of the best mobile RSS experiences available) has direct push to del.icio.us. It’s far superior to the iPhone’s mobile Google Reader sharing experience, so I’ve been happily consuming and…
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The news of the week (month/year?) is the $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo!. Robert Scoble blogs the intelligence of Google’s email and Dave Winer drops thoughts on Yahoo’s options based on TechCrunch blogger Mike Arrington’s analysis.…
A while back I wrote about switching to the BlackBerry 8800. The long route to that BlackBerry was because I wasn’t entirely happy with the iPhone – it was just a glorified phone/iPod when released. Now that Google Mail supports IMAP IDLE, 3rd party apps are running, and the more→
A BlackBerry 8800 had been my mobile of choice for about six months in early 2007 prior to picking up an iPhone. I moved to the iPhone and the honeymoon lasted for a while, but the loss of instant email and being able to use real software ultimately killed…
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