AOL has launched the beta for AOL Sync, a new platform-independent, mobile-synchronization tool for calendars and address books. Powered by Funambol, an open source mobile push-email and sync provider, AOL Sync offers two-way OTA ("over the air") synchronization, allowing users to wirelessly update their Microsoft Outlook contacts and calendars with their AOL accounts and mobile devices in real-time over the cellular network. Compatible devices...
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 BlackBerry Storm.
Lots of 'em apparently went home (or to the office) cold and angry, as
VZW didn't have enough stock to meet the demand.
So much for reading reviews and carefully considering new purchases
in this time of economic...
Imagine my surprise when, right after I blog about Barack Obama having to give up his BlackBerry, Verizon Wireless admitted that its own employees illicitly accessed a cell phone account of the now president-elect.Here's the statement that was issued by VZW's President and CEO Lowell McAdam: “This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal...
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 Family plan for $99.99/month. Other new plans include their Talk for Family, Everything Data Family, and Simply Everything Family. “In today’s economic climate, consumers are taking a much closer look at their day-to-day...
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 major meds. It's the best way to tune out the truck rumbling, honking, streetside fabulous talk and random cursing that assaults my ears on a regular basis. Now, I won't run out of podcasts to keep me level and sane when I'm around town. (There's...
Last week, I posted about the launch of MySpace for BlackBerry, which joined BlackBerry's social networking crew of Facebook and Flickr. Now MySpace and Blackberry maker Research In Motion announce that their joint venture has broken opening-week records for app downloads at both companies, with more than 400,000 downloads and counting. Users of the MySpace app have already transmitted more than 15
million messages and performed over two...
Carrier: VerizonRetail Price: $519.99 or via ebayContract Price:$199.99 or via Let's TalkHot Feature: "SurePress" Touchscreen
The Storm is BlackBerry's first touchscreen device. Stocked with all your favorites, some features of the Storm include a music player, a full QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and a SureType keyboard when in portrait, and a 3.2 megapixel camera with variable zoom, auto focus and flash that also provides continuous...
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 Europe yesterday. Is it fair? Heck no. This thing has a 3-inch capacitive multitouch screen with active Flash UI and a slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard packaged in an elegant yet simple design aesthetic. The minimalist in me can't wait to get my...
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 access, rather than the
alternative. You can check out their monthly State of the Mobile Web report here. The geographic snapshot from October happens to focus
on Southeast Asia; something I didn't know about when I wrote a piece on
the market...
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 background.
The Rapture has those grooved metal buttons that can be found on the
Motozine. There are two contextual buttons, but none of the fancy LED
color changes of the ZN5. The Rapture's rubberized back, shiny little
screens,...
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 been able to match the performance of its touchscreen or Web browser. HTC's Touch Pro and G1, and Samsung's Epix and Eternity have impressed me as of late, but none of these devices offers the fingers-on touchscreen experience of...
When I got hitched last year, I was happy to put my history of bad dates firmly behind me. But boy did I pay my dues. Once, during a particularly horrible rendezvous, I ran to the ladies' room and texted my friend."Help! Bad date. Need out :-( Pls call in 10 min!!"After adding the extra exclamation point for emphasis, I went back to the table and waited to be rescued. Ten minutes never felt so long. My companion's misplaced cockiness,...
Ten hours with the Storm - Noah's update on typing on the clickable "SurePress" touchscreen. Is there a built-in speed limit when it comes to typing on the Storm?
Part two of our first look at the first Touch BlackBerry - Verizon's Storm. Check out the Web browser, media player, and more ... and watch Noah compare Storm's size and shape to iPhone, G1, and the Samsung Eternity.
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The Phonedog Days of Summer giveaway is coming to a close, but stay tuned for our new "Phonedog One-Paw Bandit Instant Winner Game", coming in November! We'll be giving away an iPhone in the very first week!
The Phonedog Days of Summer giveaway is coming to a close, but stay tuned for our new "Phonedog One-Paw Bandit Instant Winner Game", coming in November! We'll be giving away an iPhone in the very first week!
