It is no secret that I am an introvert. And one of the things I have struggled with is keeping in touch with friends and family. I have been through my phase of "when gaming, I accept no phone calls"; actually that phase is probably still in practice. I… more »

  Just before midnight last night (US East Coast Time), images of what is expected to be T-Mobile's riff on the Samsung Galaxy S II hit the web. For anyone not familiar, Samsung's approach is to take a reference design smartphone and then pump out many… more »

I have been over on the CNET forums this weekend answering some questions on choosing a new phone and/or a new carrier. Most of these questions center around whether or not a person needs to ensure that their new phone is 4G capable, and whether or not a… more »

I came across an old note in Evernote this morning where I was enumerating the things in WebOS that were bothering me. The note was from the summer of 2009. I had just shifted to Sprint. My primary phone was an HTC Touch Pro, and my weekend smartphone wa… more »

I am currently running a series in the like vein on every laptop that I have ever owned. The installments of that series are pretty much at random, and these will be the same. The hardest part of these Memory Lane episodes is not in trying to remember th… more »

PC World - Holy Trump Cards, Batman!!! Microsoft apparently outed the outsters (whatever that means) by throwing down a mad trump card for the other two manufacturers to flog themselves in an attempt to follow up. It gave away production units of its… more »

Finally. After being grounded behind my desk for I don't know how many months, I am finally back out on travel. Yeah, ok; I don't need to be out here 80% of the time like I was for a 2 year stretch. But some time in the saddle out on the open range is al… more »

Thanks a lot Apple. With the announcement that Cupertino's holiday product line-up is set, the rest of the computing industry seems content to do the same. Sure; if I peeled the onion back from the consumer level view, I am sure there are dozens of neat… more »

Much ado is made about the numerous apps available on Apple's App Store. Some 25000 and increasing last time I looked (which was admittedly some time ago). I am a Windows Mobile user and also own a Palm Pre. But I spent my time with an iPhone. Some 18 -… more »

There need to be some changes in the realm of mobile gaming. And quick. It is a simple question. eBooks are debuting these days with 3G connectivity embedded in devices that retail for $299. Less in some cases. Worldwide cellular access (I would settle f… more »