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News November 20, 2009

Some publishers giving up on Android…It’s just not profitable

It’s hard enough for developers to build apps and make money with the iPhone due to very low prices that the fierce competition has caused. A large percentage of apps cost 99 cents, and 20% of that goes to Apple. The saving grace is the huge number of iPhones in the market and the fairly [...]

A quick commentary on the Droid…

Full disclosure. I haven’t touched a Droid yet. I have an iPod Touch and use a Palm Pre as my everyday device. Here is my humble opinion. The Motorola Droid will sell well. Not awesome, but well. There is a lot of pent up demand from those locked into Verizon who wanted a serious smart [...]

NewsRoom for the Palm Pre – Finally a world beater.

Although I’m a fan of the Palm Pre, let’s just say, the app selection and quality is a ‘mixed bag.’ Apps that are mediocre get pretty popular because there are few alternatives and many people have lower expectations. Sort of like the fact you can’t open a mediocre pizza joint in New York City as [...]

A huge bear, as caught by my Logitech Wildlife home video surveillance system.

We purchased the WiLife surveillance system about 2 years ago for extra security at the house. In terms of a system, if it works for you, it is one of the least expensive and difficult to install ways to get real time video surveillance both as a traditional DVR as well as Internet Access. On [...]

The Palm Pre costs $1,250 less than the iPhone or Droid over 2 years

Billshrink.com just did an analysis comparing the iPhone 3GS on AT&T, the Palm Pre on Sprint, and Motorola Droid on Verizon. If you are looking at an unlimited voice and data plan, you will spend $1,250 less over two years. There are still substantial savings even with more limited plans. The phones, on paper, have [...]

Poor Poor Sprint…

It seems you can’t catch a break these days. Most will agree that Sprint has: Good coverage. Not the best, but very decent. Excellent pricing for ‘all you can eat’ data and data/voice plans Very aggressive calling circle scenarios including inexpensive options for unlimited calls to any cell phone 24×7. Their advertising is everywhere (at [...]

The Palm Pixi vs. the Palm Pre

Sprint recently announced that the latest Palm OS device, the Palm Pixi, will go on sale in the U.S. on November 15th. The original Palm OS device, the Pre was released in June of this year. There has been a lot of commentary relative to the Pixi positioning. It’s got some great design features and [...]

The Palm Pre through the eyes of a former Palm OS Treo Business User

I’ve been a business smartphone user since the category was invented. I started with Palm and have been loyal to them through the years as the market has developed from a niche geek market to the fastest growing segment of mobile communications. Analysts say it will easily overtake conventional cell phones in developed countries very [...]

Dealert for the Palm Pre keeps one eye open for deals

Dealert recently appeared in the App Catalog for the Pre. At $1.99 its a very reasonable price for what it does – which is keep an eye open at all times for great shopping deals. I haven’t seen anything quite like it in terms of usefulness – most of which is caused by the ability [...]

Why I Love Roboform

One of my first favorite ‘free’ Internet programs was Claria’s “Gator”. What I naively found out later is, so far as I’m concerned, Gator essentially invented the Spyware industry. It originally allowed you to store passwords to all your websites so that rather than remember them, you could allow it to fill them in automatically. [...]