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“4G” is the new hot term among cell phone providers, and has recently been all over the media as the carriers vie for your money business. 4G is basically a reference to the next generation (currently 3G) of cell network technology, which provides greater bandwidth for mobile devices. The term “4G” is more of a marketing ploy than a technical reference since none of the networks offer true 4G bandwith capability. Each of the major carriers is expanding or will be launching their own versions of 4G over the next several months. Read the rest of this entry »
Even in today’s gadget crazy culture where people change cell phones as often as they change their socks (ed. that was terribly cliche), it is surprising how often I hear terms being confused or used incorrectly. I think it mostly has to do with the media’s influence, i.e. manufacturer’s commercials influencing our perception of the various devices available. In any case, I thought I would take some time to clear up some of the confusion. The following may seem ridiculously obvious to many a gadget-geek, but again, this article isn’t directed at you, so why don’t you go and ogle over the N8 in the meantime. The rest of us will stay here and go over the difference between Droid, Android, iPhone, iOS 4, Blackberry, HP/Palm, and Windows Phone 7.
Devices like the iPhone, iPad and Android phones provide a tremendous amount of functionality from creating documents to watching movies. However one function that has been oddly missing is printing capability. Tech columnist Amit Agarwal provides a brilliant and simple solution, send a document to your Dropbox and it automatically prints to your printer.
The two most common complaints that Android phone users have are performance (perceived speed) and battery life. The general consensus, at least up until recently, has been to employ a Task Killer to forcefully shutdown unnecessary apps. The idea behind this was to free up RAM, and therefore increase performance. Unfortunately this idea was based on the preconception of how standard computers operate, but this is not necessarily how a phone (Android) operates.