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Treo 650 Kills the Blackberry (Maybe ...)

March 23, 2006

I really didn't know that today's Wall Street Journal would have a story about how the Treo 650 is the only real contender against the Blackberry -- really I didn't!

(Maybe they liked yesterday's blog ...)

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Anybody Using Any Blackberry 'Killers'?

March 22, 2006

Now that RIM's Blackberry is back from the dead (no more lawsuit), it will take a true competitor to kill it off, not a patent infringement case.

We have lots of fun with market leaders and wait and see what happens as new products are introduced that challenge their leadership or new trends and technologies steer the market into new and unexpected directions -- directions that these leaders may not have foreseen.

The Blackberry falls into that market leader spot for� wireless email devices/cell phones.� Some of the products that compete with it on a feature set basis include the Palm Treo 650, Samsung SGH-d307, Nokia 9300 and the Motorola Q.�

Anybody care to give some user feedback on these products?

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Sprint cell phone + Asterisk@Home = unlimited cell phone minutes

March 22, 2006

Nerd Vittles has a nice "dummy proof" tutorial explaining how to use Asterisk@Home in along with Sprint's plan to get unlimited wireless and unlimited wireline (using broadband VoIP) all for around $68/month. His recipe utilizes Asterisk@Home in combination with Sprints PCS unlimited FREE calls between your Sprint cellphone (or multiple PCS phones if you’re on a shared plan) and your residential phone number regardless of the wireline carrier for an additional $5/month. According to Nerd Vittles, "Here’s the math. A basic Sprint cellphone plan: $35.

Posted in Asterisk, Mobile Phones

Microsoft BetaPlace outage and Exchange ActiveSync MSFP problem

March 14, 2006

I was just on Microsoft BetaPlace downloading the Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 Community Preview to test Windows Mobile 5.0 with Exchange ActiveSync and the download timed-out at 98%. 2% remaining? Such a tease... I then tried accessing http://beta.microsoft.com from and it too timed-out.

Posted in Microsoft, Mobile Phones, Reviews, Wireless

VCast Update: Let the People Speak

March 14, 2006

We've been working it out with Verizon Wireless V Cast music service for a month or so now and have had a largely positive experience with this attempt to trying get every essential gadget in a single all-in-one device.

Interested to hear if any one else out there has been using V Cast?

The phone lines are open ...

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Samsung B600 10-Megapixel camera phone

March 9, 2006

Samsung B600 10 Megapixel phone launched at CeBIT. The Samsung B600 is an amazing piece of technology. It has more mexapixels than many high-end single-purpose digital cameras and it doubles as a cell phone. Convergence at its best!

Posted in Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Mobile Phones, Wireless

TiVo Mobile - what's the point?

March 8, 2006

TiVo added another remote programming option called TiVo Mobile - a partnership between TiVo and Verizon Wireless that allows subscribers to remotely schedule DVR recordings from their mobile phones. What's the point?

Seriously. TiVo already lets you schedule recordings from your computer with Internet access if you forget to record something. Internet access is pretty ubiquitous, so do you really need the ability to schedule a recording from your cell phone?

Posted in Home Entertainment, Mobile Phones, Video Hardware & Software

AT&T/BellSouth: Will Cingular Get Any Better?

March 6, 2006

Much hubbub yesterday and of course this morning about the AT&T deal to buy BellSouth.

And while these deals are great for the deal brokers and company executives, they have mixed results when it comes to making the winning company any better (let's take HP and Compaq deal, for example).

At the bottom of the pile is the lowly customer, left to wonder if this is going to cost him or her more or less. Or how about making life easier?

Posted in Mobile Phones

Blackberry: Stayin' Alive

March 3, 2006

This just in from CNN -- Blackberry has settled its lawsuit to the tune of $612.5 million so the service lives on for another day.

See what a patent or two can be worth?

Posted in Mobile Phones

Blackberry Woes Lead to Treo Nod

March 3, 2006

Yesterday, I wrote about Blackberry's woes (and the pending woes of all of its many users) based on its unsettled lawsuit of its parent, Research in Motion, with NTP.

Well, that situation made it clear to me that the way to go with my next phone was� the Treo 650 from Palm, rather than a Blackberry (it was one of those back-and-forth decision-making processes). It also made it easier since I've used a Treo 600 for the past two years. (I really do like having all of my gadgets� in an all-in-one device.)

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