Top 5 Thursdays!

From now on, every Thursday we shall give you at least one Top 5 list for your reading, commenting, and arguing-about pleasure. Hide the neighbors, tell the kids, and tweet it from your pockets: Top 5 Thursdays are here on PhoneDog.com!  

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As I explained in last week’s column, I’m using the HTC Droid Eris utilizing HTC’s Sense UI with the Android operating system (currently Android version 1.5).  This week, I’ll focus on customization options with Android vs. other operating systems that I’ve used, as well as the apps and widgets that I use most with my HTC Droid Eris.

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These days we take it for granted that we should be able to have our phones on us at all times regardless of where we are or what’s going on around us. (Just ask the pastor at my brother’s wedding whose phone went off five minutes into his sermon!)

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Does the Apple iPad leave you wanting more? Instead, some people are waiting for the long-awaited, much-anticipated Courier tablet to finally hit the scene. The dual screen Microsoft device has had the industry holding its breath since early last fall, and now there are new images and details to pant over. And it looks like it could give the Apple tablet a real run for its money. (Scroll below to see the pics, courtesy of Engadget.)

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PhoneDog just can’t cram every bit of analysis, in-depth coverage, and tip/trick/how-to goodness onto our home page. So we’ve built a few more home pages to hold it all.  Whether it’s Android, BlackBerry, or iPhone that makes you tick, we’ve got the goods.

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Dogfight! Apple vs Google vs Palm! AT&T vs T-Mobile vs Verizon! Noah vs Noah vs … wait, what? Dogfight! Read the rest of this entry »

I am sorely in need of some positive iPhone news right now. Thank goodness my friend Will Park, over at IntoMobile was on duty today. He posted an item about Netflix possibly ramping up with its own app. This is different from the account management app, which already sits in the store, in that it would stream movies from Netflix customers’ instant watch queues directly to the phone via Wifi.

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New York Minute #1

It’s incredibly useful having an iPhone in New York City. I would give out iPhones instead of maps at my Concierge desk if I could (I’m a Concierge at a major hotel in midtown Manhattan). In a perfect world, everyone would have their own iPhone. Lady Gaga would also do private performances for me and my husband Brad Pitt, but that’s another column. The amount of NYC-based apps available on the App Store is impressive and has vastly improved my otherwise mundane life of eating, drinking, shopping and socializing in the best city in the world.

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