Matthew Miller

Contributing Writer

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Matthew Miller started using mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He was a co-host, with Kevin Tofel, of the MobileTechRoundup podcast for 13 years and authored three Wiley Companion seri…es books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned hundreds of devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone operating systems. His current collection includes a Galaxy Z Fold 3, COROS Vertix 2, Garmin Fenix 945 LTE, Microsoft Surface Pro 6, and many more, along with classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew can be found on various social networks under the user name of "palmsolo."

Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadgeteer at all other times. He purchases his own devices and then sells them on Swappa to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a typical 30-day or long-term loan basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer.

Latest from Matthew Miller

Sorry Facebook users, the IPO is exclusive to the rich savvy investor

Many Facebook users may be excited about hitting it big time by buying Facebook stock. However, very few users can actually get in on the IPO action thanks to the system we have in place.

February 2, 2012 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Windows Phone Wednesday; Over 15,000 apps and Marketplace failures

Windows Phone 7 continues to do well in the software department with over 15,000 apps now in the Marketplace. There has been lots of WP7 news lately and it is an exciting time to be a WP7 user.

May 11, 2011 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Skyfire updates Android web browser with eight new features

Skyfire for Android 4.0 was released yesterday and brings eight new features to a powerful browser, including increased social networking options.

April 25, 2011 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

T-Mobile announces the Sidekick 4G from Samsung

T-Mobile and Samsung officially announced the Sidekick 4G that is launching with Android 2.2 later this spring. It is still focused on the messaging crowd, but has internals matching the Galaxy S lineup.

March 14, 2011 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Microsoft acknowledges Yahoo! Mail on WP7 can lead to high data consumption

It sounds like the reported high data consumption on Windows Phone 7 may be related to Yahoo! Mail and how it handles FETCH requests.

January 31, 2011 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Windows Phone 7 Wednesday; Twitter apps are here

Twitter may not have been included in Windows Phone 7 at launch, but developers were quick to provide support and now we have at least 5 apps with some great functionality.

January 25, 2011 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Did you know the Nokia N900 had Skype video calling 7 months ago?

Skype video calling just rolled out for iOS devices, but it has been available on the N900 and Maemo 5 for seven months. The N900 is still the ultimate Skype mobile phone.

December 30, 2010 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Update: Fring removes Skype video call support, what is best in the US now?

Video calling is a service that is talked about quite a bit, but it is still a technology that is in its infancy and suffering some service growing pains. Is there really a need for such capability and if so, what are the best choices for smartphone owners?

July 12, 2010 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Hey Fring, AT&T understands; iPhone owners bring Skype support to its knees

The Apple iPhone is an extremely popular device that has done its fair share of causing service overloads on AT&T and now Fring is feeling this pain as those making Skype video calls overloaded their servers. Skype service with Fring has been temporarily shut down to deal with this issue.

July 11, 2010 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

Is Microsoft killing the Kin already?

There is news coming out that Microsoft may be killing off the Kin and rolling the team into Windows Phone 7. This is understandable given the rather limited enthusiasm for Kin and need to focus efforts to take on the iPhone and Android platforms.

June 30, 2010 by Matthew Miller in Social Media

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