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One of the most interesting things I saw coming out of CES 2011 is the Motorola Atrix phone. It answers a question that has been a long time coming: What if you make a smart phone so powerful that it is as powerful as a laptop? The phone has a fast processor, plenty of RAM, [...]
What can we expect to be coming down the technology pipe in 2011 and in 2015? The following article offers a view of the technological change we can expect in the computer realm next year. What will “home computers” and laptops look like in 2011? It is a very impressive list of changes: The Tipping [...]
Over the last week or so, there seems to be something that has changed. It seems like the general public is broadly becoming more activistic. The most obvious sign of it is the reaction to the new, more aggressive stance of the TSA. There is a huge uproar about backscatter X-ray machines and the “groping” [...]
How QR Codes work -and- how to make your own QR code
by Marshall Brain | November 4, 2010
It is hard to miss all the QR codes that are proliferating in the urban wild at the moment. You see them everywhere, as shown here: To read the codes, all that you need is a smart phone with a QR code reader. Did you know that you can make your own QR codes for [...]
Manufacturers have tried many different ways to let users “type” on a handheld device. The tiny onscreen keyboard seen on most devices is the most obvious way, but it is not very fast. Palm came up with Graffiti – a simplified kind of handwriting: This video demonstrates voice input and Swype on an Droid X [...]
There are now three flavors of 4G in the U.S. – WiMax, HSPA+ and LTE
by Marshall Brain | October 29, 2010
Sprint claimed the title of the “first 4G network” in the U.S. when it deployed it HTC Evo 4G phone on its WiMax network earlier in 2010: Is this the ultimate smartphone today? A look at the HTC EVO 4G Sprint has WiMax in about 30 cities. According to this page, WiMax offers 3 – [...]
The following video is interesting in it’s own right – it shows how easy it is to steal bicycles in New York City. The video demonstrates the use of bolt cutters, a hack saw, an angle grinder and a hammer/chisel in bicycle theft…
We’ve all seen the ads for the fancy wristwatches from places like Rolex and Gucci. But this article is pointing out the fact that cell phones are much more essential to our lives (and they tell time too), so it may be better to invest in an upscale cell phone instead: Crème de la Cell: [...]
How accurate is a typical touch screen on a smart phone? Not as accurate as you might think. And some are awful. Here is a comparison: More info: – How the iPhone Works – How the iPod Touch Works
Imagine you walk into a room, you see someone you don’t know, so you point your phone’s camera at the person and your phone tells you the person’s name. It also lets you look up the person on Facebook. It sounds kind of interesting. The following video shows you how it works right now. The [...]
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