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Reader reactionsHow do you use cloud storage?

Lifestyle Cloud storage has become quite the standard feature, hasn’t it? It wasn’t too long ago that it wasn’t everywhere, even if some of the most popular apps out there were based on the usage. We’ve seen apps like...

ExclusiveDo you prefer web apps over applications?

Lifestyle Last night, I was talking with a friend of mine about Facebook. No, we weren’t going over the company’s IPO, or even the fact that one particular person got married. Nope, nothing like that. Instead, we were talking about...

ExclusiveCan the sender of a text message be liable for a texting while driving accident?

Lifestyle The point has been made a million times and will likely be made a million more. Texting while driving is dangerous. Studies show it, fatal crashes prove it and state laws (at least in 19 states) ban it; yet drivers continue to put themselves and...

ExclusiveHave you been able to try NFC payments yet?

Lifestyle I live in a town that isn’t really considered a city, but is home to two colleges and one satellite university campus. There’s plenty of people here, and while I would call it small, I know there are plenty of people here...

ExclusiveWhen it comes to playing games on your phone, are you a casual or hardcore gamer?

Games Playing a video game for some people has been normal behavior for as long as they can remember. For others, it’s just a random occurrence, something they do to waste a few minutes in a day here and there. And then there are those...

UpdatedShould walking and texting be illegal?

Lifestyle Walking while texting is dangerous. At least that's what an ABC News implies the law enforcement in Fort Lee, New Jersey would have its citizens believe. “It’s a big distraction. Pedestrians aren’t watching where they are going and they are not...

ExclusiveCan applications help us stay healthy?

Lifestyle Do applications make us lazy ? I asked you that question not too long ago, based on things that I had been seeing around the 'net, and in my own personal day-to-day adventures. While it may be easy to count our laziness on any...

ExclusiveWhich third party apps would you integrate into your favorite OS and why?

Lifestyle Google, Apple, Research In Motion, and Microsoft do their very best in creating mobile operating systems that can do everything we need them to do right out of the box. In each distinct case, the company wants you to be able to fall in love with...

Reader reactionsWhich is better, the closed or open system?

Lifestyle Yesterday I asked you what you think Apple should “budge” on when it comes to their next iPhone, along with the next version of their mobile platform iOS . In that article, I brought up the idea that maybe Apple could...

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ExclusiveHave we reached a rut in smartphone hardware design?

Lifestyle Very late into the night yesterday, images of what was reported to be a developer’s device for BlackBerry 10 began to make its way around the Internet. As the story started to develop, it didn’t take long before it was...

ExclusiveMobile device usage should be banned while driving a vehicle

Lifestyle 3,000. That's the number of accidents that is believed to have been caused by using a cell phone while driving last year. That's a shockingly high number, and it only gets worse when we look at the root cause. We love our phones, but...

U.S. Transportation Secretary wants federal law banning cell phone use while driving

Lifestyle It's been revealed that U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has called for a federal law that would ban talking or texting on a cell phone while driving any vehicle on any road. LaHood called for the law yesterday while speaking at a distracted...

UpdatedHave you ever experienced bill shock?

4g There's no question that wireless bills are high. For some of us, they're one of the most expensive bills we have to pay each month. The bill for just one of my lines would make for a decent monthly payment on a new car. But sometimes, if we're not...

ExclusiveYou may be the X factor in your phone's security hole

Android One of the growing concerns with smartphones is security. My pocket-sized computer is more convenient and quicker at certain things than the laptop I carry around in my backpack; thus, I am prone to using it for many different tasks. In doing so, a...

ExclusiveWhy have there not been more solar charging phones?

Android Right after I started here at PhoneDog, there was one particular article I was delegated to write that stuck out to me. Every so often, I see it in passing, when I search the site or when I feel like reveling in how much my writing has ... matured....

Reader reactionsPoll: Have smartphones become yet another style symbol?

Lifestyle We use our mobile devices for everything, so it stands to reason that given the time they spend outside of our pockets, they're as much of a symbol as a bracelet, hair cut, or pair of popular jeans. As our mobile habits change, have our phones...

Reader reactionsDo you care about app exclusivity?

Lifestyle Over the last week or so, pretty much everyone has been made to bear witness to some of the most startling cases of fanboyism and whatever else you want to call it (some of you got pretty colorful on social networks), due entirely to the fact that a...

UpdatedWill Google's Project Glass see wide adoption when it launches?

Lifestyle Google loves the future just as much as I do. The major difference is that they have a means of making it actually happen. I can only use it, which actually works for me. In any event, we’ve got Google showcasing what they think the future will look...

Reader reactionsIs technology making us lazy?

Lifestyle Accessibility is a big deal for most people. Especially in this day-and-age when we expect pretty much everything that we could possibly want to be able to be ours without much delay. Whether it’s something that can be delivered to our...

ExclusiveMaking a case for the early adopter

Lifestyle In a realistic sense, there seems to be more negativity circling the early adopter than there is positive feedback. After all, the only real “positive” thing you get from being an early adopter is a cool new toy before...