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12 Days With The iPhone 4S (from an Android user)

October 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Android, iPhone, mobile phones, Reviews, Samsung, smartphones, Technology

Alas, my time as an Android owner has ended. I want to get this post out while my brain is still fresh with Android usage and learning the ways of the iPhone. Well…there’s not much to learn…in true Apple fashion everything is pretty damn simple. Here’s what I see. Email Setup – Holy crap that [...]

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Oh You Crazy Smartphones

August 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Android, Business, iPhone, mobile phones, smartphones, start-ups, Technology

How I love my smartphone! I know I know I promised to post the funny story of going from the momentous POS (and that’s not Point-of-Sale) Samsung Moment to the HTC Evo but I’ve been a bit busy lately. So much going on out there in the world since my last post. The rise of [...]

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Android – It’s Good In Theory

February 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Android, Business, iPhone, mobile phones, Samsung, smartphones, Technology, Wireless

Android phones, such a good idea but the implementation is abysmal. I like the thought of having competition for the iPhone and other mobile OSes out there…we have to keep innovation up and keep from having a monopoly. The Android OS itself isn’t bad. Not as clean and refined as iOS (the OS on the [...]

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Why Sprint, Why? (Rate Increases? Really?)

January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Android, Business, Business Practices, iPhone, market share, mobile phones, Rant, Rant, Revenue Models, Samsung, smartphones, Wireless

Sprint shall soon be adding $10/month to users of 3G smart phones. They already did that for the 4G phones and I didn’t care that much as I don’t have a 4G phone. In fact it’s one of the reasons I didn’t go out and snag a Samsung Epic. The phone looks cool as hell [...]

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Samsung Moment Update – Part 2

April 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Android, iPhone, Samsung, smartphones, Technology

Updating the Samsung Moment shall be continued here. I’ve noticed a number of people looking for help with this issue. Two topics/issues here…the software update and the OS update. First we’ll discuss the OS (Android) update since it’s quick and easy. There is none yet. However…the good news is that there are several reports that [...]

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Updating the Samsung Moment

March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · market share, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology, Wireless

Updating the Samsung Moment’s software. Egads…and this is why Apple continues to be successful. They just make things easy to do. I bring this up as I had just finished updating the software for my Android phone. First, some background. I’ve got a Samsung Moment running on Sprint’s network. Love it! Love Sprint’s network, love [...]

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Palm’s Pre is Great But…

June 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, market share, mobile phones, Rant, smartphones, Technology

By now I’m sure you all know the Palm Pre is finally out on the shelves. It’s been reported to have sold 100,000 units on the first weekend with sellouts at many locations. Not bad…not bad. Mere mortals have finally had a chance to get their hands on them and play with them. I too [...]

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It’s Official! Palm Pre To Be Released June 6

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology, Wireless

It’s official! No more rumors or speculation as to when the Palm Pre will be released. Sprint will begin selling the Palm Pre on June 6th. It’s about time! The details of such glorious event are as follows When: June 6, 2009 Where: Sprint stores, Sprint.com, Best Buy, Radio Shack, some Wal-Mart stores Cost: $199.99 [...]

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The Rumor of Verizon Offering the iPhone

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology, Wireless

Today’s rumor mill is abuzz about Verizon possibly picking up Apple’s iPhone when AT&T’s exclusive deal runs next year. I must say I’m rather skeptical about this right now. I’m noticing most of the rumors credit the same source and all look the same. It just takes one rumor… So let’s think about this. The [...]

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AT&T Must Be Afraid of the Palm Pre

April 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Business, Gadgets, smartphones, Technology, Wireless

Ha! You’ve gotta love it. I just read this article on Engadget. Based on this leak of an AT&T internal document I’d say AT&T execs are fearing the release of the Palm Pre. They put out this little memo to their peeps pretty much saying the iPhone is vastly superior to the Pre. That’s fine…I [...]

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