How to Use Skype for Voice and Video Chat on Your Android/iOS Device

Skype is the quintessential video and voice chatting app–and you can use it on both Android and iOS. While the Android version of Skype does support video calling, it’s not available on all devices. Still, Skype is an excellent tool for making free or cheap phone calls–not only can you call from one Skype account …

Will the next iPhone have LTE?

It’s with great trepidation that we risk waking the slumbering iRumor giant, and suggest what the next iPhone could bring. One of the biggest questions is whether Apple will add LTE to its next hardware update. Will they bother? what are the pros and cons? are they hurting by not having LTE in the 4S? …

Create a lightweight version of PhoneGap in Android

Takeaway: in this PhoneGap tutorial, mobile developer Kyle Miller presents some tricks about how to use WebViews in Android and more. One of the most interesting features of the PhoneGap cross-platform framework for developing mobile applications is the javascript-to-native communication that occurs. The ability to send commands for execution in either direction is quite impressive, …

Qualcomm now shipping 4G LTE Gobi 4000 platform; may power 4G iPad and iPhone

Qualcomm announced Wednesday that it is now shipping its 4G LTE Gobi 4000 platform to OEMs. the platform combines its 3G/4G wireless modems, the MDM9600 and the MDM9200, and the Gobi API that will allow manufacturers to create devices with support for LTE/HSPA+ and LTE/EV-DO networks. “to make Gobi 4000 available to as many consumers …

Blue Ocean vs. Red Ocean: Is Samsung Buying Smartphone Market Share?

Who will be the Smartphone King for 2011? an equally important question is: what are each of the smartphone companies doing to capture market share? one way of looking at the tectonic shift is to review each manufacturer’s profit per smartphone from 2010 to 2011. By selecting Gartner smartphone unit market share and Asymco smartphone …

Why I Pre-ordered an iPhone 4S for Myself

Tweet Share Email I publicly stated that the iPhone 4S announcement earlier this week made me want a new Android phone instead of an iPhone 4S, but when it came time to hit the order button after two hours of trying, I clicked it – twice. I already planned to order my wife an iPhone …

Plantronics releases app-enabled Marque M155 Headset

Plantronics has released the Marque M155, a new app-enabled Bluetooth headset designed specifically for iPhone and Android devices. Weighing in at just 7 grams, the M155 offers voice-guided pairing for the iPhone and integrated voice recognition for hands-free answering or rejecting of incoming calls. Stereo Bluetooth A2DP support is also included for listening to music, …

Bitzio, Inc. Acquires Free The Apps

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, Sep 15, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –Bitzio, Inc. /quotes/zigman/5409425 BTZO +13.33% today announced that it has entered intoan agreement to acquire Free the Apps, an independent applicationdeveloper for the iPhone and Android platforms. this new additionbuilds on Bitzio’s aggressive acquisition strategy of businesses thathave multiple smartphone applications in the market and furtherexpands …

Apps testing at 40 papers nationwide – retail circulars now on Sentinel iPhone, Android, mobile web

the Holland Sentinel has launched a “Go Shopping!” section on the paper’s iPhone app and mobile website, m.hollandsentinel.com, that shows readers the weekly fliers offered by retailers. Sentinel readers value weekly inserts and circulars, newspaper officials said, and the new method to access the offers reaffirms the paper’s commitment to readers and advertisers. the launch …