Feb 23, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

The Most Addictive iPhone Games

When it comes to games I allow myself to be EXTREMELY picky. I don’t just play anything for hours, just to see what reaching the ultimate goal of the game I play is like. I’ve had plenty of that in the past. Back in the days when I got my first computer (was a really slow Packard Bell I remember) I played every kind of available game on it; from Diablo over Pacman and Broken Sword, right to... read more

Feb 6, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

What’s Really Slowing Down Nexus One Sales?

In the past few months, smartphone sales really took off. In the fourth quarter of 2009 about 50 million devices were shipped by vendors; compared to 2008 that’s an increase of about 39%. If you take a look at the smartphone market, Nokia still holds the largest share with 39%, followed by RIM (Blackberry) and Apple with 14.4%. The Nexus One started selling at the beginning of this year. All in all,... read more

Feb 4, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

The One Week iPhone App

Now that’s what I’m talking about! Internet making its own geeky reality shows: I want to see if it’s possible for one individual to build an iPhone app in a week. And I’d like you to watch. I’m going to be designing, coding, and submitting everything by myself, and posting updates to the site multiple times a day. Hopefully, at the end of the week I’ll have an app... read more

Jan 29, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

10 Disappointing Things about the iPad

The flurry of articles that surfaced about the iPad over night amazed me. Everyone is somehow rushing to predict what the device’s impact will be when it truly hits the market.  A particular focus seems to be, what the iPad will do to Amazon Kindle. Of course I’m just as curious to know if Apple will manage to revolutionize the way we consume media with yet another device. But at the moment... read more

Jan 27, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Apple iPad: Summary & First Thoughts

The iPad presentation finished just few minutes ago and the whole Twitter network threatened to break down under excited tweets and retweets of people following different live coverages. And of course everything worked out perfectly for Apple and Steve Jobs. Even a huge surprise effect ensued when they revealed the unexpected low price of $499 for the cheapest version of the device; many of us expected... read more