Have a cellphone? Then your computer can use it to go online. If it's Android.

via androidcentral.com

I feel like I'm becoming an Android fanboy, but this demo of how to use your Android cell phone for Internet access for your laptop is awesome. So simple, how it should be. Now, your phone company might try to block that feature, but you can always unlock it if you're so interested. Just knowing that it exists and works is just amazing. Nice work on this one, Google.

iPhone changes everything. Again. Or not.

It seems to me that Apple changed the game with their first iPhone. Touch screens on a phone, applications, etc. Now, that's old news, and they're innovation has slowed. Now they just continue in their model to keep everything Apple controlled, and not much you can do about it. I'm unimpressed, and will definitely be looking for an Android-based phone next. Too bad carriers are trying to lock those down, too, so people turn to "rooting" to open them up (as they should be).

What if your computer stopped you from downloading programs, like Firefox. Would you stand for that? Why stand for it on your mobile device? Thanks, Apples, but no thanks.

p.s. same reason not to buy an iPad or iPod touch. Schools, I'm talking to you. Closed platforms close choices and keep us vendor locked. Inappropriate and not useful.