Archive | Mobile RSS feed for this section

1 January 2012 0 Comments

Writing an iOS app!

In June of 2010 I finished writing my first application for a mobile device! Actually, this was the first full fledged application for any device. It was an app for the fledgling OS called WebOS from Palm. I had never written an application before, but since WebOS was built with web technologies which I had [...]

Tags: , , ,
19 June 2011 0 Comments

Photo Apps: iOS Edition

I have done this for various platforms, and now it’s time for an updated iOS edtion of what I currently use and think are the best photography related apps! I currently have 30+ photography related apps on my phone. Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order.     (Click on the [...]

17 June 2011 0 Comments

Battery Life: It’s about damn time!

Everyone’s universal complaint about smartphones? Battery life! It’s a sad but true fact that we have been conditioned to think that if a phone gets 8 hours of battery life, that is “good”. That is not good, it is crap. My worst battery life experience was the Samsung Charge, which I returned because of this. [...]

1 May 2011 0 Comments

Quick Hands On: Blackberry Playbook

We were in an Office Depot yesterday to drop off some packages to be mailed  when I happened to see a display for the Blackberry Playbook. I had seen many online reviews for the tablet but hadn’t actually seen one in the wild yet. We took the opportunity to go check it out and play [...]

7 March 2011 0 Comments

Rooting around in my Nexus S.

Well, It finally happened. My Nexus S was working too perfectly, so I had to go ahead and root it and load a custom ROM. :) Here is a quick little how-to of what I did to make it all work. All files are linked below. This is not a final release of CyanogenMod 7, [...]

26 December 2010 0 Comments

Nexus Yes!

It has been a rough year for me in the cell phone area. Throughout this year I was on three or four different platforms across six or so handsets. It was definitely a year of swapping. I started out the year with a Motorola Droid that replaced my iPhone in October of 2009. From there [...]

5 December 2010 1 Comment

Windows Phone 7: Photo Apps

Windows Phone 7: Photo Apps

Pretty much anytime I get a new phone / mobile device that has a camera the first thing I do is promptly download a ton of photo manipulation applications. It is amazing what you can do with a simple camera phone and some neat filter apps. I recently started using a new phone, the HTC [...]

18 November 2010 2 Comments

Windows Phone 7

It’s true! I got a new phone! (like that is a surprise) If you read the title of this post, you probably are not only aware of what the new phone is, but may also be confused as to why I would do such a thing!? Well, the fact of the matter is, Microsoft did [...]

Tags: , , , , ,
31 August 2010 2 Comments

What I want Eye-Fi to make next!

I have been shooting with Eye-Fi cards pretty much since they were invented. Even after years of daily use, I still find myself being wowed by their magic. I recently got a new toy, an iPad, which I bought largely for use as a photography tool. The iPad has a camera connection kit you can [...]