Posts Tagged ‘mobile technology’

Life with the Nexus S: Week One

April 16th, 2011 by Ivan Kowalenko 0

When I first heard about the Nexus S, I was less than thrilled with it. The camera wasn’t on par with its peers, it didn’t break any kind of barriers when hardware was involved, and wasn’t frightfully innovative (aside from being the first phone in the United States to have NFC). But I bought one [...]

The Google Nexus S: Early Impressions

December 6th, 2010 by Ivan Kowalenko 1

The successor to Google’s Nexus One was unveiled recently, the Google Nexus S. And to be brutally honest, I’m not impressed. Just some brief history: I’ve owned a device that runs almost every mobile operating system on the market, except Android. I just haven’t gotten around to it yet, so nothing against the platform. By [...]

Concept: Automated Fuel Efficiency Tracker/Calculator

November 8th, 2008 by Ivan Kowalenko 0

This could be a simple piece of software that could be integrated into GPS-capable cell phones (most likely as a piece of add-on software for smartphones), PDAs, or standalone GPS units, which would require minimal user interaction to accurately track fuel efficiency over time, and though the utilization of some simple logic, could establish a detailed model of the vehicle’s overall efficiency, to the point of even being able to predict fuel consumption.