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The P in HP may now stand for Palm!!
The boards of directors at HP and Palm have come to an agreement on a buyout of Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) by HP (Nasdaq: HPQ). The negotiated price for the buyout is estimated at a whopping $1.2 billion at $5.70 per share of Palm’s common stock in cash. This comes when HP is looking to enter the smartphone and tablet…
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Android Market on track to surpass Apple App Store
Google’s efforts to market the Android OS platform to software developers appears to be working. A strong open source community combined with developer events and free developer phones have lead to droves of applications popping up in the official android marketplace. It’s no wonder Steve Jobs and Apple have recently been in the news seemingly…
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04/22/10 The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast!
The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Episode 20, for 04/22/2010!
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Review: Trip Advisor mobile
Recently the people at TripAdvisor.com have created a mobile version of there web site. For those of you who don’t know Trip Advisor (TA) is a site that rate hotels, restaurants, bars, resorts and any other place of tourism. They have user generated reviews to give you their personal of the location. Now some of…
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How to: Prevent cracks of your windows phone applications
Following is an article authored for PPCGeeks News by our very own member, Ziggy471. He has many years of experience in computer programming and coding, and has written the following to help both aspiring and veteran mobile application developers deal with an issue that may arise. So you have decided to download the Windows Phone…
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Google Gives Voice To Google Maps For (Windows) Mobile
In the days before prominent instant messaging, there was this chat technology called IRC. In IRC, it was possible to be given voice by the operators of the channel. How does this relate to anything mobile news related? Google (the operator) has given voice to those who run Google Maps on Windows Mobile in the…
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The Rich & Famou$ want Android TOO!!
Android is becoming an ever so popular OS amongst the masses. With this raging popularity the ultra rich & famous want a little droid action too. A company know as Ulysse Nardin has decided to take on that niche market of luxury super expensive phones. This market has has not seen any smartphone OS action and as a…
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Google Testing Android Froyo 2.2
It looks as if Google is already testing the next version of Android, version 2.2, dubbed Froyo. While digging through their visitor logs, AndroidAndMe came across some Android 2.2 devices browsing their site. As for a release date, the latest rumor is that it would be ready to go around May 19th, which is when…
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The Government Is Trying To Stick Their Noses In Your Pocket
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has started working with mobile phone manufactures, including Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, and LG, to begin implementing poison chemical detectors. The detectors will be used to help notify users of a chemical release. The implementation of this chip would also be linked to a network,which through multiple unique detections and…
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A Blast from the Past – have you “debugged” your program?
Anyone that has written any type of code for their phone, whether an actual program or a script, has told someone “there is a bug in my program,” when things are not working quite right. A rather interesting piece of history is the use of the term “bug” when describing a problem with computer technology.
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Up To 90% Off for Various HTC, Motorola, and Blackberry Accessories
Up to 90% off certain HTC or Motorola accessories sounds like a good deal, no? Then head on over to Handhelditems.com where they are providing discounts up to 90% off. It seems to be hit and miss for the various phones and which accessories are discounted, but you maybe able to snag something worthwhile at…
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Official Android 2.1 For Sprint Hero And Moment Coming In Early May?
Looking at the screenshot to the right, it appears that those who are rocking the Hero or Moment on Sprint will be receiving an official update to Android 2.1 sometime in early May. Features that Android 2.1 includes are Live Wallpapers, interactive backgrounds that change based on user input (a video of which can be…
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Intel Officiates Marriage Of Android And x86 Architecture
Sorry if you did not get the wedding invitation (neither did we), but say hello to the marriage of Android to the x86 instruction set architecture, which is the prevalent standard on desktop and laptop computing. Playing matchmaker is Intel, who has been non-existent in the mobile phone market since 2006, when they sold their…
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Verizon Wireless Cans Their VIP Program
As some of you may know, Verizon Wireless has had an exclusive group called the “Verizon Wireless VIP Program.” This program has been offered to long time wireless subscribers, offering an array of perks that were beneficial to customers. But as of February 28, 2010 Verizon discontinued their VIP Program, leaving many without an exclusive…
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How Many Apps In That App Store?
Apps, apps, apps! With Google’s recent announcement that the Android Market has reached 38,000 applications, I decided to find out how many applications are in each of the major smartphone app stores. Remember that these figures are only for the number of applications in the official application store and do not include the total number…
