More Smartphones Opinion

  • 15 June 2012

  • Opinion: Dropbox for iOS Adds Handy Automatic Camera Uploads

    Cloud storage utility Dropbox updated its iPhone app with automatic uploads of photos and videos from the iPhone's camera roll. The feature works over Wi-Fi and 3G and uploads your photos to the cloud, where you get up to 3GB of free storage.

  • Opinion: How to change photos from color to black and white in iPhoto for iOS

    While iPhoto for iOS has a lot of editing features for color photo enhancement, there's charm to spare in a simple black and white photo. This classic effect in iPhoto for iOS can add a touch of timelessness to your photos, or you can use it to show off dramatic shadows and color contrasts.

  • 13 June 2012

  • Opinion: Android Users: Microsoft Debuts a Version of its My Xbox Live App for Android

    Android-wielding Xbox fans, rejoice! Microsoft debuted a version of its My Xbox Live app for the platform Wednesday. Also released: A significant upgrade to the iOS version of the app.

  • Opinion: Breaking Down the Verizon Share Everything Plan Math

    Verizon unveiled the highly anticipated shared data plans today. The new plans--called Share Everything--include unlimited voice and text along with a pool of data to be shared between up to 10 devices. At face value it's a welcome change, but let's break down the math a bit and see how it works out in the real world.

  • Opinion: App2Card Turns App Art Into Business Cards

    App2Card is a service aimed mainly at mobile app developers. It invites them to reimagine their app icon as a physical object and use it to drive more traffic to their app online. In other words, apps have not killed business cards…they're helping to make them. App2Card charges $30 for 100 cards.

  • 12 June 2012

  • Opinion: iOS 6: Cool New Features, Same Old iPhone

    Apple's iOS 6 will continue leapfrogging with the competition by adding long-requested features as well as new surprises. But if you were hoping for big changes to the iPhone's operating system, you'll have to keep waiting.

  • Opinion: Songbird Gets Social, Creates The Pinterest Of Music

    Songbird, the company best known for its iTunes alternative on PCs and Macs, is looking to help you discover your next favorite band. On Tuesday the company announced the launch of Songbird.me, a service that helps you discover music relative to your tastes based on what songs you play the most and which artists you've Liked on Facebook.

  • Opinion: iOS 6 Already Gets Jailbreak Treatment, Not Ready For Public Beta Just Yet

    This probably comes as no surprise to most of you, but less than 24 hours after its announcement at Apple's WWDC event, iOS 6 is already jailbroken--with interesting results.

  • Opinion: Nokia Lumia 900 Phones Appear in One College's Freshman Packet

    Are you a freshman at Seton Hall this fall? If so, in addition to your dorm keys and student ID, a nice new Nokia Lumia 900 is waiting for you. The New Jersey college will issue every member of the incoming Class of 2016 a phone through its Mobile Computing initiative.

  • 11 June 2012

  • Opinion: Dual Core Processors Wasted on Android, Intel Claims

    Current versions of Google's Android operating system for smartphones make woeful use of their dual core processors, according to an Intel executive.

  • 09 June 2012

  • Opinion: Verizon Car Collective May Bring In-Vehicle LTE to the Masses

    Verizon has brought together several global automakers in an effort to speed the rollout of so-called "connected" cars, signaling broader availability of in-car Internet in the near future.

  • 08 June 2012

  • Opinion: Apple Jab at Google Likely at WWDC

    Apple is expected to reveal its homegrown replacement for the Google Maps application, built into iOS 6, as the highlights of the Worldwide Developers Conference opening Monday.

  • Opinion: Kindle Fire: Once Hot, Now Cold?

    Amazon had better hope that its upcoming second-generation Kindle Fire is a real crowd-pleaser, because interest it the original Fire appears to be fading fast.

  • 07 June 2012

  • Opinion: Could you switch to Windows Phone?

    Buying apps for your smartphone ties you to the operating system in a similar way to camera lenses for a particular SLR system. With Windows Phone struggling to compete with iOS and Android, Microsoft needs more incentives to entice users to switch.

  • 05 June 2012

  • Opinion: Create your own patterns with the Incipio Dotties case

    Incipio’s $30 Dotties for the iPhone 4/4S is a silicone soft-shell case with a customizable back. Each case has 13 cutouts on the back panel with room for attachable silicone “dots,” which you can pop into the case in any pattern you choose. The Dotties ships with dots in three different colors—in fact, the case ships with enough dots of each color that you could just use one color for the entire case if the mood strikes.

  • 04 June 2012

  • Opinion: Sprint and T-Mobile Reveal Galaxy S III Release, Price

    Samsung announced last night that its much-anticipated smartphone, the Galaxy S III, is headed to five U.S. carriers later this month. This morning, two of those carriers confirmed availability and pricing of the Galaxy S III.

  • 02 June 2012

  • Opinion: Samsung Galaxy SIII Teardown Reveals Some Interesting Secrets

    We're immensely jealous of our friends over at iFixit and Chipworks who got their hands on the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy SIII. Doing what they do best--tearing things apart to show you how to fix them yourself--the two teams give us a look inside Samsung's monstrous new phone. While I'm not going to cover every single thing that iFixit and Chipworks found inside of the phone--you can see that for yourself on their website--here are some of the highlights.

  • 31 May 2012

  • Opinion: HTC Evo 4G LTE Clears Customs, Gets New Release Date on Sprint

    After a two-week delay by U.S. Customs agents, the HTC Evo 4G LTE is headed to Sprint with a new release date.

  • Opinion: Cricket Wireless Brings iPhone to its Prepaid Network

    Remember the days when you could only get the iPhone on AT&T? My, how things have changed. Cricket Wireless has announced that it will bring the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S on its prepaid network. This is the first time the iPhone has been offered on a prepaid carrier.

  • Opinion: Hotspot Shield Comes To Android, Keeps Your Mobile Browsing Secure

    With mobile phones becoming a bigger and bigger target for would-be data thieves, it's important to make sure your information is safe. On Thursday, Anchorfree released the Android version of Hotspot Shield, giving Android users another tool for protecting themselves.

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