Mobile / Cell Phone Thoughts & Reviews

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I’ve been using the Blackberry Curve 8520 on T-Mobile here in the USA on and off for a few weeks now.  I see how and why so many business people are such huge Blackberry fans.  My family and friends call me a power emailer so [...]

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I’ve been reading Ewan MacLeod’s blogs for many years now.  I started back when MIR was SMSTextNews and was inspired by Ewan to write my own blog and endevour into the mobile industry.  I went from an observer to someone involved and participating, from hosting [...]

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Warning, I’m about to RANT:
I’m a huge fan of Google Maps.  It’s really a great stand alone app and it keeps getting better but I’m amazed that when they added Latitude they did not include (even just a basic form of) instant messaging with your [...]

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This Thanksgiving (a US holiday) Truphone is offering free calls to US mobile and land line numbers for 12 hours.
Truphone is sharing the holiday spirit by giving anyone with Truphone the ability to call anywhere in the United States during the day.
What does this mean [...]

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Guess what everybody, I’m coming to SF and I’m putting a party together.  Nimbuzz, Attack Marketing, and GoMo News are sponsoring and we have a great lineup of stuff going on.  We have beta apps to give out, product launches and announcements coming.  In less [...]

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I am one lucky guy, I know that, I get to attend the premier events around the world when it comes to mobile technology and I get to play with the latest and greatest devices.  Sometimes devices I’m not at liberty to talk about for months.  So when I was at CTIA last week in [...]

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If you weren’t at the GoMo News Blender last week you missed the best party in town.  It was a great time by all and someone actually told me it was the best party at CTIA.  I could go on for paragraphs about the Blender but I would rather thank Bena Roberts and GoMo News [...]

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So I used the E75 for a while then went back to my trusty E71 and back and forth and back and forth for weeks now.  I love the format of my E71 but like the menu and speed of the E75.  Plus the E75 has US 3G and my E71 doesn’t.
I keep telling myself [...]

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Very exciting for people desperate for better AT&T reception in their home on their mobile phones.  A Microcell (basically the same as a Femtocell) is set to hit a limited number of markets very soon and hopefully go nationwide quickly.  This is a huge step forward for AT&T but even more importantly it’s a big [...]

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So as all of my readers know I’m a hard core Nokia E71 fanboy.  I’ve been infatuated with the E71 since I first heard about it roughly 2 years ago.  Now I’m impatiently waiting for the much anticipated E72 but I decided to whip out the E75 I was graciously lent for review and have [...]

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