For those not following along after two years of webOS glory (and more than 10 with Palm OS) I made the sad sad jump to the “Operating System of the Future”, android. I have written at length about the shortcomings of android (http://www.styrofoamsoup.com/tech/droid-for-a-day-aka-linux-mobile/ , http://www.styrofoamsoup.com/tech/android-no-multitasking-but-an-awesome-back-button/, and probably some articles I forgot to crosslink) Now I want my [...]

Android is the new champion of the mobile operating system fight.  It is a feature packed operating system that brings some openess and customization to the previously iOS dominated space. Both iOS and android are missing something desktop computer users have come accustomed to: multitasking.  Sure both OSes say they have updated to include multitasking, but as [...]

The interestingly named magazine “wired” implies a connectivity to things, which once required a chord. Today with the notable exception of needing to plug in to recharge (though the Palm Touchstone cut that cord too) the days of being wired are becoming a thing of the past. Today the chord that is strangling consumers is [...]

So I did it, I bought myself a birthday present.  The Amazon Kindle Fire.  I’m not in the first week’s shipping cycle, but the next.  I can’t wait. Enough on the Kindle Fire, let’s talk about what could perhaps be Amazon’s biggest announcement in the mobile computing sphere.  Amazon Silk.  The web browser that promises [...]

The holiday season is upon us (I have already seen Christmas trees in stores!) and many people are considering a tablet. There are many options in the tablet space, with the iPad 2 being the most known.  This article isn’t meant to go at length into the $500+ iPad since you either use iOS or [...]