Tag Archives: Android

Are the carriers driving complexity in device selection?

Posted on 1/11/2012 by Jonathan Greene

An interesting post popped up at The Verge last night where Motorola’s Sanjay Jha starts to reveal that the Carriers are what’s driving so many variants of user experience on Android. We also talked about OEMs’ perennial press to skin … Continue reading →

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Reading on Android

Posted on 12/26/2011 by Jonathan Greene

Following my last post I though it would be interesting to show a quick comparison between the options for InstaPaper (InstaFetch), ReaditLater and Readability. This is far from scientific and really just a single article but in my experience still … Continue reading →

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iOS Apps I’d Really Like to See on Android

Posted on 12/25/2011 by Jonathan Greene

I’ve been using an Android device for a little over a year and my mobile habits are pretty formed. I also carry an iPhone and I’d love to find app parity between platforms. In general I’m equally productive across the … Continue reading →

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Small but very annoying Android bug

Posted on 12/20/2011 by Jonathan Greene

I’ve got two Google accounts. One is linked with my Gmail and something I use for just about everything within the Google ecosystem. The second, is linked with my work email and is really used for Google Docs.  I’ve added … Continue reading →

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Quick thoughts on the Xoom

Posted on 3/7/2011 by Jonathan Greene

I got my first taste of Honeycomb this past weekend via the Xoom … or should I say the Motorola Xoom with Google.  Powered by Android 3.0 on the Verizon Wireless Network.  Let’s come back to that mess. As I … Continue reading →

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Nokia the OEM

Posted on 2/13/2011 by Jonathan Greene

I’ve been tracking all the Nokia news the past days and while it’s impossible to argue that change was required, it seems that Nokia has actually folded considerably more than we’d all expected.  In exchange for access to Microsoft Windows … Continue reading →

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Starbucks Card Payments for Android

Posted on 2/13/2011 by Jonathan Greene

The Starbucks mobile application introduced mobile payments via a “present and pay” mechanism last month.  Essentially the phone (iphone only) serves as a proxy for your card and Starbucks updated POS scanners can read a QR code from your device … Continue reading →

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Good idea, poor execution Sprint

Posted on 12/18/2010 by Jonathan Greene

I just caught this ad in the latest Wired and since I’m the proud owner of a new Nexus S I was intrigued by the highlighted apps. The problem was when I went to get them … Instead of using … Continue reading →

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Having fun with Android

Posted on 11/7/2010 by Jonathan Greene

For the past few days, I have been playing with an HTC Nexus One running 2.2.1 of the Android OS (or Froyo).  It’s quite polished, extremely fluid and really fast.  Its also far from perfect, but very close. After so … Continue reading →

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Why Google TV?

Posted on 6/16/2010 by Jonathan Greene

I get it. I’ve been living the converged life for years. GoogleTV looks like a simpler version of boxee and seems to have a less than considered UI compared to AppleTV. It has search of course, but how are you … Continue reading →

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Nokia offers Free Navigation to everyone

Posted on 1/21/2010 by Jonathan Greene

Today Nokia announced Maps with free navigation for everyone which is a very big deal.  Previously the only way to get turn by turn navigation was to buy a Navigator device. Nokia had offered free trials of the navigation service … Continue reading →

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Maybe T-Mobile wasn’t sleeping this whole time

Posted on 1/5/2010 by Jonathan Greene

Walking to the train tonight it suddenly hit me how awesome T-Mobile’s network announcement (Full HSPA+) was today.  It’s unclear how long they knew the Nexus One was coming, but clearly they knew enough and had enough lead time to … Continue reading →

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Symbian Foundation confirms Nokia’s focus

Posted on 1/4/2010 by Jonathan Greene

I just caught a very interesting and revealing post over on the Symbian Foundation’s Blog … The key quote for me was the following: Nokia’s endorsement of Symbian specifically marks out our future as a mobile computing and communications platform … Continue reading →

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A small wishlist for the iPhone in 2010

Posted on 12/17/2009 by Jonathan Greene

The more I use a a variety of mobile devices I keep coming back to a few seemingly arbitrary limits of the iPhone. I’m hoping the following issues are resolved in a future release: If I can’t have all apps … Continue reading →

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What about the Google Phone is Going to matter?

Posted on 12/14/2009 by Jonathan Greene

Take a peek on Techmeme and you might think the only story in tech news is the upcoming and likely release of a Google Phone.  I’m sure it will be decent enough but am starting to question the logic a … Continue reading →

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A Mobile Challenge!

Posted on 10/8/2009 by Jonathan Greene

Calling all mobile device manufacturer’s, carriers and anyone else who wants to play! This is your chance to prove just how reliable your high end devices are!  I’m tired of seeing low battery warnings on my mobile devices before the … Continue reading →

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If Nokia is about being Open why is data initially set to off?

Posted on 6/9/2009 by Jonathan Greene

After a lively debate on twitter tonight I’ve decided to reorganize my thoughts into post. My discussion with @chansearrington has really gotten me thinking about what Nokia’s perspective is on data usage and frankly why I think it’s wrong for … Continue reading →

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Where are the updates to the S60 Browser?

Posted on 2/6/2009 by Jonathan Greene

Every day I read about new services and ways to use the Android and iPhone webkit browsers, yet there’s been no change to make some of these tools work well with the s60 software.  I can’t even open a new … Continue reading →

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Dell Prepping a Smartphone?

Posted on 1/29/2009 by Jonathan Greene

Nothing’s final yet, but interesting that they are making it known that there’s an active product before it’s ready. The Round Rock, Texas, company has had a group of engineers working on the phones for more than a year from … Continue reading →

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T-Mobile G1 is an almost …

Posted on 1/25/2009 by Jonathan Greene

I’ve been playing with the T-Mobile G1for a few days now and I’d say it’s definitely a mixed bag. The form factor is interesting and the screen is gorgeous. As noted last week, the initial user experience is hands down … Continue reading →

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