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  • Posted by Michael Pinchera at
    12:00AM 07/23/2012 • 0 Comments

    Students Augment Your Reality

    Students at Leeds Metropolitan University created this outstanding augmented reality app for Android and Apple devices.

    The Future of Meetings app allows a user to view a venue/meeting space in 3-D, under their control.

    Not only is this a great effort to merge apps with the meeting industry, but this project also got IT students involved in thinking about the future of our industry.

    Check this out!



  • Posted by Veleisa Patton at
    12:00AM 08/18/2011 • 0 Comments

    Speaking To The Way We Connect

    nrk.no på en iPad 2
    Photo from byeskille (Flickr)

    Mobile connection is so ubiquitous and expected that I often give the “RCA dog head tilt” to my phone when it doesn’t upload information as fast as I think it should. I’m trying to work here!

    With the need for access at all times, the recent development of the tablet app for One+ speaks to providing the award-winning content that readers need on a platform that they’re increasingly using. iPads have international brand recognition, and Android is quickly catching up in sales, taking 30% of the market share in the second quarter of 2011. The One+ app, built on HTML5, has a level of interactivity not seen on industry publication apps…that could also be because this is the first publication app ever for our industry. Readers can access, with or without the wireless connection thanks to the HTML5 capabilities, the interviews, features and special articles on the topics and trends that influence meetings and events. Looking for an article that was published months ago? Well just flip through the library of past issues on the app and you can find it.

    On top of that, the app supplies supplemental video, audio and photo/graphic content, making the experience of reading on an Apple or Android tablet something even a physical-book fanatic like me, who loves turning down page corners, rethink moving up the tech ladder.

    So tablet users of the world, download the free One+ app today and start enjoying (BlackBerry tablet users, you’re not forgotten; the app will be available in the fall). Take it on a plane, train or automobile; it will work for you as you seek to continue your learning no matter your physical placement on the globe. And be sure to share your user experience with us. We watch our Facebook wall for your posts and @MPIOnePlus and @MPI are two accounts that love your feedback. 



  • Posted by Michael Pinchera at
    12:00AM 01/06/2011 • 0 Comments

    Honeycomb: The Future of Tablets

    Honeycomb--the name for the forthcoming Android 3.0 mobile operating system, created specifically for tablet computers--has been the subject of a great deal of tech rumor and anticipation ever since it was first announced last year. Well, the wait is over--the following teaser video was released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.



    Not only is the user interface mouth watering, but the functionality of an operating system designed 100% with tablet computing in mind, is precisely what the mobile tech world has been waiting for!

    New Android-based tablets will debut with Honeycomb this season...and keep in mind there won't be just one piece of hardware running this, Honeycomb will be the standard in tablet computer operating systems by the end of 2011.

    This important evolution of the Android and tablet landscape will force Apple to up their game or the iPad will fade swiftly. Android tablets already come in all sizes...from slightly larger than smart phones to full iPad size. Also at CES, Motorola teased their XOOM tablet, running Honeycomb it has twice the computing power of the iPad.



  • Posted by Michael Pinchera at
    12:00AM 10/22/2010 • 1 Comments

    The Android Cometh

    This week I spotted two new Androids at MPI's international headquarters. EVO 4G Androids, to be precise.

    I'm overjoyed to see greater adoption here of smart phones running the open source Android operating system. Both associate editors at One+ (Jason Hensel and I) have been rocking Android phones since the system's early days, standing up for the newcomer as it battled Apple's iOS (used on the iPhone and iPad) for market share.

    But now, two years after it was first released, Android is on track to be the No. 1 mobile operating system in North America by year's end! On a related note, the Wall Street Journal has a poll asking readers' opinions on the best mobile operating system--with a total of almost 10,000 respondents right now, the clear leader is Android which currently has more than 60% of the vote!

    There's clearly a place for iOS and Android, but I'm overjoyed to see this growth.

    Should you be seeking a little more Android geekery, you'll want to check out the November issue of One+--complete with a short profile on Steve Kondik, creator of the custom Android OS CyanogenMod. Really now, how many people have we profiled that have received a cease-and-desist order from Google?

    Oh yeah, and now a German company will build your own custom Android phone!

    Enjoy!