My oldest daughter dropped her iPhone 3G breaking the touch screen under the glass (but not the glass). The iPhone display became snowy. I was asked to repair the unit. Here's a short chronicle of my experience. First thing I did was research the problem, and hopefully the solution while I was at it. I found this YouTube video and this repair kit and Read More...

At a recent webinar (March 2010) sponsored by AT&T, Gene Signorini, Yankee Group's Vice President of Mobility presented the case for mobility. First, that mobility applications were top priority among some 562 survey respondents and secondly that this priority reflected an increase in the strategic importance of mobility services and applications. This graphic shows the rank ordering of priorities, courtesy of Yankee Group, 2010. Two of the top 3 priorities are mobile - mobile-enabled apps and smartphones....

The venerable mobile phone innovator has been suffering on two fronts. 1. The company most recently reported its first quarter 2010 results as a profit due to a stronger economy lifting the enterprise and networks divisions. For the phone division, the Droid is the only hot spot, which generated a lot of sales and buzz for Verizon Wireless, where it received an enormous marketing push. In the quarter, the company shipped 2.3 million smart phones, which is up 15% over the 4th quarter. That's a big...