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These are thoughts in my mobile life. By Jeb Brilliant

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What I’m looking for in a UMPC

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

So I’m shopping for a UMPC or Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, it’s a really small and light laptop and I have all kinds of questions.
What are the brands I should be looking at? What do I want out of it? What features must be present? And what are my minimum hardware requirements.
Well my options are […]

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Tags: Google · Mobile · Thoughts · Travel · UMPC

TripIt is good but!!!

September 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

TripIt is good but!!! I can’t seem to export my flight details (like flight #rs and times) into iCal on my MacBook.  I love that all these great details are on line but I want to be able to see them in the calendar of the Nokia E71 I’m using without having to go online.  […]

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Tags: Airlines · Andy Abramson · Dopplr · Mac · Nokia E71 · Thoughts · Travel · m. (M dot)

Living a mobile life in a last minute world

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So this morning started like any other morning except when my wife got in the car with my daughter it wouldn’t start. Being suburban living big city Americans the first thing we did was call AAA. They came out and diagnosed the problem as a bad battery (Joe was extremely courteous and helpful) […]

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Tags: E Series · MaxRoam · Mobile · Mobile Phone · Nokia · Nokia E71 · Proporta · Travel · Uncategorized · Waste time

I’m happy to see a monthly plan at Truphone

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Wow, one of my favorite companies, that I think has enormous potential just took a huge step. I think it’s a good direction, maybe not where I was hoping but still a good direction.
Truphone just launched 1.5cents to the US and Canada. They are offering a monthly plan of $15/month for 1,000 minutes. […]

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Tags: Congradulations · E Series · Mobile Phone · N Series · S60 · Travel · Truphone · VOIP · WiFi

I still like using a human travel agent and this is why

July 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have been traveling since I was 3 months old and have done a great deal of travel for business in my life. I have used, Expedia, Travelocity, Cheap Tickets, and Kayak, to book flights but I keep getting drawn back to a real human travel agent. I have had my fare share […]

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Tags: Airlines · Customer Service · Flight Centre · Mobile Phone · Nokia · Travel

Delta Airlines going paperless when it comes to boarding passes

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I am absolutely enthralled with different technologies, as you can see from my blog, it’s mostly mobile related.  I also used to do a great deal of travel for business a few years back.  Now when I came across this story of Delta Airlines going paperless by using compatible mobile phones I got very excited.  […]

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Tags: Airlines · Delta · Mobile · Paperless · Travel

Special Thanks to Israel

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

 I would like to give special thanks to the Israel Export & Cooperation Institute and Israel Tenenbaum who was nice enough to bring me along to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain last week. It was a great experience getting to interview so many exciting upcoming Israeli companies. Thank you for a wonderful […]

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Tags: Barcelona · Israel Export & Cooperation Institute · Israel Tenenbaum · Mobile World Congress · Spain · Travel

What a whirl wind!!!

February 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A week and a half ago I was in contact with the Israeli Government who offered to pay for me to enter Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain if I blogged about their delegation of companies.  A week and a half later I am back in the States and jet lagged. WOW!!! Thank you Israel […]

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Tags: Barcelona · Israel Tenenbaum · Mobile World Congress · Spain · Travel

Just joined Dopplr

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I started an account last night with a company called Dopplr. They let you share with your friends, colleagues, and family where you are when you travel. If they participate also it will let you know when you and so and so will be in the same city at the same time. […]

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Tags: Dopplr · Travel

fring review, my first review

December 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments

I was lucky enough to be asked by Ewan of SMS Text News to write a review of fring. Ewan invited me to sit in on an interview he conducted in Israel a few weeks back at fring Headquarters. We met with some great gentlemen named Boaz Zilberman the co founder, Neal Fullman […]

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Tags: Ewan MacLeod · Fring · IM · Israel · Mac · Nokia E61i · Review · SMS Text News · Travel · VOIP · WiFi