This week at work someone brought me their old Blackberry. Not uncommon as they shift to an Android or iPhone model, but this version was a lot older than most. It was one of the first color screen Blackberry’s available in the 7290 version. This smartphone was released almost 10 years ago in 2004, but it wasn’t the age that caught my eye. It was the size. The 7290 was huge and I think... 

With the recent release of the Samsung Galaxy S4, it’s now time to shift gears and take a look at what Blackberry is bringing to the smart-phone market. It is safe to say that among tech giants like Apple, Samsung, and Verizon, the Blackberry phone has not been too close to its competitors over the last few years. However, with the new Blackberry Z10 releasing this Friday, the company hopes... 

Seriously? Do you really love Google Reader and were you really still using it? I think the signs are obvious and the reality of the situation to me, leads me to say, “Duhhh.” But that would just be childish of me and some of you that are reading this are upset and feel that you’ve lost an awesome tool to read and organize your news. The first and biggest issue at hand to me is... 

This year looks to be a very competitive year within the smart-phone universe as Samsung, Blackberry, and Apple are all set to release their newest smart-phone into the already packed phone market. Apple has a June target date for their much anticipated iPhone 5s; Blackberry is expected to launch their Z10 smart-phone next week, on March, 22, while Samsung is the closest to releasing their newest... 

The March 14th unveiling is still 9 days away, but that is not stopping the constant chatter about the next phone release from Samsung. The Galaxy S4 will have all the details revealed, but a major feature may have been outed on Monday. Automatic eye scrolling. It may not sound like much, but Samsung debuted the technology on the S3. That phone has the ability to keep the screen on if it senses eyes... 

It sounds like more of a scene from a comic book movie, but freezing appears to be the latest threat for some Android devices. Chilling a phone in an extremely cold freezer can unlock the phones recent memory including images, emails, texts and web browser history. Researchers Tilo Mueller and Michael Spreitzenbarth of Erlangen University in Germany have unveiled what they believe will be the... 

T-Mobile is making huge strides in differentiating  itself from traditional carriers in the US. That strategy from the current 4th place provider is still evolving it appears. GoSmart is set to launch in February as another MVNO provider that will use the T-Mobile network.  You can learn more about what MVNO operators are here. The difference between GoSmart and most other 3rd party operators... 

The smart phone market has been pretty competitive over the last few years with several popular phones making headlines and gaining thousands of customers. It seems like Apple, Samsung, Version, Sprint have been playing a long tug of war game, to try and be the superior technology giant in the United States. There are certainly more companies than Apple and Samsung who have put out some pretty successful... 

Samsung is expected to continue the extremely successful line of Galaxy S phones this year. Sammobile has obtained information that points to a sale start date for the S4 of April 15th. This should put an announcement sometime in March and could be as soon as Mobile World congress which starts in late February. Many believe Samsung will have a similar event to last years Galaxy S3 unveiling at the... 

A new study shows that some smartphone apps are able to detect certain types of melanoma a shocking 98.1% of the time. This seems like a fantastic breakthrough for science, but other apps tested were not as successful at 6.1%. Do average consumers really think that a $5 or less app can mimic what a trained dermatologist is able to do? The answer is yes it appears and researchers would like consumers...