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April 30, 2007

WidgetWare: My Fav Phone Apps at the

Yes, the joy of weekend shift. That's 3 times in 6 weeks, you know. Anyhow, I've got a wedding to dash off to in a bit (not mine) but I've been using some cool stuff on my phone that you should try. Especially if you're at a wedding and are going to be fiddling with a gadget while everyone is doing the electric slide. Hypothetically. Jott: Setup a free account, dial a number, leave yourself a voice message, and you get a transcribed note in your inbox for later reference. Easiest way to leave notes if you have an aversion to pencil and paper like I do. ShoZu:Shozu plugs into media sites like Flickr and Youtube, so you can upload your stuff with a click or two. Works on plenty of phones, and plenty of media sites. I'd like more blogware interfaces, to be honest, but you can't complain about free ware. and... Callwave: Callwave is that visual voicemail system Chen wrote about awhile back. Free, except your new voicemail system basically will spam your callers with a message. Worth it, though. I have my caller list and vmails in both my Dashboard widget and inbox. Soon, they'll have a text version that'll SMS your phone with an electronic transcription of your voicemail. Slingbox: I've been playing with Slingbox's Windows Mobile client, too. Good stuff. But you all know that already. When you look at all these great apps available on Java, Symbian and even (barf) Windows Mobile, its sad to think that certain glossy phones coming out in June won't have an open OS. What other apps have you been using on your phone? '" Brian Lam

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Posted by Richard at 05:23 PM

IPhone Visual Not-News: First Kitty Photo Taken With Not

Why is that dude is smiling? Is it because he's eating yummy toast? Is it because his hair is as silken as a Arabian stallion's mane? Maybe. But its also possible he's getting his mugshot taken by a shiny Apple iPhone -- now uploaded to Flickr and found by internet stalker Mobile Guerilla after a month of searching. Is it real? I can hardly resist speculating. The supporting facts are that the photo's res is correct for a 2MP cam at 1600 x 1200, and that various comments across the internet point to the Flickr user as an Apple-ite. The EXIF data metadata makes for a fine hint to the photo's source. It is, however, not proof. EXIF data is easily edited by programs like Reveal, so plenty of people can do things like take the first shot of a kitty not taken with an Apple iPhone: What's nice is that the photo (of the hair man, not the kitty) seems to have relatively low grain in fair indoor lighting. This second shot, taken against a window, looks bad, in the grain department, but its got fair shadow detail for something taken against ham-filtered sunlight. Looks like the iPhone's camera will work fairly well. (If this is indeed the real deal.) This is why we call it Non-News.'" Brian Lam First Pictures Taken With an Apple iPhone [Mobile Guerilla]

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Posted by Jim at 05:04 PM

Iridium Satellite Phone Service Covers The

Providing government, business and residential customers with the power of satellite driven communications, the Iridium satellite phone service is one of the industry leaders in using this technology. The company is the service provider for the United States Department of Defense, which speaks for the advances that have been made in satellite communications technology over the past few

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Posted by Mel at 03:23 PM

Samsung E800 - Style at its Simple

In the recent most times, Samsung has come up with some real trendy, fashionable phones with small size and interesting design. A new edition in the category is a phone named E800, a clamshell look-alike with slider form factor. The phone with a smooth rounded edges compliments well with the aesthetic sense of a stylish

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Posted by Rob at 01:40 PM

Cellular Phone Wallpaper Is Now

You have heard your teenagers talking about downloading wallpaper (also known as screensavers) to their cellular phones. You know what it is or at least you thought you did. Today with the advent of technology, a whole new vocabulary has been created. The easy way to describe this is that mobile phone wallpaper for your mobile is the same as for your computer, only

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Posted by Perry at 11:42 AM

Sony Ericsson W880i - Music is My

No one understands 'music' better than Sony Ericsson. In the last couple of years, we have seen some magnificent phones from Sony Ericsson with superb musical functionalities. These phones, marketed as 'Walkman Series' mobile phones have re-branded the company's image as one of the top mobile manufacturing companies in the world. After offering music phones in different styles and sizes, Sony Ericsson now unveils the 'small yet powerful' Sony Ericsson W880i. At 103 x 46.5 x 9.4 mm, the Sony Ericsson W880i is all about 'min size, max

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Posted by Ken at 11:27 AM

NYTimes Pulp Bite I Knew It Edition: NYTimes Confirms Google

The NYTimes has a boilerplate article about Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google going after the cellphone. This line is interesting, though: Google has gone so far as to build a prototype phone with its own software inside, according to one person who has seen it. Question: How do you think the fact checkers worked through that one? '" Brian Lam Big Money in Little Screens [NY Times, thanks Mac P.]

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Posted by Ken at 10:41 AM

It's Coming Here Too: First Windows Mobile 6 Phone Launched on German

The first commercially available Windows Mobile 6 Professional phone has just launched on Germany's O2 (we're not counting the WM6 upgrades you can download online and upgrade your old phones to), which means WM6 fever is just about upon us. The phone itself, the XDA Terra, is based on the HTC Herald, which is also coming to T-Mobile US complete with the new OS. If you're looking for specs on it, here's a good place to start. And if you're really in a hurry to grab one, you can get someone from Deutschland to order you one without contract for 519 Euros ($706). '" Jason Chen KUDOS: O2 Germany starts Selling and Shipping the first WM 6 Professional smartphone [The Unwired]