Mobile / Cell Phone Thoughts & Reviews

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Beating The High Cost of Roaming By Andy Abramson

July 30th, 2010 · No Comments

My friend Andy Abramson just yesterday posted “Staying Connected- Beating The High Cost of Roaming http://ow.ly/18lHO6“.  I wanted to bring any attention I could to his article because it highlights one of my favorite companies, Truphone.  I’ve been an advocate of theirs for many years now have enjoyed their service for as long as it’s been [...]

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Tags: Mobile · Thoughts · Travel

Fantastic news from GrandCentral who is now Google Voice

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments

I have been a user of GrandCentral for a few years now and I’ve always been happy with the service.  It has always been adequate for me to use as my business number but it has always lacked a few features.  Well As of 2 days ago GrandCentral has been transformed and renamed Google Voice. [...]

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Tags: Announcement

GadgetFest 2008 was great

October 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last Thursday I had a meeting that got pushed back an hour so I thought who’s close by, well Ken Rutkowski only lives a few blocks away so I thought I’d text him.  He calls me right back after he gets my text and says, “Aren’t you coming to San Diego for GadgetFest today?”.  That’s [...]

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Tags: Events

San Jose Airport WiFi is a ZERO

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was in San Jose airport last week waiting to fly home and was told there was free wifi.  I had a few hours to kill and I went to the Bits & Bytes bar, plopped down ordered a Tuna sandwich and a beer expecting to spend a few hours working.  Well, low and behold, [...]

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Tags: Rant · Review

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: Mobile · Rant · Travel

When might the US get a Skype phone like 3 has?

July 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

My friend Andy Abramson mentioned on his blog VoIP Watch today that there are rumors a new Skype phone may be coming out. I have been intrigued with the Skype phone for as long as I’ve known about it and have wanted one for just as long. This phone is special in [...]

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Tags: Review

Thank You to Comunicano and Nokia

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I want to thank Comunicano and Nokia for including me in all kinds of great briefings and meals last week at CTIA in Las Vegas. My friend Andy Abramson the owner of the most prominent mobile PR firm was most gracious and hospitable by brining me along to participate. Andy had [...]

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Tags: Nokia

Are we Becoming Anti Social?

January 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have been anti social-networks for a long time, until my friend Mike convinced me I had to join LinkedIn. I was hoping that would be the only network I joined but then I was convinced I needed to join Facebook so I could get the word out about Unlimited Drinks in Israel. [...]

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Tags: Tech · Thoughts