Author: James Mowery

In what could be one of the largest shakeups in America’s mobile industry for years, AT&T is seeking to acquire T-Mobile for a sum of $39 billion. It would make AT&T the largest mobile carrier in the U.S. But Verizon CEO Dan Mead isn’t worried. “We have a tremendous amount of competition in the industry,” Mead stated today while at the CTIA Wireless convention. He is, of course, referring to AT&T and Sprint, which currently remain competitive with Verizon. Mead’s company, at the moment, currently has more subscribers than AT&T; it also helps that the company recently got its hands…

In most cases, you wouldn’t imagine the CEO of a company being summoned to court, unless that CEO has allegedly done something very, very bad. Well, I guess there is something serious going on because a federal judge in Northern California has ordered Steve Jobs to testify for in court for two hours. RealNetworks is accusing Apple of anti-competitive practices that prevented RealNetworks’ music from being played on the iPod in October 2004. That isn’t the interesting part of the case, however. The interesting part is that the judge wants Steve Jobs, who has been struggling with health issues…

Most of the iPad’s competition has been inferior and higher priced, which has resulted in numerous failures to create a true competitor. But Research In Motion might be on to something with the Blackberry Playbook. But this one little detail might be the most shocking of them all: it will cost $499. Since the creation of the original iPad, there has been little in the way of competition for Apple. Tablets like Galaxy Tab and Xoom have hit the scene, but they also have a price (a bigger one than iPad), which meant that not only was iPad superior, but it was more competitively priced. And that is how it has…

There has been incredible discussions throughout the Web about Apple’s decision to take 30 percent of the revenues through iOS subscriptions. Many are not happy about the decision. I’m sorry to say, however, that everyone who disagrees is flat-out wrong. Apple is right. Many tech journalists — including John Gruber, MG Siegler, Dwight Silverman, and Rob Pegoraro — have their theories about this incredible pickle that Apple has presented to third-party developers. It makes for a fun, drama-filled discussion, but it also raises a few very important issues: how important are third-party…

The first LTE-enabled Verizon phone is official. The HTC Thunderbolt will strike Verizon Wireless stores on March 17 for $249.99 on a two-year contract. This phone marks the next evolution of mobile network technology for America’s most popular mobile carrier. Thunderbolt is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Android 2.2. It has a 4.3″ WVGA screen, an 8 Megapixel rear-facing camera, and 1.3 Megapixel forward-facing chat camera, 8GB of onboard storage and support for microSD cards up to 32 GB. But the biggest draw of this phone is the support for Verizon’s 4G/LTE network. While…

What happens when you take an iPad 2, an iPad game, and a 50-inch HDTV and put them together? You get a mobile gaming experience that never looked so good. And when we say good, we mean really, really good! By utilizing the HDMI out potential with the iPad 2, a gamer is now enjoying the iPad 2 gaming experience on his 50-inch display. Not only that, but it looks so good. It’s all thanks in part to Infinity Blade, which is considered one of the best looking games on iOS. Considering the difficulties console makers and game developers have been experiencing lately, it must be even more disheartening for them…

Microsoft and Nokia have one thing in common: they like to do things extraordinarily slow. It appears that their newfound relationship which makes Nokia the future hope for Windows Phone 7 is also going to take it slow. Any hope for a WP7-powered Nokia device this year is fading fast. The managing director at Nokia revealed that the company has a 12-month plan to integrate WP7 with Nokia devices. This would put a release date around the first quarter of 2012 if all things go according to plan. Only then will we learn if WP7 and Nokia was a wise decision. Until then, Nokia has around 20 Symbian-powered…

You know things are getting pretty ridiculous in the tech world when you can test drive a car directly from a print magazine advertisement. But that is exactly what is happening. There’s a catch: you have to use an iOS app to interact with the ad, but once you install it, you can reach a new level of interactivity with a print ad that has rarely been seen before. The technology isn’t new, but it is amazing to see. Take a peek, and let us know what you think!…

I have been blogging professionally for nearly five years — it has been my sole source of income. It isn’t by any means an easy career decision, but I make it work for me. But, as they say, all good things must come to an end, and I fear that the day of the professional blogger is no different. For now, I’m in good company: 34 percent of bloggers who participated in Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere in 2010 revealed that they partake in this blogging endeavor on a full-time or part-time basis, meaning there is money to be made. Blogging is also incredibly popular in the States, where 33 percent of respondents…

Lifelapse is an application for your iPhone that will take snap shots every 30 seconds, and, in turn, will give you an opportunity to replay your daily life. What does that mean, exactly? If you think about strapping a camcorder to your head and recording all day long, you have the idea. However, Lifelapse functions from a pouch (sold separately) that is positioned near your chest, giving a good view from your perspective. The only downside is you will probably look like a freak while wearing this thing — a small price to pay to have every memory of your daily life….