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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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Eager for the Palm Pre

February 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Gadgets, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology

It’s been a while since the Palm Pre was announced at CES and I’m still buggin’ for it. I tire of looking around and seeing everyone with their fancy little iPhones and I’m using a phone that you’d see Sonny Crockett talking on back in the ’80s. I try not to read too much about [...]

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Palm Announces the Palm Pre

January 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, Gadgets, mobile phones, Technology

Palm unveiled the Palm Pre at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) yesterday and wow…I must say I’m impressed. After watching them release weak update after weak update, I wasn’t sure what to expect out of their next phone. I’m more than pleased with what I see so far and am willing to stick with Sprint [...]

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Apple’s iPhone Now Ranks 2nd in Business Smartphones

November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Gadgets, market share, mobile phones, Technology, Wireless

And there you have it…Apple’s iPhone has just overtaken Palm for the number two spot in business for smartphone penetration. We already knew the iPhone was taking the consumer market by storm, but this jump to number two in the enterprise is big news for the people up there in Cupertino. Palm is making it [...]

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Year Of The Smartphone

June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, mobile phones

2008 certainly seems to be the year of the smartphone. Sure, smartphones have existed for years. In fact I remember way back in 2001 when someone was talking about this “BlackBerry” device that allowed people to read their emails. Huh? What were they talking about. Over the past few years it was mainly business people [...]

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Sprint May Finally Be Getting It

April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Technology

So the CTIA show is going on now and all the wireless players are out there showing their goods. Normally I don’t pay much attention to this but when I saw Sprint talking about the Samsung Instinct (touted by many as a viable iPhone competitor) I couldn’t help but get giddy. Is Sprint finally getting [...]

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