Smartphones

Introducing PPTP VPNs: The Travelin' Man's Best Friend

Introducing PPTP VPNs: The Travelin’ Man’s Best Friend

Monday, April 9, 2012

5 comments

PPTP VPNs provide home-away-from-home transparency to home office network services. Simply stated, with a PPTP VPN, you get a private IP address on the home office LAN that lets you do almost anything you could have done sitting at a desk in the home office. Today we’re pleased to introduce a 2-minute installer for PBX in a Flash servers.

Bluetooth Proximity Detection for Automatic Call Forwarding

Bluetooth Proximity Detection for Automatic Call Forwarding

Monday, February 6, 2012

2 comments

Today we’ve updated one of our old favorites to walk you through using a smartphone to automatically forward your Asterisk calls when you leave your home or office using Bluetooth. It’s a 15-minute project with PBX in a Flash 2.

Picking the Best (and worst) Cellphone and Provider for 2012

Picking the Best (and worst) Cellphone and Provider for 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

4 comments

Today we provide a glimpse of our real world experience using the iPhone 4S, the Galaxy Nexus, and the Galaxy S II Skyrocket with a cautionary warning about Verizon.

11/11/11: To Celebrate Nerd New Year's, Please Welcome...

11/11/11: To Celebrate Nerd New Year’s, Please Welcome…

Friday, November 11, 2011

Comments are Disabled

Coming celebrate 11-11-11 with us and enjoy our new web site, just for nerds: Nerd Vittles Daily Dump. We’ve got up-to-the-minute tech news that’s an easy read once or twice a day: http://nerdvittles.com/dailydump

How Good Can a $298 Android Tablet Be?

How Good Can a $298 Android Tablet Be?

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

3 comments

Here’s the best tablet deal on the planet. The feature set and performance are surprisingly good.

Motorola Xoom: A Disappointing Introduction to Android 3.0

Motorola Xoom: A Disappointing Introduction to Android 3.0

Monday, February 28, 2011

12 comments

You can read the puff pieces on the Motorola Xoom and Android 3.0 from the Silicon Valley Groupies or read our hands-on review for the real skinny before you buy…

The Perfect Valentine: $149 Android + $25 Virgin Mobile Plan

The Perfect Valentine: $149 Android + $25 Virgin Mobile Plan

Friday, February 11, 2011

33 comments

Close your eyes and picture a cellphone that looks like Google’s Nexus One paired with a $25 3G cellphone plan with unlimited data, unlimited messaging and 300 minutes a month. No, you’re not dreaming. And it’s just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Samsung Galaxy Tab: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Samsung Galaxy Tab: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Monday, January 3, 2011

14 comments

Today we bring you up close and personal with the AT&T crippleware edition of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Find out why AT&T, Google, and Samsung take top honors for delivering 2010’s Most Crippled Device of the Year.