Filed under: Humor , iPhone , iPod touch , App Review As I write this, snow is falling. That was the view out of my office this morning. Yes, I know it’s only October 27th. Yes, I know that winter starts on December 21st. But sometimes in Colorado we get blizzards or major snowstorms in “non-standard” months. We’re supposed to get two feet of the white stuff before this storm departs Thursday night. An IM conversation with Mike R. got me thinking about what iPhone apps could be u

Hot new phone alert: Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless goes on sale next week on Nov. 6. But wait no further to get a closer look. Verizon and Motorola folks stopped by my office this morning to show it off. And they’ve left one for me to play with for one week. So, to appease the 71 readers who want me to bring back gadget coverage (you, too, can sign up HERE ), I’ve got photos, a video and a short review below. I am personally excited about this phone because I have come to heavily re

Google Maps has already been providing directions to millions of its users since its launch in 2005. While, Google maps, in its current form is cool, it seriously doesn’t go well when you are driving. In order to solve this problem, Google has announced the next step for Google Maps for mobile: Google Maps Navigation (Beta) for Android 2.0 devices. Google Maps for Android 2.0 offers some cool features like latest map and business data, search and search by voice ( in english), traffic vie

Google on Wednesday unveiled a new music search feature that will include in its search results streaming music clips from partners like MySpace, Lala, Pandora , imeem, and Rhapsody. Type in an artist's name, song, or a snippet of lyrics into Google.com and the top of the search results page will include links to song clips. Click on a link and a pop-up window will appear for MySpace, Lala, or the provider you've selected. Play the song directly on Google, or click through to listen on the p

In what could be a death blow to those $50+ mobile phone navigation applications, the NYT reported that Google is launching a turn by turn navigation application for free. Google plans on launching the application to mobile phones with an ad supported model. The convenience of the application that may be pre-loaded onto smart phones could make the millions of smart phone users owners of a pretty solid mobile navigation application. Recently I reviewed the TomTom application for the iPhone and