Hey Apple, Android Caught You

In the news today: Android has caught up to the IPhone in consumer interest. What does this mean? IPhone is all it was, back in 2007. Android has grown 7% from June, where 30% of consumers said that they were looking into buying and Android phone (A droid phone for the non techies, because they don't know Android, only droid.) On the other hand, IPhone interest has dropped down from 50% in June, to 38% now. Android has only a measly 1% of the market to influence to take the crown away from the IPhone, which should not be hard at all. But what surprises me about this data is that 0% of consumers showed interest in a Palm WebOS smartphone, which shocks me greatly. In my opinion, WebOS is one of the most polished OSs out there, right behind the IPhone. And the way those phone handle multitasking, that is sweet. Those little card things are so awesome, and just flick them up, and the app is ended. Don't forget to save, bookmark, and share!

NewTwitter, the Review

I have finally received the new iteration of the social networking service, which the call NewTwitter. Overall, this is a big improvement from the previous Twitter, but I was not as amazed as I thought I was going to be. Some things that NewTwitter didn't include and make harder: No auto shortening of links with t.co. Does not include way to add images withing Twitter's own website; must still go to TwitPic or YFrog for image uploading. Has a bit of a confusing look with the new two panel view. Also, this was the most annoying thing to me, and I bet a lot of other people is that all the custom backgrounds with the sidebar will now be cut off on the left side, and it has little room to fit an image or some information. I now need to work on a way to fit something that I'm me, and look more professional. Overall though, NewTwitter is definitely a step up from the previous, and will be good for the evolution of it. Don't forget to save, bookmark and share!

RIM Announces PlayBook: The Company's First Wow in Years

This actually shocked me, how awesome this thing looks. RIM has announced the IPad competitor, and in my opinion, it is cool. Yes, something RIM made is cool. This thing has a dual core 1Ghz processor, two cameras that record HD video, weighs only 0.9 pounds, WebOS-like multitasking, a great-looking OS, a sleek web browser, and much more. Yes RIM has finally redeemed themselves, with a device that actually makes a consumer say "WOW." The only problem is that there is no price, and no release date. If RIM can build on the OS of the tablet and implement them on their touch-screen phones, they can start to show the public that they still have it, they still know what the consumers want. The tablet has a 7-inch 1024*600 display, and also 1GB of RAM. This also runs flash, with their video, which will be posted below, saying "flash friendly." Take that Apple.

Google Rolling Out Paid Apps To 12 Countries

Google is making a strong push with it's Android market today as it is going to start offering the ability for developers to make paid applications that are submitted to them. This means that some people who are developing brilliant apps without making a single penny can finally be able to profit off their hard work. Hopefully this means that the app "Launcherpro" will start to be paid because that developer has worked his tail off to create the one of the best, if not the best home replacement application for Android to date. On the other hand, I do not know what country the dev lives in so he might still have to make profit from his launcherpro plus app that he sells through paypal, which offers Sense-like widgets for a stock android phone. Also, this might help the android market grow compared to Apple's app store which now has over 250,000 applications compared to the 100,000 in the Android Store. By the way guys, if I have not said it before, this blog is mostly related to mobile technology such as phones, tablets, laptops and so on, but I might include some interesting articles here and there that don't focus on phones, too. Don't forget to share, bookmark & subscribe, new post coming soon!

HTC Mondrian Ad Leaked!

Engadget reports the HTC Mondrian ad that shows the phone will be running on AT&T's network, and that the Mondrian will be sporting windows phone 7, with a possible launch date on October 23. Rumors also suggest that the Mondrian will be running on a 1.3 GHZ Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, blowing pretty every phone on every other OS away. This phone looks like its two close cousins, the HTC Schubert and the Mozart. Other specs say that the phone will have an 8-Megapixel camera and a WVGA resolution Super LCD display. HTC seemse to be a key player in the Windows Phone 7 Arena, and AT&T better step up their game if they want to bring customers from other carriers to experience these great Windows 7 devices. I wonder which devices will be using that Tri-core 1.5 GHZ  marvel processor. Hmmm.... Don't forget to bookmark, save and share! See you guys tommorrow!

Verizon Ends Unlimited Data Plans, Uh-Oh

Verizon Wireless has just announced they will be switching to "tiered" data plans instead of their monthly unlimited plan that they currently are using. What does this mean? THE END OF THE WORLD! why did they have to do this, why? This is not good! Now I'll have to CHECK my data usage! I don't know how much data I use, but I know it's more than the average Joe, which means if I go over, I'll have to pay a FEE! (dramatic music sounds.) Hopefully, they will have plans that are over 2GB, which is AT&T's current limit. Verizon hopefully will be releasing a 4G phone sometime soon, so if they want to keep the 4G network fast, they can't have people downloading movies everyday, BUT STILL! This is not fun! Will I at least get to keep my unlimited plan until my plan runs out? Hopefully, but if not, I'm going to be very angry! The lack of a data cap was a thing that I liked about Verizon, but now, I don't like them. I wonder when all the carriers have that, they're going to offer an unlimited plan for like 40.00, Instead of the 30.00 that I pay now. In other news, Target brand will start to sell IPads starting October 3rd, and the T-Mobile G2 will start to be sold on the sixth of the same month said in the previous sentence. Don't forget to save, share and subscribe!

Is this the Droid Pro?

An image posted by DROID-LIFE shows us what looks to be a white Motorola DROID. The website is claiming that this is in fact the Droid Pro, the successor to the Droid 2, which was only launched just over a month ago. The Droid 2 is said to be phased out with the release of this new device, and Droid 2 owners will et a special deal for the new Droid. The phone is rumored to have a 1.2 GHZ processor, and a supposed quadrant benchmark says that the device scored a 1709, which is above pretty much all devices, and the only close competition is the HTC Desire HD, which uses a 1GHZ second-genertation Snapdragon processor. Sadly, the Droid Pro is said to have the same camera as the Droid 2. Check out DROID-LIFE for more information.