The CLIQ – How not to launch a product

mobile worldPublished September 11, 2009 at 11:43 am No Comments

Lance Ulanoff of PC Mag fame posted a critique of Motorola’s CLIQ product launch.  Let’s just say Motorola is not off to the start they need to stop the hemorrhaging.  Lance preface the launch with a statement that should be plastered on every wall at Motorola’s headquarters: The Motorola CLIQ and its MotoBlur widget interface
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Layar – the future of mobile browsing

mobile developmentPublished June 21, 2009 at 3:05 pm No Comments

Layar is a new cool mobile browser that adds an augmented reality layer.  By using your mobile camera, information is displayed on your screen about your surroundings.  Treating the image as one layer, it is possible to ‘stack’ many layers of information using the API.  This would be a goldmine for tourists. Signing up companies
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HTC and Android – ‘like buttah’

mobile developmentPublished May 19, 2009 at 10:34 pm 1 Comment

Not sure if this is going to be official but I do like what I see.  HTC has a great history of modding the graphical layer of WinMo to make it palatable. Take that quality engineering to the very mod-friendly Android and there is really no telling how far they can take it!  I am
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Android 1.5 – G1 getting some McLovin soon?

mobile developmentPublished April 13, 2009 at 8:16 pm 1 Comment

So Google is giving developers a sneek peak of Android 1.5.  Looks like there will be support for multiple versions of the code base, meaning you can have both v.1.1 and v1.5.  Kind of nice if you are trying to support the latest and greatest yet be able to run on the lowest rev.  1.5
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Low Tech to High Tech – Returning to the world of mobile

mobile worldPublished March 18, 2009 at 10:06 pm No Comments

I spent the last couple of days filling in for my dad while he recovers from surgery.  My parents own a couple of stores in Colorado and though it would have been helpful to manage the front-end, my talents were better utilized elsewhere, like fixing up their homes and properties.  So while I was re-wiring
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