Ten years ago, Motorola’s strength in the technology market was well known. At some point, the Motorola RAZR was the phone everyone wanted – sleek, futuristic look… incredibly thin… something which had never been done with a clamshell phone before. With over 100 million handsets sold, it seemed that Motorola’s stock would continue to plunge forward and garner the trust of investors and tech enthusiasts the world over. Read more  

Whether or not you own an iPhone 4, if you’re aware of the latest reviews, you know that many consumers are complaining about dropped calls and weaker signals compared to their iPhone 3G/3GS. Apple has basically replied with two responses – a.) you’re holding the phone “incorrectly” and b.) there’s a software glitch which shows more bars than there really are. Read more  

The brilliant minds at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab have once again developed something so simple yet so incredibly effective to aid the third world – in this case, it deals with vision correction. Though it doesn’t replace a full fundoscopic examination, people who never had access to advanced technologies can now know how to go about seeing the world with more clarity. Oh, and check it out, the application runs on Google’s Android platform (probably would’ve been rejected from the Apple Store).

In the mobile industry, access to an “app store” has become the hallmark of any modern smartphone; however I’ve never understood how one can assess the quality of one app store over another by sheer volume. Apple’s App Store has well over 100,000 apps (with over two billion downloads), yet many of them are redundant (after all, how many flashlight applications do you need?) or unused all together. Google’s Android App Store has reached the 10,000 app milestone, yet it’s also beginning to show the redundancy highlighted by Apple’s store. And need I elaborate on app stores from BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, or Nokia? Read more  

The Motorola Droid has proven to be quite an incredible device. As a medical student interested in technology, sports, blogging, and headline news, I’ve come across nothing but useful applications to satisfy my interests in an elegant, integrated manner. Read more