Category: Straight from the Hip

By: , 8/12/2011 6:00 pm | 69 comments
PlayHard1

“Straight from the Hip” is a column that gives an unfiltered look into the mind of guest writer Pamela Hazelton. On the heels of hordes of editorials and social comments about last weekend’s special deals on the TouchPad, it’s hard …

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By: , 8/5/2011 2:39 pm | 22 comments
loveTP

“Straight from the Hip” is a column that gives an unfiltered look into the mind of guest writer Pamela Hazelton. My husband is going to have to learn this, especially over the next week or so. That’s right, I’ve just …

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By: , 7/1/2011 9:34 am | 44 comments
TP-iPad2a

“Straight from the Hip” is a column that gives an unfiltered look into the mind of guest writer Pamela Hazelton. Confession: I’ve always been amazed by the iPad. Apple’s approach to telling users what they want has been pure genius. …

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By: , 5/10/2011 9:00 am | 47 comments
webOS Palm Pre Plus, loyal...

As a dedicated user of webOS, I’ve learned to accept the fact that some app developers will never see the need (or the financial incentive) to port existing mobile apps to my platform of choice. I’ve had plenty of conversations …

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By: , 2/28/2011 10:37 am | 80 comments
PreVSSprintBrides

All this talk about the Pre3 and Sprint reminds me of something… Oh, yeah, how Verizon and other carrier users had to wait – sometimes for nearly a year – while Sprint users gleefully showed off their goods. It also …

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By: , 10/28/2010 11:21 pm | 18 comments
response

I asked a question recently: “How would you market webOS?” We’ve had so many great responses. Frankly, the comments are just something that every webOS fan should read. I have been thinking about the question, and I felt the need …

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By: , 10/14/2010 10:10 am | 28 comments
Alton Brown wants to rid the world of unitaskers

There seems to be a great deal of confusion about multitasking on mobile devices. That is, what one company calls multi-tasking is what another calls unitasking with quick-swapping.

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By: , 9/9/2010 5:23 pm | 14 comments

I love gadgets but I don’t like having pocketfuls of them to carry around. Before I purchased my Pre, I had an iPod Touch, a Slacker G1 portable music player, and a simple cellphone that I lugged around every day. …

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By: , 8/12/2010 1:06 pm | 14 comments

“Straight from the Hip” is our new regular column by Pamela Hazelton that talks about webOS and mobile tech. An attractive feature of the Android platform is total openness. So much openness, in fact, that Google doesn’t even validate apps …

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