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- MobileTechRoundup show #149, Netbook talk, WiMAX available, new phones in the house
- While we were recording MobileTechRoundup show #149 Kevin was able to swap out internal parts on his MSI Wind and is trying out for the Netbook pit crew. We chatted about the long-awaited release of WiMAX in Baltimore, my Palm Treo Pro, the N96 devices that James and I are...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless)
- RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 Verizon WirelessLove my Curve 8330I love my new Curve so much that I'm blogging about it at http://newBBie.com. I also own a Pearl 8130 and am undecided which of the two models I prefer. The Pearl I like for its smaller size, and GET THIS: I...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-04
- Image Gallery: First impressions of the Nokia N96-1
- The Nokia N96 is the new flagship product for the Nseries line that is the successor to the wildly popular N95. The N96 brings a large 2.8 inch display with impressive memory options that includes 16GB of flash and a microSD slot that currently supports up to 32GB. The device...
- Image galleries 2008-10-04
- Velocity 103
- We've seen plenty of Windows Mobile devices in our day, and at times they all start to blur together--same story, just different packaging. However, back at CTIA Spring 2008, a new company called Velocity Mobile caught our eye, impressing us with a fresh approach to the user interface. Recognizing that...
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband room
- Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband roomany other Carriers?So Far it's only T-Mobile. There's all this hype, and I don't work/live in a major city. T-Mobile has the fewest towers in the country and is barely rolling out their G3 network to the major metropolitan areas. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Samsung Omnia
- Photo gallery:Samsung OmniaAlong with the RIM BlackBerry Bold and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the Samsung Omnia is one of the most requested and sought after smartphones of 2008. Why all the buzz? It's not so much the Omnia's touch screen that's drawing attention (after all, we've seen it in the...
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Kyocera Tempo E2000
- We don't review many U.S. Cellular phones because the carrier is regional and not nationwide. However, there are several phones for U.S. Cellular that aren't available for other carriers, and the Kyocera Tempo is one of them. The Tempo is one of Kyocera's few music-focused phones released in the U.S....
- Product reviews 2008-09-25
- Can Google out-cool Apple?
- Can Google out-cool Apple? No, but the Mountain View search giant might be able to out-geek the Cupertino center of cool. Today T-Mobile announced the first cellphone that will run Google's Android OS. Android-based cellphones are considered by many to be the first real competitor to Apple's...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown
- T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdownWhy extra charge for messaging ?If its unlimited data, isn't a message just data ? Why the extra charge ?If someone did a app which avoided this, would it be available via store ?But what of storage?The only unclear specs and not mentioned in the article...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- First Google phone announced by T-Mobile (updated 2x)
- T-Mobile today announced the first mobile phone to run the Google Android operating system, which is largely considered to be the first real competitor to the iPhone. The T-Mobile G1 (a re-badged HTC Dream) will launch on 22 October 2008: Hardware features: ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- T-Mobile announces iPhone killer: G1 with Google
- In one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry, T-Mobile announced the G1 at a press conference today in New York. Made by HTC and powered by Linux and Android, the G1 is poised to give the Apple iPhone a serious run for its money. ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- News to know: Windows 7; Oracle OpenWorld; Adobe CS4; Search 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with services Ed Bott: How to set up a new PC in one easy session ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- microSD music: Are we regressing?
- microSD music: Are we regressing?This would work for meSince I have never downloaded a single song of the web and more then likely never will I like this. For me music is an impulse buy, if I'm in Best Buy and see a CD I want I buy it.What...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- microSD music: Are we regressing?
- With all of this hoopla surrounding SanDisk's announcement of slotMusic, a product conceived in conjunction with record labels that involves DRM-free MP3s on (SanDisk's) microSD cards, I'm not convinced that we've actually advanced, technologically-speaking. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington has a few choice words for SanDisk and its...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- What memory technology is Samsung after?
- Samsung Electronics recently made public its $5.8 billion offer for SanDisk, a major manufacturer of memory cards. There are plenty of possible business motives behind this bid including the hefty royalties that Samsung pays to SanDisk to use its flash technology, and SanDisk's strong retail brands and distribution. But I'll...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Ready to buy albums on a memory card? I didn't think so
- Ready to buy albums on a memory card? I didn't think soMaybe they will......come out with something cool like a song station that packs a bunch of SD cards and you can search for songs and add them to your SD card that it dispenses or insert your own, kinda...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Ready to buy albums on a memory card? I didn't think so
- SanDisk on Monday rolled out-albums sold on microSD memory cards. The argument (statement, Techmeme): SanDisk, which is trying to fend off Samsung, will offer a new category of music. Instead of buying CDs, downloading songs and subscribing to services you'll buy these little memory cards. The cards...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Virgin Mobile Shuttle - red
- While we were fans of Helio handsets like the Ocean and the Kickflip, we knew that Helio as a company was struggling. Indeed, Helio was shopping around for a buyer, and in late June, Virgin Mobile stepped up to buy the fledgling MVNO for $39 million. There were many questions...
- Product reviews 2008-09-19
- 'Flip,' 3G 'Bold' Blackberrys announced
- Just this morning comes word of RIM's new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, the first-ever flip BlackBerry device, as well as the new Bold, the fastest Blackberry yet and the first from a U.S. carrier to have global 3G capabilities, including in Japan and Korea. The Flip is...
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 - gray (U.S. Cellular)
- The RIM BlackBerry Curve series has proven to be a popular line for Research in Motion, making its way to every major U.S. carrier and even regional service providers like U.S. Cellular. Like its larger CDMA brothers, Sprint and Verizon Wireless, U.S. Cellular landed itself the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330...
- Product reviews 2008-09-09











