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It would make sense. We already knew you could program your phone with your favorite ringtone, then as phones got more complex we had the opportunity to program an individual ringtone for each caller. Well, it only makes sense that now touch pads have replaced keys that you would see a video ringtone. Already the Apple iPhone, Androids and other Read the rest of this entry »

There is Android and iPhone. Maybe you did not know that Microsoft  Windows has its own smart phone platform?  It took a long time for Windows to come up with a smart phone platform, but once they did, development proceeded quickly. The Windows 7 smart phone operating system hit the market at the end of 2010 in Europe and Asia and a shortly later in the US. Right now the Windows 7 smart phone platform holds Read the rest of this entry »

When mobile phones first came out, each mobile phone had its own technology. Now, the technology used to make our mobile phones function and compatible with all the apps and services has become overwhelmingly complicated. Far too complicated for most phone service providers to implement.  Not to be confused with Droid, the Android platform is the best selling mobile phone platform  in the world.

Android mobile phone platform
Android, founded in 2003, was originally  developed as a cooperation between Google and a series of software developers. But in 2005, Google Read the rest of this entry »

Google’s Android smartphone operating system is just about to enlist in the US Army. For years the US military has been trying to integrate networking technology into the everyday soldiers kit. With cool names like the Future Warrior System and Mobile Handheld Computing Environment, the military is eager to combine the technology of the civilian world with the hardware used by the military. Already many vehicles are linked via satellites and commanders are never far from thier battle laptops. But now, the Army wants every soldier to be smartphone equipped and has chosen Google’s Android as their weapon of choice.

Android’s army of apps

The advantage of choosing Android as the platform of choice is not as a music player, but for the wide range of apps that could become standard. The Army wants a do draw upon the open source development environment to get some of the best minds creating military-themes apps for their smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

Anyone paying attention can see that smartphones are becoming ubiquitous. Yet, as I look around I notice that more and more people are using their phones for things other than making phone calls. Does anyone actually own a calculator or a map anymore? With all the apps available for your mobile phone from Apple’s App Store, there is no need.

iPhone Apps
With 350,000 apps, without a doubt, the current leader in the smartphone app name game is Apple’s App Store. In fact, in January, the Apple App Store celebrated its 10 billionth app download (yeah, that’s billion with a ‘b’).

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Everyone knows the scenario. You get off of work late and miss your train. Now you are looking at a 40 minute wait for the next train and then still another 30 minute trainride until you get home. What do do? You check your Android phone for messages, take out your Apple Mp3 player and then what? How about playing a mobile game? ‘But all the games on my mobile phone are lame.’ No problem, how about cloud gaming for your HTC mobile phone?

Cloud content for mobile gaming
Thats right. While the technology is just hitting the market, soon you will be able to access the best and newest titles ingaming directly from your moble device using cloud technology. Read the rest of this entry »