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. 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 the latest and greatest foldables, wearables, and 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

Windows Phone Wednesday; 100,000 apps published to the Marketplace

Microsoft has now passed the 100,000 apps published mark, second in time to reach this only to Apple iOS. It's quite a feat for a platform that still can't get much traction in the smartphone world.

June 6, 2012 by Matthew Miller in Developer

Evernote helps Android users remember new people with Hello app

I believe our smartphones should work for us and enhance our lives so when I see apps like Hello I get excited about what developers can do to make this a reality. If you have trouble remembering people you meet, then install this free application now.

May 30, 2012 by Matthew Miller in Developer

Appreciate helps you discover apps in the Google Play Store

With nearly half a million apps in the Google Play Store, finding new apps to install can be a daunting task. Thankfully, Appreciate Personal App Market helps apply smart filtering to the Store.

May 9, 2012 by Matthew Miller in Developer

Windows Phone Wednesday: Five apps that got me through the week

The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace continues to grow at a rate of over 400 apps a week and this week I take a look at five apps that served important purposes in my week.

February 16, 2011 by Matthew Miller in Developer

Will the HTC Thunderbolt be shown by Verizon at CES?

Verizon rolled out LTE with USB modems with no handsets scheduled until mid-2011 or so. Images appeared of a possible LTE Android device from HTC.

December 28, 2010 by Matthew Miller in Developer

iPad Experience: Initial thoughts on the Apple iPad

The Apple iPad rolled out via UPS, the Apple Store, and Best Buy today with people lining up and sales being quite brisk. Rather than reiterate all the detailed reviews, I will be walking you through different experiences of usage.

April 3, 2010 by Matthew Miller in Developer

Intel Atom Developer's Program beta SDK now available

I have a MSI Wind loaded up with Windows 7 Ultimate and find it to be a very good mobile solution that gives me good battery life and is easy to carry in my bag. I may actually sell it soon and pick up a Nokia Booklet 3G, especially after reading Michael's four reasons to buy one. There have been arguments for and against the netbook idea, but it is hard to argue that they are not successful with forecasts predicting more than 50 million Intel-based units may be sold by the end of this year. Intel recognizes the netbooks are here to stay and to foster that adoption they announced that developers can submit applications created with the help of the Intel Atom Developer's Program SDK.

December 2, 2009 by Matthew Miller in Developer

UPDATE: Hands-on with Evernote for the Google Android platform

Capturing thoughts and notes is something that many of us do with our smartphones and my favorite cross platform application to perform this is Evernote. I have been asking them for an Android client since I purchased my T-Mobile G1 last year. I read a Tweet about a beta appearing on the Android Market so I have been testing it out and using it on the Sprint HTC Hero the past few days. It is a great first start with support for a few ways to capture notes and I am sure it will get better over time, just like the other mobile clients.

October 7, 2009 by Matthew Miller in Developer

T-Mobile customers can soon pre-order the Motorola CLIQ for $199.99

Andrew was lucky enough to get some hands-on time with the Motorola CLIQ a couple of weeks ago and I was thinking about picking one up since I am a T-Mobile customer. Today, T-Mobile announced that existing customers could pre-order the CLIQ starting 19 October by visiting the new CLIQ website. This pre-sale runs from 19 October until 1 November and then starting on 2 November new customers will be able to pick one up for $199.99 with a two-year agreement.

September 29, 2009 by Matthew Miller in Developer

Forget 99 cent smartphone apps, let's be fair to developers too

I wrote about the BlackBerry App World minimum pricing plan back in March as RIM stated the minimum cost for a priced, not free, application would be $2.99. As I said then and still say today, 99 cent apps don't give most developers what they deserve for creating the application and is a bit ridiculous for consumers to use as a standard for mobile application pricing. Microsoft is holding some developer events this week in Redmond and has encourage developers to follow a strategy similar to RIM where apps are priced more reasonably in line with what is fair to both the developer and the consumer. It doesn't look like Microsoft will dictate this minimum price level and will let the market decide, but I sure hope we don't end up with thousands of 99 cent apps.

August 20, 2009 by Matthew Miller in Developer

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