Smartphones & Tablets

From PC World.

http://goo.gl/CHwSw

When it comes to mobile carriers, consumers may have four major choices (for now), but they're all starting to look the same — and that isn't a good thing. But a new provider, Republic Wireless, headquartered in North Carolina, is shaking things up with a rather unbelievable $19 a month no-contract plan. That's $19 not just for unlimited calling and texting, but mobile data too.....

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I just became aware of the Philips Android GoGear Connect MP3 Player. http://www.usa.philips.com/c/mp3-media- ... 37/prd/en/ http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Philips+-+A ... RRWidgetID It is sort of an Android version of an Apple iPod Touch, if you will excuse the analogy.

They caught the guy using his the GPS on his phone to find out where he was....

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/gps-facebook-hel...

"The book also provides insight into the unraveling of Jobs' relationship with Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and an Apple board member from 2006 to 2009. Schmidt had quit Apple's board as Google and Apple went head-to-head in smartphones, Apple with its iPhone and Google with its Android software.

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/19/apple-expands-iphone-4s-...

Very interesting.

Anyone know how to get rid of the blank panels on the home screen on Gingerbread? It's goofy that I can't figure it out. Chalk it up to a droid newb!

Has anyone had a chance to check this out? I'm thinking about getting this for my smartphone but I don't know if I should wait since Navigon is now owned by Garmin. Any thoughts?

On a recent trip to some smaller "towns" in the Mojave Desert area of California, I noticed that my Andriod Google maps was giving me some very strange routings. I had taken my GO930 because I wasn't sure about cell phone coverage in some of the areas I would be traveling and it chose the routes I expected.

Does anyone have any feedback on the prepaid family mobile program?

Some say, "The iPhone 4S is easily one of the most capable handsets on the market."

http://goo.gl/7VvYm

I am in Atlanta for 6 weeks right now. I have 2 weeks down and 4 to go. So far, my Garminfone has helped me quite a bit since I have no automobile here. I have been using public transportation to get around. The Garmin software works very well for MARTA rail. For example, I select my POI and then search near it to find the closest MARTA Rail Transit Station.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-apple-ceo-dies/s...

End of an era at Apple.

I got the 5.10.1 update yesterday. Apparently, it just fixed some bugs in the previous version, I have not noticed any new features.

OK, to keep with the theme of giving simple instructions on how to add custom POI files to smartphone users, here's a simple instruction manual to get POI Factory POIs into iGO 8 (aka iGO Amigo aka iGO Primo).

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Hmmm.

http://goo.gl/CC6Dm

So the Headline says.

http://goo.gl/hIgpI

http://goo.gl/7HHSW

Just for your information.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110906PR202.html

BGR has exclusively learned from a close source of ours that Verizon Wireless has passed on offering the Samsung GALAXY S II in favor of something even better. We reported last week that Verizon isn’t going to sell the GALAXY S II, and we have now been told why.

This just in - Garmin is releasing the "StreetPilot onDemand" app for the iPhone, which they claim will turn your device into a full fledged PND.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/31/garmin-launches-streetpil...

This link goes directly to Garmin's site: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=107112

Looks like another up and coming contender...