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DaBus app on KITV Social Wire

March 19th, 2012 · 4 Comments · iPhone, open data, smartphone

Andy Yip and Jane Zeng, creators of the iPhone app DaBus were featured on Yasmin Dar‘s Social Wire segment on KITV’s morning show. Both Andy and Jane were part of CityCamp Honolulu and the CityCampHNL Hackathon. In fact they won top honors at the Hackathon. Since the Hackathon, they came up with a name for [...]

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Droid X

August 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · smartphone

At this month’s Bytemarks Lunch, I invited Paul Dickey and Edward Wright from Verizon Wireless to talk about Motorola’s new Google Android phone, Droid X. I did get to see (and touch) one back in June but it wasn’t until now that I actually get to play with one. On first appearance, the feels big. [...]

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HTC Incredible

May 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Android, gadget, iPhone, smartphone, technology Hawaii business

These Android phones are coming out fast and furious. Late last year I got to touch a Motorola Droid. It was a little heavy compared to the iPhone and it had a built in keyboard that nobody liked. Next up, the Nexus One was sold by Google early this year with quite a bit of [...]

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Epic Tracker

May 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments · geolocation, iPhone, smartphone

About a week ago, friends over at Archinoetics asked if I wanted to be a beta tester for their new iPhone app called Epic Tracker. I had heard about Epic Tracker from following Roz Savage’s row across the Pacific on her “epic” solo row. The program’s first iteration was called Roz Tracker and on her [...]

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Motorola Droid

December 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · gadget, Google, iPhone, smartphone

For the past week or so I’ve had the pleasure of using a Motorola Droid courtesy of Verizon Wireless. It’s a loaner so I have to return it shortly. As these are my first impressions, I am going to make the obvious comparisons to the iPhone 3GS which I will admit I am in love [...]

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