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 the [...]
Updating the Samsung Moment
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Technology, Wireless, market share, mobile phones, smartphones
Tags: Android·Apple·Apple iPhone·Google Android·iPhone·Samsung Moment·smart phone·Smartphone
Palm’s Pre is Great But…
June 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, Rant, Technology, market share, mobile phones, smartphones
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 [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·bad business decisions·competitive advantage·iPhone·iPhone 3GS·Palm·Palm Pre·Palm Treo·smartphones·Sprint·Treo·Treo 755p
It’s Official! Palm Pre To Be Released June 6
May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones
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 with [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·BlackBerry·iPhone·Palm·Palm Pre·plan upgrades·Pre·Pre release date·Research in Motion·RIM·SERO·Simply Everything·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·WWDC
Twitter Twitter Twitter
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Technology, Web Services
Twitter? What’s that? For most of the faithful Chia Town readers Twitter is old news. Oddly enough Twitter is still not known by some and not understood by others. This post will be mostly for people that have heard about Twitter, know what it is (a quick way to send quick updates as to what [...]
Tags: Apple·Google·Nambu·social networking·TweetDeck·tweets·Twitter·twitter etiquette·Twitter usefulness
AT&T Must Be Afraid of the Palm Pre
April 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Business, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless, smartphones
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 [...]
Tags: 3G·Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·iPhone·network coverage·Palm·Palm Pre·Palm Treo·smartphones·Sprint
Think Small And Go Big
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, Mergers/Acquisitions, Revenue Models, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
Many of us dream of going big. It was just announced that Oracle is buying Sun for $7.4 billion. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice to sell off your company for a few BILLION dollars? We keep seeing news blurb after news blurb about companies recording record profits (Exxon Mobile anyone?) or being bought for billions [...]
Tags: angel funding·Apple·entrepreneurs·Exxon Mobile·Facebook·funding·Mac·Microsoft·new business·new solutions·new ventures·Oracle·successful business·Sun·venture capital·Yahoo
My Take on Apple’s Safari 4 Public Beta
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Reviews, Software, Technology
Being the dork that I am I just had to download Apple’s Safari 4 public beta release yesterday. I’ve already got a few “good for you Apple” and a couple “why…why would you do that?” items with just one day’s worth of use but my initial reaction is “I like it!”
First off, Apple claims that [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple Safari·Firefox·Safari 4·Safari 4 public beta·Safari 4 review
Customer Service – The Basics of Business
February 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices
When I first started up Chia Town I already had a couple ideas of what I wanted to write about. One of the first things was the importance of customer service within a business. It doesn’t matter what business you are in, customer service is king. It’s a no-brainer if you’re in a service industry, [...]
Tags: Apple·AT&T·business 101·business basics·climbing·climbing magazine·customer service·keeping customers happy·Verizon
The Agony of Smartphones and Their Plans
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones
So there I was with my new job and I had the “joy” of going through the process of choosing a new cell phone for work. They have a cell phone plan that pays $50/month for a voice plan so we could have a work line. I’ve already got a Palm Treo 755p with Sprint [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·BlackBerry·Blackberry Storm·cell phone plans·cell phones·iPhone·Palm Pre·smart phones·smartphones·Sprint·Verizon
Walmart and Sam’s Club to Sell Apple’s iPhone
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Technology, market share, mobile phones
So it’s official, Walmart and Sam’s Club will be selling the Apple iPhone. Yes, I know I’m a little late to the game but maybe some of you haven’t heard the news yet. So here I am…keeping my readers informed.
Anyway, a few days ago it was confirmed that select Walmart and Sam’s Club stores will [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·iPhone·iPhone distribution·Sam's Club·Walmart