Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Monetizing Mobile – facebook IPO fears

February 14, 2012mike Comments Off

Unless you live under a rock you have heard that Mark Zuckerberg’s baby is about to hatch. Facebook is going public. I will spare you the details of this as WSJ, CNBC, and every other news media source has talked on and on about what could be the biggest IPO since Google. Facebook is a [...]

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The US Patent Courts and Gizmodo fail to understand the word “invention” again

December 20, 2011mike Comments Off

It looks likely that HTC and possibly other android developers could be defeated in the US Patent Courts by Apple. Gizmodo correctly writes how this could be a blow to the consumer as it would limit competition and choice. I also completely agree with the Gizmodo article in that if Apple wins its battle with [...]

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Fruit Ninja – Kindle Fire Review – Amazon Appstore for Android

November 28, 2011mike Comments Off

A new feature on Styrofoamsoup will be Kindle Fire apps reviews.  These apps are available on other android devices through Amazon Appstore for Android (and in some cases Google Android Market or the Apple Appstore for iOS) While I will be testing many of these apps on my Motorola Photon 4G as well (running android 2.3) [...]

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Kindle Fire vs. nook tablet vs. iPad 2 – To each his own

November 23, 2011mike Comments Off

Last night we had what is likely a rare opportunity (outside of the big tech blogs or a Best Buy) to have an Amazon Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble nook tablet, and Apple iPad 2 in the same room. Quickly doing some head to head Netflixing (Apocolypto if you’d like to know) and Youtubing (the [...]

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Kindle Fire – a user’s perspective

November 21, 2011mike Comments Off

By now you have seen more previews reviews and head to heads of the Amazon Kindle Fire then you care to see.  Each one touting specs and resolutions and whatnot.  Oddly enough the Kindle Fire user will never know what is inside their device (unless they drop it off a five story building), so all [...]

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