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Mini-Review: BlackBerry Storm 9530 - Verizon

Mini-Review: BlackBerry Storm 9530 - Verizon

Pros: Beautiful touchscreen, Solid push Email system, Fast EV-DO Rev. A data, Great noise-cancelling on voice calls Cons: No Wi-Fi, Extremely buggy firmware, Power users will likely find it difficult...
Samsung Omnia available early (on Verizon Wireless)

Samsung Omnia available early (on Verizon Wireless)

Hey, Omnia fans. Looks like Samsung and Verizon Wireless have a little holiday treat for you, and it's arriving earlier in the season than previously thought. Samsung Omnia will be available for...
Instinct: Opera Mini 4.2 works on Sprint Instinct. Hurray!

Instinct: Opera Mini 4.2 works on Sprint Instinct. Hurray!

Great news, Instinct fans - or so it would seem.  Opera Software has announced the availability of Opera Mini 4.2, the free, junior version of their excellent Opera Mobile Web browsing software.  And...
Mini-Review: Samsung Omnia - Verizon

Mini-Review: Samsung Omnia - Verizon

Pros: Large, responsive touchscreen and optical mouse; 3G (EVDO Rev. A) and WiFI; Windows Mobile and Easy-To-Use TouchWiz UI; Slim, lightweight form factor Cons: Image quality doesn't live up to...
A family that texts together...

A family that texts together...

Are cell phones bringing families closer together? Seems that way. According to a survey published by Pew Internet & American Life Project last week, internet and cell phones have become major...
Apps: OrbLive 2.0 released in App Store, enables hi-speed live TV

Apps: OrbLive 2.0 released in App Store, enables hi-speed live TV

Lots of great stuff happening for iPhone and iPod Touch users this week. The latest from Orb is no exception. The media-streaming company recently launched OrbLive 2.0, an iPhone app that uses Edge,...
Seriously? Riots?: NY'ers line up, wait, and get angry over BlackBerry Storm

Seriously? Riots?: NY'ers line up, wait, and get angry over BlackBerry Storm

What ever happened to try before you buy?  Hordes of CrackBerry addicts in New York City braved sub-freezing temperatures to line up before 6am this morning at Verizon stores in hopes of landing a...
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Save this holiday season with a new Sprint family plan

Save this holiday season with a new Sprint family plan

With the holiday season approaching and consumers watching what they spend, Sprint announced a new way to help families save.  Share 1500 minutes and text all you want with their Everything Messaging...
iPhone 2.2 firmware update: Street view & OTA podcast downloads (yay!)

iPhone 2.2 firmware update: Street view & OTA podcast downloads (yay!)

The long-awaited, much-anticipated over-the-air podcast downloads are now available via the latest 2.2 firmware update for iPhone!I suffer from over-stimulation in New York City, and podcasts are my...
Drooling from afar: The LG Prada II

Drooling from afar: The LG Prada II

You know it. Some of you have even smacked your lips over it. But alas, there's still no word on the LG Prada II launching in the States, even as this follow-up to the first LG Prada phone debuted in...
Southeast Asia: is mobile web use surpassing wired access?

Southeast Asia: is mobile web use surpassing wired access?

The Norwegian creators of the Opera browsers said today that mobile Internet use seems to be surpassing wired access in much of Southeast Asia. And that in some areas, it's the standard means of...
Mini-Review: Motorola Rapture (VU30) - Verizon

Mini-Review: Motorola Rapture (VU30) - Verizon

Pros: quick and easy picture taking, video capture, plays music without opening the flip, stereo bluetooth, useful external touch screen, sleek design, nice materials.  Cons: price, no music in the...
More on Storm: Verdict? Disappointing

More on Storm: Verdict? Disappointing

I really, really want to like Verizon's new BlackBerry Storm.  I want to love it.  Why?  Well, competition is good, and in the year and a half since the original iPhone launched, no other phone has...
Mini-Review: 10 Hours with the BlackBerry Storm

Mini-Review: 10 Hours with the BlackBerry Storm

I've had my BlackBerry Storm review loaner for about 10 hours now.  I've spent that time unboxing it, typing on it, browsing the Web, searching for GPS-enabled directions, and watching video on it. ...
Culture shock: a glimpse into the Southeast Asian mobile market

Culture shock: a glimpse into the Southeast Asian mobile market

My wife is Thai, and we talk about the differences between our native cultures on a semi-regular basis. Of the many subtle nuances that distinguish and characterize our social and professional habits...
Think you have good Incite? Well if not you can go ahead and buy it!

Think you have good Incite? Well if not you can go ahead and buy it!

AT&T's first ever LG smartphone made its debut today in the way of the Incite.  This Windows Mobile 6.1 touchscreen appears to have it all, including a full color 3 inch screen, Wi-Fi, aGPS, and...
Forget what you heard: Apple (probably) not going into search market

Forget what you heard: Apple (probably) not going into search market

Tongues have been wagging recently, and bloggers big and small were all over the rumor that Steve Jobs was interested in developing an Apple search engine. Now it turns out the rumors were greatly...
Verizon and Photobucket offer easy mobile pic sharing

Verizon and Photobucket offer easy mobile pic sharing

With T-Mo's announcement of the cameo?a digital picture frame that has a phone number for sending images to?it's looking not only like the camera phone may be on the cusp of replacing the consumer...
Google launches voice search for iPhone

Google launches voice search for iPhone

The New York Times reported that Google is launching a new voice-recognition search app for the iPhone. The program, which can look up contacts as well as transmit spoken queries to the search engine...
Mini-Review: Motorola Krave (ZN4) - Verizon

Mini-Review: Motorola Krave (ZN4) - Verizon

Pros: V CAST, crisp widescreen, 3G, VZ Navigator, visual voice mail, neat touch-flip form factor. Cons: touch screen and flip are unpredictable at best, it feels strange against the cheek. The...

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