Google announces Android wear (watch). Why this is different from Samsung and perhaps better Although Google will not directly build the watch themselves, they are working with HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung. A bit surprised Samsung is working with them given they have their own watch, but there you go. I may have said this before, but I think watches running the Android wearable system will have a leg… Read More
Why would samsung leave Android for Tizen? There could be a reason, but it may not be a good one .. yet Recently there has been rumors that Samsung will release the new gear and a new set of phones running on the little known Tizen OS. Which seen a bit odd given the experience they had with Bada. Remember Bada? Do not blame you if you do not. Bada was actually a good OS, and the… Read More
Switched from iphone to Galaxy. Now my iphone looks small. And I’m not the only one Funny thing, I have been using the iphone since day 1. I have been jailbreaking for almost as long. However, once the iphone 5 and my first view of iOS7 surfaced, I started to question if I wanted to keep playing this cat and mouse game of jailbreaking, reinstalling everything, losing some functionally because the… Read More
How to get the news on your pebble watch. My first little hack I have this website called NewsSnacker.com. Simple enough. I get various twitter feeds from various news agencies and then remove the duplicates. So now I want to read the news on my Pebble watch. Since I cannot code in C, I had to improvise. In comes Tasker. I listed Tasker in my Top 10 Pebble… Read More
Game controls built into a slim phone case. Why are we not funding this?? Actually, I expect a kickstarter any minute now. But THIS is a great solution. Just like a normal clam case but with controls. Natch! Now, as its shown here, it would not work because there is no way to support the flap, but if there was a solid hinge with a restriction, it could work. … Read More
Google watch is coming. And I think it will be a winner The Wall Street Journal reported that Google Watch is just a few months away as they reach out to Chinese manufactures. They also supported the rumor it will run Android integrated with Google Now. Makes sense of course. They have been working on Google Now for a while, have it working with Google Glass, so… Read More
Leaving iPhone for Android. The last straw, my Pebble watch I have been using the iphone 4 for a long time now. It works well. I had it jailbroken and customized to do what I want. Never did update to the iPhone 4S and also skipped out on the five because I was too invested in the old docking station. So much so, I had… Read More
Make a good product, have a great advert, but poor business decisions can kill you I have the Pebble watch and love it especially now that I have finally made the jump from iPhone to Android, but that is another story. The Pebble watch has not lived up to the hyped expectations, but it has performed the basics. And its the basics that makes the Pebble great. And then comes… Read More
First in the great smartwatch war, Samsung Galaxy Gear. But would you want one? The news has already been out there, Samsung will release their watch Sept 4th beating Apple to the punch. Apple may not be too worried about this since rumors hold that there will not be an Apple compatible version of the app anytime soon. One can even question if Apple would allow this in the… Read More
IKEA uses Augmented Reality. It is highly effective Augmented Reality (AR) has been around for a long time, but it has yet to really find a local role in a major vender. That has changed. IKEA has a new app that work on both iOS and Android that will allow you check out various IKEA furniture as it would look in your place.… Read More
Top 10 apps for the pebble watch. Or perhaps just 10 I finally got my Pebble watch after near a year from when I bought it on kickstarter. When I first bought it I figured, well there will not be many applications at first, but hopefully some core useful apps will come out. Now that I have the watch my reaction is .. meh. However, Best… Read More
OculAR – Displaying Oculus Rift Dev Kit Info in Augmented Reality So I had some time on my hands with Qualcomm’s new SDK for their Vuforia augmented reality platform and thought this would be a good app to build since I am asked about the Oculus Rift headset when I show it around.… Read More
Now that Google Glass is Jailbroken, what does it mean? its good.. right? The jailbreaking of Google Glass (glassbreak?) is good, and bad. For those who remember back in the iphone1 days, there was all this panic that it would open the door to massive abuse, the phone could be bricked and even the whole network can be taken down … Still waiting for that to happen. Instead,… Read More
Want to go make a call from the SMS text message screen? RaisetoCall is your app RaisetoCall is for jailbreak app, so for you non jailbreakers, need not apply. The way the app works is simple enough. If you are sending and receiving text messages on the SMS screen, simply raise the phone up to your face / ear and it will dial the number you were texting. Simple! The tweak… Read More
It is now illegal to unlock your phone, but there is a petition to reverse that As I wrote yesterday, it is now illegal to unlock your phone to work on another carriers network. This will make quite a few people unhappy, especially those who make a business out of helping people get the codes needed to unlock their phones. But they are not taking this laying down, already there is… Read More
Unlocking your phone will be illegal tomorrow. Should you care? For most people, probably not. Just in case you do not know what unlocking is; unlocking your cell phone allows you to use a phone carrior other then what is ‘locked’ to your phone. For example, if you bought an iphone that is locked to AT&T, you can ONLY use AT&T. However, if you ‘unlock’… Read More
What is the difference between unlock and jailbreak for the iPhone? Tomorrow, Jan 26, if you buy a smart cell phone, its illegal to unlock it to work on a different carrier. If you already have a phone or buy one today, you are safe. This has caused many people to think that jailbreaking will be illegal tomorrow. No. Jailbreaking is still legal. Which leads to… Read More
10 things that iOS could pick up from Android Seriously?!! Apple is already planning on making a new iPhone? If the iPhone5 what such a crash and burn (as alot of people think), shouldn’t they be taking a a little time to improve on some of the features that the iPhones are lacking? Android OS has quite a few things that put them ahead… Read More
A cool iphone android retro phone handset Yes, this is pure dorky goodness, but I dont care. It works! I got this retro phone handset on sale for under $10. Last one at Bed and Bath in fact. The funny thing is, just like the original iphone phone handle, this is practical. Its kind of funny how popular this is. Go on… Read More
Top Best Tech Wishes for 2013 2012 has been quite a year in tech, but things are still missing, and I have plenty of tech wishes for 2013. I’m going to make my wishes doable instead of AGAIN wishing for a flying car for the everyday joe. So here is my list for for 2013 in no particular order. Improve existing… Read More