Come on LG...surprise us.

LG and HP announced yesterday that they have partnered with LG to take over the development and production of all things webOS related, with a few caveats. HP will keep the cloud end of the deal (App Catalog, Profile information, etc.) while LG will continue on with the operating system, both in proprietary form and OpenwebOS. All the Palm patents will stay inside the HP portfolio, but have been licensed to LG for an...

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Would You Buy a Chromephone? I Would.

Android is the smartphone marketshare leader. Whether you like other mobile OSes or not, that's still a fact. iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and soon Ubuntu, are all battling Android for that marketshare. However, what if Google headed in another direction all together? Or at the very least, gave its users another option for the smartphone market: Chrome OS. Google's "other" OS is still a relatively new, but growing,...

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BlackBerry should drop Android support

BlackBerry 10 is now here and the formerly Research in Motion team should be proud that they have brought their Berry-lovers the next generation of mobile. Thorsten Heins did a marvelous job of bringing the QNX-based OS to the stage this past week, and brought with it a pretty surprising amount of name-brand developer support. However, one aspect of the development front has me worried. Android apps are not the answer. For...

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Then There Were 3: BlackBerry 10 is Legit

Took me a couple of days to gather my thoughts on everything I saw at the BlackBerry 10 event a couple of days ago. I went in with an open mind, excited about the possibilities, and I came out still pumped up. Here's what grabbed me: 1) The BlackBerry Hub - BlackBerry stayed true to its core. It's a communication device first. This one feature, the BlackBerry Hub, has me geeking. Why? It's one place for all your messaging,...

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