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App Search: iDon't and Neither Does Droid

App Search: iDon't and Neither Does Droid

With the iPhone, it's all about the apps. At least that's what the commercials on TV tell us. Naturally, I wanna see what apps are available on the App Store. Disappointingly, it only shows a categorized selection - out of the 100,000 that's available. Directories died a long time ago; just give me a search box.

 

Droid vs. iPhone: The Scorecard

As an iPhone user who is more than a little interested in the Motorola's newest, I have compiled a personal scorecard comparing important features of the two phones.

 

AdMob Reports on Mobile Web's Explosive Growth

Mobile ad firm AdMob has revealed the dramatic changes the mobile industry has seen in their second annual Mobile Metrics Report, released just this morning. Believe it or not, it was only a year ago that the Motorola RAZR scored as the number one phone here in the U.S. while the iPhone was the only touchscreen device to even make the list of top ten handsets. Only a year later, and so much has changed.

 

Verizon Droid's Secret Weapon: Android 2.0

Verizon Droid's Secret Weapon: Android 2.0

The Verizon Droid is coming. You have probably seen the clever 'iDon't' ad campaign attacking the iPhone and ending with an ominous, you-will-be-assimilated sort of message. They left something off of the 'iDon't' list: 'iDon't integrate well with ...

 

Nokia Sues Apple Over iPhone

Nokia filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging its iPhone infringes Nokia's patents, escalating the rivalry between the handset makers.

 

Verizon's big ad push for Android targets iPhone

Verizon's big ad push for Android targets iPhone

An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

 

Hot new musical instrument: Your smartphone

Hot new musical instrument: Your smartphone

Often in the middle of the night, while his wife sleeps beside him, John Sheridan picks up his iPhone from the nightstand and shakes the device like it was a conductor's wand on fire.

 

Social Networking Sites Dominate Mobile Web

Social Networking Sites Dominate Mobile Web

"I didn't really use Facebook that much until I got my iPhone." Sound familiar? That sentiment and variations of it has provided powerful anecdotal evidence over the past several months about the impact smartphones are having on the way people are using the mobile web to connect with others.

 

Want to Remotely Start Your Car? There’s an App for That

Want to Remotely Start Your Car? There’s an App for That

If you live some place where it gets really cold in the winter — you might already be familiar with the advantages and convenience of a remote-start car system. Rather than fumbling to open an icy door or waiting a few minutes for the car to start and the heat to come on, you can start the car using a keyremote and even turn the heat on, so that by the time you get to the car, it’s on and warm.

 

Shake. Load. Kaboom. $600+/day.

Shake. Load. Kaboom. $600+/day.

Most iPhone apps lose money, but some freebies — like Shotgun — rake in the cash. As an app, Shotgun Free doesn't do much. Give it a shake and it makes the sound of a shell being chambered. Tilt it up sharply and the gun fires with a bang as loud as an Apple iPhone can make — which isn't terribly loud.

 

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