Tag: mobile OS

  • R2-D2 is powered by Android [pic]

    I find that I tend to learn something new every day.  Today, thanks to the t-shirt below, I learned that R2-D2 is powered by the Android operating system.  I wonder which version R2 runs?  I still have 1.5 on my Motorola i1 and I HATE it!  I never thought battery life could suck this bad […]

  • Study: Windows 98 web traffic beating Windows Phone 7

    Image via Wikipedia According to Don Reisinger, the writer of The Digital Home column over at cnet has written about a study by the web advertising company Chitika that says that traffic from Windows 98 is still greater the the traffic seen coming from Windows Phone 7 devices. According to their statistics, Windows 98 (probably […]

  • For Android to thrive, Google must do more

    For months, I have been toying around with the Android SDK.  There are a number of reasons that I have decided to being creating Android applications that range from the potential money I could make to the fact that it is an open source OS and I don’t have the money or time to invest […]

  • Global Geek News Podcast #24

    Here are the shownotes for episode #24 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Freemium model to predominate in mobile apps with VAS revenues reaching $14Billion by 2014 One in five families are cellphone only Can Android save Motorola? Twitter believes we […]

  • Apple’s approval system: keeping them safe or ruining their platform?

    What sets the iPhone apart from the pack is its software. If Apple is going to continue to cripple what software is available, it may just be surprised how fast Android can overtake its prized jewel.