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Updating the Samsung Moment

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

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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