Mobile / Cell Phone Thoughts & Reviews

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I got my new Phone.com ATA in the mail and took the time to set it up today.  Setting it up was an extreme overstatement.  The only thing I did was plug it in and it’s already to go.  I had a dial tone in [...]

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Are you a business traveler who likes to save a few dollars on roaming fees?  I definitely am.  I’m a self employed consultant who pays all my own bills.  I personally hate paying roaming fees to AT&T.
A few months ago I was asked to review [...]

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A few months ago I got a Jabra Cruiser to review and boy have I been reviewing the heck out of it and I’m loving it.  I have been using it instead of a bluetooth headset since the moment I got it and it’s so [...]

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I just got done reading about DeviceFidelity (in a MobileCrunch post by Greg Kumparak)  a company that is producing a micro SD card that will allow your phone to act as a credit card using NFC (Near Field Communication) technology.  It’s called In2Pay.  I have [...]

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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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I’m a horrible blogger.  I’ve had the FreeTalk Everyman headset for months now and used it countless times, I’ve also had the Yamaha PSG-01s for a month or so now and haven’t blogged about either one.  I could make excuses but I won’t.  I will [...]

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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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So who uses Twitter?  Ok, I’m kidding.  Have you used Topify though?  I have been using them for months now.  Topify is a service that intercepts the half baked emails that Twitter sends you and spices them up.  When someone adds me on Twitter I get an email from Topify alerting me to this and [...]

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