Infamous Anti-iPhone Game Goes To Android

A few months ago Michael Pineschi was struck with a rather subversive idea. He’d been reading news coverage about the spate of suicides by workers at two factories run by Foxconn in China where iPhones and iPads were assembled. “I thought it would be a great idea to make a game, an iPhone game, to stop all these people falling out of the building, and shuffle them back into the factory to keep profits up,” he says matter-of-factly from his home in San Francisco.

iOS 5 Beta: 20 Existing Android Features that Could Power iPhone 5 and iPad

Apple's iOS 5 operating system, which is going to power the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3rd generation, iPod touch 4th generation, iPad, iPad 2 and iPhone 5, is now under beta testing.

AT&T intros Windows Phone Mango devices from Samsung, HTC

The HTC Titan is one of three new Windows Phone Mango devices headed to AT&T this fall.

(Credit: HTC)

Today, AT&T announced plans to bring three new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango devices to its lineup this fall, the HTC Titan, Samsung Focus S, and Samsung Focus Flash. The carrier did not reveal specific release dates and pricing for the smartphones at this time, but here's a preview of each device.

Six Android Handset Features that iPhone 5 Could Lack

Apple is gearing up to introduce the most-anticipated device of the year iPhone 5 to hungry consumer crowd. A new report from Bloomberg has emerged suggesting Sprint will begin selling Apple's fabled iPhone 5 this October.

Another Way To Share Randomness Blogs

If you enjoy reading my posts, first, thank you, second, if you want to spread the word about the blogs, there is now another way, via QR codes.  If you don't know what a QR code is, that's OK.  They are fairly new to the US, although they've been around for a while in Japan and parts of Europe.  They are kind of boxy as you can see below that can embed just about anything, the only limitations are that it can only hold 256 characters and there are no phones, that I know of, that have an app preloaded that can read QR codes.  If your running Android, a good app is Barcode Scanner by ZXing Team.  If your running iOS, a good app is QR Reader for iPhone by TapMedia LTD.  I don't have devices that run any other OS but I will be doing research to find good QR code apps for OSes like BlackBerry OS, and WindowsPhone.  

The follow QR codes go to Techjunkynews.blogspot.com and random-stuff-on-my-mind.blogspot.com

Blazing-fast 4G phones from Verizon (roundup)

Verizon Wireless meant business when it promised a big push for 4G LTE at CES 2011. The carrier unveiled four new devices: the HTC ThunderBolt, the Samsung Droid Charge, the LG Revolution, and the Motorola Droid Bionic. All four promise fast 4G speeds, and indeed, they deliver. However, they aren't all the same. Here's our roundup of all four Verizon 4G handsets.

AT&T To Get SE's Xperia Play On September 18 For $49.99 On Contract

Remember Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play? It's back!

Can Microsoft Make Windows-Based Tablets Work...this time?

Next week sees the BUILD conference kick off, and it is expected that Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows division at Microsoft, will be showing off Windows 8 on a tablet. Many people are wondering if Microsoft’s focus on tablets will pay off. I’m wondering if Microsoft’s focus on tablets will work … this time.

Apple, Samsung top J.D. Power satisfaction survey

Phones from Apple and Samsung topped a J.D. Power satisfaction survey, which cited size, screen quality, battery life, and processing speeds as crucial. The survey also said satisfaction was high for 4G-capable phones.

How to access Gmail Offline

Google has been on-again, off-again with providing its Gmail users with offline access, but today it announced a new, HTML5-based solution for people who need to manage their inbox off the grid.