Now that I have my feet under me here, I would like to take this time to introduce myself. Hello, I am Frank McPherson, and I am happy to join Todd in writing for this web site. I have been using mobile devices since the early 90's when I bought a Sharp Wizard QZ-7000. When I first heard of the Newton MessagePad I just new I had to have one, and bought one of the very first MessagePads when they were released in 1993.
What Apple did with Newton continues to influence my views of mobile computing to this day. I know I am in a minority that thinks that a stylus is actually a natural form of input, but we don't write on a pad of paper with our fingers, we use a pen or pencil, and I think mobile devices ought to be replacements for pads of paper. Full story...
Gibson Guitars has a free iPhone app named:
Gibson Learn & Master Guitar Application
This app features:
- A guitar tuner - Standard and Alternate mode tuning settings - Metronome - Chord Library - Free video lessons - News
I've been using a free Android app to tune my guitar for the past couple of months.
If you live in the U.S. and are planning to travel to another country, AT&T has what looks like a teaser plan for you:
AT&T Makes Messaging More Affordable While Traveling Abroad
The Global Messaging 50 Package lets you send 50 mobile messages from more than 90 countries for $10 per month.
Engadget took Windows Phone 7's version of Office mobile for a virtual spin.
Word, Excel and OneNote for Windows Phone 7 Series revealed
Office Mobile seems to be following Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 philosophy of reducing features.
There's persistent rumors that Microsoft's Bing will become the iPhone's default search engine.
You might be wondering what the all the fuss about Palm's future is about when you read article and blog titles like this one:
Who will buy Palm? (Monday Note blog)
Here's the problem.
Palm, the company, may be nearing death's door (more on this later in this blog). But, they're continuing put on a brave face and promote their product's features.
This is part five of five parts of my interview with Ellen Craw of Ilium Software. Click to read: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four.
Earlier this week I wrote about Android Tapp, which provides a desktop web front-end to the Android Market that makes it easier to find and install new applications on Android phones.
If you aren't turned off by all of the negative news about Windows Phone 7 Series that came out this week, and you are eager to learn all you can about this new mobile phone software from Microsoft, you will find several videos and screenshots done by PocketNow using the emulator that is part of the developer tools.
Developers eager to have their apps in the iPad App Store when the iPad launches need to get their work completed and submitted to Apple by 5 PM, Saturday, March 27.