I just set up a newly purchased Windows PC, and I decided to keep track of the programs I consider important to getting up an running. Here is what I have so far, and I am open to suggestions: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html VLC Video Player (this baby will play anything) http://www.videolan.org/vlc/…
2D barcodes and mobile learning
I first got interested in barcodes and mobile phones when I discovered I could scan UPC at the store and look up prices and reviews from my G1 Google phone. ShopSavvy and Compare Everywhere are still two of the most popular Android apps on the Android Market. But a recent…
Parallel Kingdom: location-based MMORPG for Android
I recently came across a couple of Android apps with huge potential. Here is a quick review: Parallel Kingdom Parallel Kingdom is a location-based Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game (MMORPG) developed for Android. Parallel Kingdom uses real world prompts as its basis for the virtual world, giving users the ability…
Top 20 Android Apps — One Month After G1 Launch
My name is Tom and I am an Android app addict. I currently have over 150 apps installed on my G1 phone. So here are my top 20. I haven’t included any games in my list, since that is more a matter of personal preference. I also find that the…
The Race to the Bottom…
This is in response to my brother’s post, My $.02 on Apple’s Response to Microsoft’s Response. Even though I use a MacBook Pro these days, I consider myself as much of an Apple critic as a Microsoft critic. The fact that I have used macs a lot lately has actually…