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These are thoughts in my mobile life. By Jeb Brilliant

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The Nokia E71 is blowing my mind

September 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I have been using the Nokia E71 NAM for over 2 weeks now (thanks Colin at WOM World) and have been mostly impressed. As a whole I think it’s amazing but there are a few aspects of it that could use some work.
For example, it needs to restart much less often, it also needs […]

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Tags: E Series · NAM · Nokia E71 · Nokia Email · Uncategorized · WOM World

Long Beach Airport Wifi is dead

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I have used the free wifi in Long Beach, Ca Airport in the past and it was acceptable, but today it’s a no go.  I was not even able to test the speed.  I was expecting to get some work done while waiting in the terminal for my JetBlue flight to San Jose and I […]

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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

Helio is purchased by Virgin for $39Million

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Wow, I was not surprised but disappointed to see that Helio is no more and is now owned by Virgin Mobile.  They were purchased for only $39 million.  I won’t go into the details but I’m sad to see this because Helio was the last MVNO here in the US.  RIP Helio.

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Proporta is really rocking my phone battery. Love it!

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been using a Proporta for about 2 months now and I must say, these guys have a great product. I am using it rarely because I work in an office most of the time but when I do need it, it has been ridiculously useful. I used them first back in […]

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Tags: Barcelona · Mobile · Nokia N95 · Proporta · Review · Spain · Uncategorized

AT&T offering $20 Unlimited internet on prepaid

May 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

This is some exciting news from AT&T.  Basically you can now get unlimited internet on prepaid for $20/month.  That’s not a great deal but it ain’t bad.
I picked this up from Prepaid Reviews

It seems there’s a competition a brewin’ in the prepaid realm. The four major players are stepping up their game, as they’ve all […]

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SpinVox joins the $100Million club

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Congradulations to the SpinVox crew for scoring $100million in venture and they were also valued at $500million while they were at it. Wow those are big numbers. Read more about it at the SpinVox press site.
Thanks to GigaOm for breaking this.

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Sprint has a fighting chance

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Sprint just had the smartest commercial I have ever seen on TV for a mobile wireless company.  They had the new CEO announcing their newest plan stating that you get absolutely everything and unlimited all for $99.  The way it was presented was just great and I hope that Sprint pulls out of it’s slump […]

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I was sent this on how to get to a human on a PBX system quickly

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

If you want to get thorough a PBX system fast and not have to wait to talk to someone read this.  It was sent to me by Amy Quinn at www.voip-news.com and you can find the article here.
Use these methods for surefire ways to find the numbers that VIPs use to get through fast.

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MailVision with Diego Besprosvan

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

MailVision really excites me because it provides one of my favorite services VOIP. MailVision sells a VOIP platform that gives an organization the ability to set up a phone company almost over night. MailVision powers Jajah one of the many VOIP providers I use. I got to see the service in action […]

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Tags: Barcelona · Israel Export & Cooperation Institute · Mobile World Congress · Spain · Uncategorized · VOIP