Courtney Carlisle

BlackBerry Addict
From Los Angeles, CA

When Courtney Carlisle, a Memphis, TN native moved to Los Angeles "for the summer" seven years ago, the MacBook toting, BlackBerry addict never thought she would end up blogging about gadgets. But, after a crash course in the mobile industry launching the MVNO, Helio, as part of the in-house communications team, she was hooked and began writing about all tech things shiny, speedy and new.

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iPhone envy strikes again: Clarifi Lens Case

Post I’ve had a few bouts of iPhone envy lately. As much as I love my Blackberry, I sometimes wish that it had a touch screen that works as well as my iPod Touch and a browser that is as intuitive. So, when I was out browsing around for a...

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Mini Capsule Mic for iPhone

Post With Brando's Mini Capsule Microphone , you can blissfully zone out when you are supposed to be paying attention in a meeting or class and let your trusty little iPhone do all the work. Actually, I probably wouldn't recommend that,...

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Virgin Mobile to Launch Kyocera X-tc in April

Post Touting the slide out QWERTY device as the ultimate messaging tool, Virgin Mobile USA today announced next month's launch of the Kyocera X-tc. Retailing at $99 when it debuts on April 16th, the package is a pretty good deal for anyone...

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Pros and Cons: iPhone Kindle vs. Kindle II

Cell Phone App Reviews As Phonedog reported last week, shortly after the launch of the Kindle II, Amazon also debuted the seemingly genius Kindle for iPhone app. Allowing iPhone users the convenience of Kindle's easy to download books for $9.99 to get the app...

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vPost App for Blackberry Launches

Post Today Vayyoo is launching vPost to help Blackberry notch up it's email service by taking it multimedia with an easy-to-use and pretty slick interface. vPost allows Blackberry users to take and send any combination of multimedia (audtio...

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Cylon or Human? Ask your iPhone.

Post The SciFi Channel has released the iPhone's most important application for fans of Battlestar Galactica, and let's face it, I was a little disappointed to find out that I am merely human, while my dogs are both of the cylon variety. ...

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The cute compact Cleo from fashion savvy Samsung

Women I really haven't lusted over a phone in a long time...well, okay, it actually only been a few months since the launch of the Bold, but there was quite a drought for me before then. When I first spied the Cleo on Engadget , I felt like...

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The T-Mobile G1 Android software update looks yummy

Post T-Mobile's G1 software updates to the Android platform, have been widely discussed although no one knows when they are coming for sure. Some lovely images of Cupcake, as the the updated version has come to be known, appeared this week...

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Sprint offers the Treo Pro from Palm

Post After the unveiling the stunning Palm Pre at CES a couple weeks ago, Sprint came out this week with a hefty rebate on the Treo Pro from Palm. Slashing the price in an attempt to encourage any customers who may have been tempted to...

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Handsets go retro with YUBZ

Post Let's face it, the worst thing about the iPhone is having to put your face up to it. Not to mention, that nine times out of ten, you are sitting at your desk and choose your mobile over your desk phone because all of your numbers are...

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Google Mobile App for BlackBerry

Google While I love my BlackBerry, I am willing to admit that I would swoon for a better browser experience on it. Given that it's a little clunky, complicated and painfully organized, I rarely visit the web on my phone. However, when I had to...

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Huawei to unveil a Google Android phone next month?

Android If you haven't heard of Huawei , you aren't alone. While they have amuch larger presence in Australia, the Chinese manufacturer only hasone handset available in the US (through MetroPCS), but they are makinglittle waves throughout the...

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HTC announces the new and improved Touch Cruise and HTC Footprints

Post Today HTC announced a new and improved version of the Touch Cruise, which comes with HTC Footprints, a new application that lets users snap personal shots of a special place or moment on-the-go and then store audio notes to help them...

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Ultimate Mobile Accessories - LG Prada Line

Post In October, we got the official LG Prada II announcement with all the product specs and features. Comparable to the first pricey iteration of the device, the next generation of this fashion device comes with a sleek pull-out...

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Eton Hybrid Cell Phone Charger

Post While Samsung may be helping out the cause by offering charging stations in major airports at no cost to the traveler, you really can't rely on being able to find an open outlet nowadays. In this constantly connected world, it's not a...

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Music Wars: BlackBerry vs. iPhone

Post Apparently, according to Rim co-CEO, Jim Ballsillie, BlackBerry is all over the mobile music game...who knew? Yes - I have called fellow BlackBerry users only to be greeted with lovely answer rings, have heard special ringtones set for...

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Carbon Diem wants you to go green using your cell phone

Post With LBS (location based services) becoming more effective and pervasive on cell phones, a London-based start up recently launched a new mobile application, called Carbon Diem that uses GPS to calculate your carbon footprint. Using GPS...

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CES 2009: Re-introducing the First Projector Phone as the Logic Bolt

Ces 2009 Logic Wireless debuted a show stopper this year for everyone sick of having to tote presentations on a laptop - the first viable "projector phone." The Logic Bolt, which originally debuted under another name last year and has been...

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Verizon takes San Francisco by Storm to give away 100 BlackBerry devices

Post According to the very well connected Boy Genius , Verizon is setting up a BlackBerry Storm challenge in San Francisco’s Justin Hermann Plaza downtown. For a chance to win, step inside the BlackBerry Storm challenge...

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BlackBerry App center to launch in March 2009

Cell Phone Apps While I’m certainly not thrilled about the wait, I am very excited about the new BlackBerry App store that RIM finally announced and dated this week. Beginning this December, developers will be able to submit their applications to be...

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Samsung lays down the beat

Post Samsung launched the Beatb and Beats, two new handsets centered around Motion Play, which lets users access and enjoy music with a couple of clicks. Shake the phone to skip to the next track, tap it to pause the beats and flip it over to...

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Samsung and AT&T: The perfect rugby match

Post AT&T released the Samsung A837 , the bright colored new clamshell that can withstand shock vibrations, rain, humidity, solar radiation and dust and is duly dubbed, the Rugby ($129.99 after rebate). Certified to Military...

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HTC Dream gets release date

Post According to my friend, Greg Kumparek on the Crunch* team, we can expect HTC’s Dream out on T-Mobile as early as mid-October; in fact his post from this week says to expect in on October 20th if everything goes to plan for the carrier. ...

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JuiceCaster now available on BlackBerry

Post JuiceCaster, the photo/video sharing application, is now available for free on the Blackberry Curve. Users can sign up to receive the JuiceCaster beta from here. The free beta application is available to Curve owners on AT&T and Verizon...

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T-Mobile unveils the BlackBerry Curve 8320 in sunset

Post This week, to spice things up a bit, T-Mobile launched the BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset Red. Like it’s titanium and gold siblings, the Sunset version includes a 2 megapixel camera, music and video multimedia player, a microSD...

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WordPress available on iPhone

3g WordPress, the most used blog tool in its category, announced this week that they are live for iPhone! WordPress for iPhone is now available for download from the App Store. All iPhone blogging junkies have to do is go to the store,...

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New slydial services

Post We all do it. There is one call that you have to make that you keep putting off until tomorrow, and then the next day. Well, now, you can try Slydial, a new service that lets you connect directly with another person's cell phone voice...

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Google Talk for the iPhone now available

Google A new version of Google Talk is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers to let users not only communicate via Gmail but also keep in touch with quick bits via Talk. Users need to use Safari on iPhone to get to Google...

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Google maps for mobile with voice search for BlackBerry

Google The Google Maps for mobile team announced that you can now speak your query instead of typing it on a certain BlackBerry devices (Pearl 8110, 8120, and 8130, US only). Using the same speech recognition engine as GOOG-411, the free...

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Stay plugged in with Samsung this 4th of July

Post Samsung Mobile recently added 22 new charging stations at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) to help phone junkies stay juiced up while traveling this week. I am personally grateful for the free Samsung Mobile...

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