Category: Reviews

Device review: Motorola Triumph can’t be beat for the (monthly) price

Quick Hit: Motorola Mobility’s Triumph on Virgin Mobile might very well be the best Android smartphone your monthly payment can buy. Review: Stacked up against all the other Android smartphones, the new Triumph from Motorola doesn’t particularly stand out, but in the long run it can beat all the others on price. The Triumph is [...]

by Matt Kapko Posted in Devices, Mobile Hardware, Reviews0 Comments

Device Review: Droid 3 falls short with no LTE

Quick Hit: Motorola Mobility’s Droid 3 is an incremental update from the first two versions of the device, but doesn’t stand out from the pack of Android devices on the market. Review: Motorola clarified how it planned to finally transition from the iconic RAZR device into smartphones when it released the first Droid smartphone in [...]

by Matt Kapko Posted in Devices, Mobile Hardware, Reviews0 Comments

RCR Wireless News MBB Baltimore: LTE vs. WiMAX in the shadows of Camden Yards

The Baltimore test pitted Verizon Wireless’ LTE network against Sprint Nextel Corp.’s WiMAX network and was conducted in the shadows of Baltimore’s historic Camden Yards baseball park. The tests were run over similar smartphones running Google’s Inc.’s Android OS and using the Ookla Speedtest.net application.

by Dan Meyer Posted in App Corner, Carriers, Devices, Mobile Software, Reviews0 Comments

Device Review: Best. Smartphone. Ever.

For you techies out there, you are probably asking why would I get rid of my perfectly good iPhone/Droid/Evo/MyTouch device and get something made by a company known more for calculator watches? Here is why. Grab that smartphone that you just threw into the garbage, walk to the nearest concrete sidewalk or brick wall and throw that device against that object.

by Dan Meyer Posted in Carriers, Components, Devices, Mobile Hardware, Reviews0 Comments

Review: CoPilot Live Premium navigation for Android

CoPilot from ALK technologies has been a major player in Android (and other platforms) navigation for a while now. ALK was the first firm to offer a paid-for navigation solution to Android users, as previously there had only been open source offerings, which had very sketchy map coverage. When CoPilot Live was first made available [...]

by Paul Hunnisett Posted in App Corner, Lifestyle, Mobile Software, Reviews0 Comments

Review: First impressions of Google+ on Android

Many of you have probably already heard about the exciting new Google+ service. It seems to be very much an attempt to target Facebook users in the same way that Buzz was an a attempt to draw Twitter users further into the Googleverse. Unlike Buzz, however, Google+ may have a bit more going for it [...]

by Paul Hunnisett Posted in App Corner, Industry, Lifestyle, Mobile Software, Reviews, Video0 Comments

Classic Frogger fun on Android

Do you remember the good old days? Back when you had no responsibilities? Days spent cycling and playing. That summer when you seemed to scrape your knee every other day. No? Well, if that does not sound like how you spent your youth, then perhaps you were one of those pasty faced children who spent [...]

by Paul Hunnisett Posted in App Corner, Lifestyle, Reviews0 Comments

Dominos on Android for UK pizza lovers

Three of my favourite things in life are Android, pizza and coffee. Imagine my delight, then, when I discovered that Dominos Pizza has launched an Android app for the UK and  the Republic of Ireland! I can now order pizza on my Android phone, while drinking coffee – it’s hard to see how life gets [...]

by Paul Hunnisett Posted in App Corner, Lifestyle, Reviews0 Comments

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Speed test showdown in the city of brotherly love

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Speed test showdown in the city of brotherly love

PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a test during our recent visit to Philadelphia as part of the RCR Wireless News Global Tour.

by Dan Meyer Posted in Carriers, Devices, Events, Featured, Industry, Lifestyle, Reviews, Video0 Comments

Review: Save the world with Robotek!

Ah – the old “robots have taken over the world!” plot. Not especially original, but it has provided us with some good material over the years.  Most notably the Terminator series of films. Now we can also add Hexage’s Robotek for Android to the list. The official blurb puts it like this:  Robots took [...]

by Paul Hunnisett Posted in App Corner, Reviews, Video0 Comments

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