Archives for the 'Mobile Technology' Category
Newly Released iOS and Google Android mobile apps
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
The newest Daily Readings app for iOS and Google Android is out and ready for download! Let’s discuss Android first: There are some bug fixes to help with devices running Jelly Bean; the addition of the Prokeimenon before the Epistles; on option to turn the Prokeimenon off, if you just want to see the readings; [...]
A plea from the wireless Internet
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Please, let’s get it right with mobile Internet. Wireless Internet access from mobile devices reached the watershed moment with the iPhone over two plus years ago when the iPhone was first launched. Now with the third generation iPhone (3 Gs) out we can’t say we are caught by surprise. As a power iPhone user, nothing [...]
iPhone App Store: Can it remain “clean”?
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
CNN has just published this story commenting about the recent string of nude and objectionable content that has appeared on some iPhone applications (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/06/explicit.iphone.apps/index.html) . Some of the content has been deliberate by the vendor. Those applications were promptly removed from the store once the issues were reported. However, when an application allows users to [...]
Happy Birthday iPhone Application Store
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
It’s mind-boggling to think that the Apple App store for the iPhone is only a year old…today. 50,000 applications later, it’s proven to be a huge boon to making the “smartphone” category of devices in reality more like a sub-laptop category of devices. It’s just a matter of time (estimates are 2020) that the mobile [...]
When your child wants a cell phone
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
According to the Yankee Group, the number of 8-year-olds with phones is now estimated at 506,000. The number of 9 year olds with phones jumps to 1.25 million. To put things in perspective, the number of 8-year-olds with phones has doubled in just four years. The New York Times published an article entitled, “Child wants [...]