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T-Mobile favors myTouch 3G over Touch Pro 2 Launch

12 Aug 2009

I am hoping someone can clarify this for me, because I don’t quite understand this. It seems that the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 release hasn’t been nerly as aggresive as all the efforts that went into the myTouch 3G release. You should just see the mytouch 3G Unboxing.

So it is the eve of your company launcing a phone [...]

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Tags: mytouch 3G, T-Mobile, Touch Pro2, Unboxing

Travel Bag That Charges Phones

In: Manufacturer| Mobile News| Picture

9 Aug 2009

It always seems that a couple of times each week I am in a situation where I am running out of battery power. Between Google Maps, Skyfire, and SlingPlayer Mobile I frequently run out of juice. If only my back pack or travel bag that I carry with me everyday could function as a charger. Well [...]

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Tags: Charging, FLAP, Solar, Unboxing

Touch Pro 2 Release dates???

In: Manufacturer| Mobile News| Rumor

22 Jul 2009

As the clock ticks by I keep getting updates and rumors on when the Touch Pro 2 is going to be released. The rumors keep flying June, July, August. The strongest rumor seems to be August 12 on TMobile’s network (originally it was suppose to be today July 22). This is somewhat surprising, considering ATT [...]

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Tags: htc, Touch Pro 2

Sony Ericsson fails again

In: Manufacturer| Mobile News

17 Jul 2009

Is it just me or has Sony Ericsson failed at successfully entering the mainstream US smartphone market. Its unclear to me as to why Sony Ericcson hasn’t been competing in the US with HTC, Samsung, RIM and Apple. Not too many people would say that SE makes poor quality phones. They certainly dont suffer [...]

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Tags: C905a, smartphone, sony ericsson, unlocked, Xperia

HTC gives into the pressure

In: Manufacturer| Mobile News

13 Jul 2009

For years now HTC has been making their phones with just a mini USB port. This basically meant it was a major pain if you wanted to use your normal 3.5 mm headphone. I have bought and lost so many mini USB to 3.5mm audio adapter over the past 3 years. This [...]

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Tags: adapter, htc, mini, mini usb, usb

Amazon quietly introduces Amazonwireless.com

In: Mobile News| Picture

12 Jul 2009

For the past 8 years Amazon has slowly been building their wireless sales unit. I have watched them for years offer mostly GSM devices for a lot less than the actual carriers. Initially I had a lot of skepticism and there was a lot of fine print which made me nervous. After [...]

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Tags: Amazon, buy phones, wireless

Google is Watching You

In: Mobile News| Picture

11 Jul 2009

Earlier this year Google unveiled a new feature to their Google Maps called Latitude. Latitude allows you to “see your friends’ locations and status messages.” Let me translate Google’s wording for you; Allow an annoying or potentially dangerous former friend to watch our every move or Allow your new girlfriend to stalk you. [...]

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Tags: Google, latitude, lbs, location, surveillance

New Mobile carrier to challenge the Giants

In: Carriers| Mobile News

11 Jul 2009

For $79.95/month ZER01 Mobile (a new mobile carrier) is introducing a new plan that offers unlimited everything. Unlimited Voice / Data Transfer / Texting / Internet (24/7) Unlimited Calling to the US and Canada for Domestic Plan. Unlimited Calling to US/Canada and 40 other countries with the International Plan, $89.95 a month. ZER01 touts [...]