John Walton

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John Walton

John Walton is a student and writer who spends most of his free time fingerpicking an acoustic guitar and authoring biographical snippets in the third-person. He lives with his wife and their cat, who are, like him, compulsive movers/travelers. He is passionate about open source software, learning to speak Thai, and watching poker tournaments on television (WPT).

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Acer preps for mobile market invasion

Don't expect it anytime soon, but within a year, ads for Acer's smartphones will be splattered all over the place. Not only that, but some will be free. Free smartphones - including those running...

Samsung's UltraTouch commercial is cute and furry

I came across some shots of the S8300 at the end of the year, and the generous screen impressed me more than the 8MP camera spec that was fueling the phone's buzz. But Samsung found a way to make the...

HTC's new product pages: Magic, Touch Pro2, Diamond2

It's no surprise, but it sure is nice to see. Check out HTC's new product pages for the phones revealed at Mobile World Congress. Those folks sure do know how to entice me. Being the Android fan that...

MWC: QuickOffice for Android (and other prospects)

A few people have expressed some disappointment regarding the MWC announcement of QuickOffice for Android. The app that gave Symbian users read/write access to Microsoft Office 2007 files - Word,...

Symbian S60 app review - Skyfire (beta)

The folks at Skyfire aren't playing around. I had an understanding of their objectives a couple of months ago, but I am impressed with the results they've produced - it turned out better than I had...

Android app review - TippoBilloSplitamus

Of all the Android programs available for calculating tips and splitting bills, this one is the silliest. I also think it's the most practical, functional, and fun to use. It definitely has the best...

Android Market will offer priced apps soon

I know. At this point, this is pretty common knowledge for Android lovers. I didn't want to jump on every speculative article I read and play catch up all month. So I waited for the details to fall...

Verizon announces improved Mobile Web

Apparently, Big Red is promising full HTML browsing for those who subscribe to the Mobile Web service, regardless of phone model. The new product, Optimized View, is made possible by Novarra's Vision...

Opera's "One Web" ideal comes into focus with Turbo

While I had some criticism for Opera's choice to push a feature-phone browser on a smartphone audience, I have to applaud the Norwegian team's focus on increasing the speed of all mobile browsing. In...

A cell phone... with a projector?

It's coming to Europe and Korea first, but knowing that the technology is out there, somewhere, gets me all excited. Noah just sent a press release from Barcelona, where Texas Instruments and Samsung...

MWC News: Tegra-based Android device, the $99 HD MID, and the future of "Google Phones"

That's right, folks. 2009 is a big year for NVIDIA's smaller-than-a-dime Tegra chips, and it's a big year for Android as well. For those who haven't followed Tegra news, the two system-on-a-chip...

Modu to release line of jackets for their tiny, naked phone

The company, which shares the name of their flagship product, is garnering all kinds of recognition (and funding) for their revolutionary approach to mobile phone design. In the photo below, the...

TeleNav launching full-blown GPS navigation for Android

On February 24th, G1 owners can have full color, 3D, turn-by-turn TeleNav navigation in their hands. The software features voice recognition, traffic alerts, and one-touch re-routing. The first 30...

Garmin and Asus team up for sleek nav-phones

The nüvifone M20 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 professional with push email and document viewing capabilities, and features a "desktop-like" Internet browser. Bluetooth, and as you probably guessed, Garmin...

CompuLab offers made-to-order enterprise handsets

This one has been talked about for a little while, but I never got around to writing a post. It won't be available until March, so I think it's still got some pre-release post-worthiness. CompuLab...

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