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by Chris Matier on March 18, 2009
I know... this isn't an Apple blog, and we have been covering quite a bit of Apple new lately, but I promise, this will be the last Apple announcement for a while. Simply put, Apple announced the ...
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by Chris Matier on March 9, 2009
Not only does every cell phone manufacturer seem to have an application store in the pipeline, but even the Jailbreak Community has gotten in on the action. The Cydia Store, developed by Jay Freeman, ...
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by Chris Matier on March 2, 2009
True Story... I canceled two XM subscriptions this week. First, I wasn't happy with the rate hike, and then I was not happy with the going out of business death scream that XM/Sirus seems to be d...
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by Chris Matier on February 27, 2009
There has been quite a bit of grumbling about the Apple iTunes App Store for the Apple iPhone. Many of the approval policies, the lack of any application testing, and the sheer number of fart apps hav...
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by Chris Matier on February 20, 2009
Our last tidbit of information from MWC (Mobile World Conference) is about Iris, a new WebKit-based web browser that is making some hefty promises. Finally out of beta, Iris is hitting Windows Mobile ...
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by Chris Matier on February 19, 2009
We all know that the iPhone has been very influencial in the mobile phone market; it seems at the Mobile World Conference, just about everyone was putting out a new touchscreen phone. Well, if the n...
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by Chris Matier on February 18, 2009
Oh Apple, you used to be so cool with your mobile computing platform and your ubiquitous application store. Now, everyone has gone and shown up to the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona and announce...
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by Chris Matier on February 17, 2009
If you are not tracking MWC (Mobile World Conference) this week, then you are missing out on some major new developments in mobile phones and mobile technology. One of those announcements has been th...
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by Chris Matier on February 16, 2009
Wow, the new headsets are flying out of the woodwork over at the WMC (Mobile World Conference), and this week I will cover some of the cellular handsets that are sure to make a splash in the upcoming ...
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by Chris Matier on February 5, 2009
If you are a diehard BlackBerry fan, then you are probably not familiar with the Visual Voicemail application available on the Apple iPhone, and if you do not know about it, you are certainly missing ...
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by Chris Matier on January 28, 2009
Pico projectors are all the rage, and their popularity is growing. I always thought that these little projectors would really shine once they become fully integrated into the projects that use them su...
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by Chris Matier on January 1, 2009
I was driving through Santa Fe, New Mexico last week when a kind police officer informed me (with a warning - thank God) that Santa Fe was a handsfree city; the offense is punishable with a $150 fine....
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by Chris Matier on December 31, 2008
If you haven't heard, there are rumors on the block about an iPhone Nano. It seems that people everywhere think that the iPhone - a well designed, small, touchscreen cell phone is just too big. I...
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by Chris Matier on December 19, 2008
Here is a joke for you... How do you make a Windows Mobile smartphone better? Make it a BlackBerry!
I know, it's funny because its true. Windows mobile has never truly inspired me. I tried a Blac...
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by Jordan Grodecki on December 7, 2008
The Android powered G1 is one heck of a phone, but being locked to T-Mobile and tied into silly contracts isn't everyone's game. So now Google, T-Mobile and HTC have teamed up to allow you t...
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by Chris Matier on December 4, 2008
You've heard of stephen covey right. I am sure you have, he is highly effective, and he has several habits that have helped him stay that way. Personally, I have never gotten into his books. As fa...
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by Chris Matier on December 1, 2008
For the purposes of full disclosure, I own an iPhone and it is jailbroken. I cannot imagine my iPhone without IntelliScreen. The jailbreak scene, thanks to Cydia and the work of all of the fantastic d...
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by Chris Matier on October 31, 2008
Does an ultra-high resolution phone with a large 3.8 touch screen and a 5.2 megapixel sound apealling to you? I know I am interested, especially as I look down at my iPhone 3G. Don't get me wrong,...
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by Chris Matier on October 28, 2008
Hey, if Apple can do it, why can't Dell right? After all, selling 10 Million Smartphones can't be too hard, right Dell? Dell sure hopes so, that is why they are sneaking out a pair of Pharos b...
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by Chris Matier on October 15, 2008
Have you ever been seen that guy on the road that is just chatting away on his mobile phone while he is driving down the road? That guy can be downright scary, if not deadly. I admit, I am guilty of i...
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by Chris Matier on October 14, 2008
I wrote a few months ago regarding how the iPhone flood was coming. Back then, Apple was poised to sell 10,000,000 iPhones this year. Well, some people think that Apple has already met that goal for t...
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by Chris Matier on October 6, 2008
If you haven't see the new BlackBerry Storm it is a pretty good looking phone. I know my wife, a BlackBerry user, is very excited about it; she has always had an odd sort of jealous superiority ...
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by Mark Rollins on October 3, 2008
Look out, iPhone, you may have a little competition going from nokia. The Nokia 5800 is powered by a new operating system known as the S60 5th edition.
It has a 3.2 inch touchscreen that uses a styl...
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by Chris Matier on September 30, 2008
I'm a guy, and I would never wear anything called Sparkling Allure, Contemporary Elegance or Evening Classic. In fact, I am not even sure what Allure is, but apparently, my wife does, or at least ...
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by Mark Rollins on September 25, 2008
Sure, all of us have a cellular phone that needs constant charging. Some of us live in homes with several types of phones, so it would be good to have a charger for all of them.
This is what the USB...
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by Chris Matier on September 23, 2008
Have camera phones jumped the shark? I mean, how many megapixels do you need in a mobile handset? The feature set of a camera phone are nowhere near a digital SLR or even a point and shoot digital cam...
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by Chris Matier on September 19, 2008
It is no secret that Google is a giant prepared to take over the world. At some point in my life, I expect that I might very well look down and see that I have been bought and will be sporting a "...
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by Mark Rollins on August 28, 2008
The phone that you see to your left is not a BlackBerry, but was developed under partnership with Verizon and UTStarcom. It is called the TXT8010, otherwise known as the "Blitz". It is a sma...
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by Mark Rollins on August 21, 2008
Every once in a while, you find a concept that is not difficult to see where they got the inspiration from. In this case, the KDDI AU Design project takes its cue from Origami.
How else does one com...
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by Chris Matier on August 21, 2008
The Jabra SP700 Bluetooth Speakerphone is hitting the streets soon, and while it is billed as an "orbital" or space-aged design, it strikes me a bit more insect-like. In fact, it looks a lot...
