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Mobile Phones, Everything Including Calls

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You can forgive the news reporter who mistook President Obama’s Shaka wave for a sign to call him during the inauguration. The connected candidate -- who took communications to a whole new level -- would have expected a text message or email…not a call. Doubt if his new phone number is in the phone book anyway!

Mobile phones have come a long way since Motorola’s Cooper showed off his analogue brick back in 1973. Since then they’ve gotten smaller, cheaper, cuter and more a part of your personal identity…just ask the kids.

They:

  • take photos
  • check email
  • watch videos
  • browse the web
  • use GPS (like they get lost between home, school)
  • download stuff
  • listen to music
  • take videos
  • download ringtones, screensavers
  • play games
  • text, IM
  • make calls…tons and tons of calls

But to us they’re still phones. Read more

Zeemote Takes Mobile Gaming to Another Level

by jeff on Mon, 2009-01-19 15:15


Zeemote JS1 The Zeemote JS1 controller is intuitive and with Bluetooth connectivity – it is a perfectly designed and connected gaming remote controller. When I hold it, I say to myself, “why did I not think of this?” It only makes sense that your mobile phone has a joystick. Of course, those in Europe have been enjoying this device for the past year, and with the BlackBerry Alliance accepting the Zeemote as an approved product, the games will certainly follow and jump the big pond. Electronic Arts, SEGA, I-play, glu, gameloft, Hardwire, Digital Chocolate, and more are preparing their games for the BlackBerry now.

The Zeemote is well made, and is very small with comfort for thumb control that takes mobile gaming to a whole new level. Be patient… it is not available in the States just yet, but will most likely be sold where mobile phones are sold. Check with Zeemote by visiting www.zeemote.com for more information.

Hot BlackBerry Curve 8320 Warms the Cold Winter Blues

December 16, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T is turning up the heat with the ever-popular BlackBerry Curve smartphone. AT&T Inc. and Research In Motion announced today the immediate availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone with built-in Wi-Fi, which gives AT&T customers with unlimited corporate or personal BlackBerry service plans free and seamless access to thousands of AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots in the U.S.

Available in sapphire blue, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone makes it easy to connect to home or campus Wi-Fi networks and to automatically connect to any of the more than 17,000 AT&T Hot Spots nationwide. These include Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and thousands more restaurants, airports, hotels and other convenient locations across the U.S. Those customers who subscribe to unlimited corporate or personal BlackBerry service plans can access these AT&T Hot Spots at no charge. Read more

The Advanced Sprint/Nextel Push-to-Talk BlackBerry 8350i Delivers

by jeff on Tue, 2008-12-16 10:53


BlackBerry Curve 8350i The BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone is slim with a modern black exterior. The push-to-talk feature that makes Sprint/Nextel’s phones stand out from the crowd has just been upgraded by RIM. The 8350i has built-in WiFi support and Group Connect with instant conversations with up to 20 participants. There is support for integrated business solutions that include a large selection of GPS-enabled solutions. The Talkgroup feature in the business solutions suite connects up to 200 people at once within the same fleet.

Danny Bowman, President of Nextel Direct Connect said it best, “The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is a premium smartphone that strikes a perfect balance between performance and usability.”

This modern marvel has an MSRP of $149 with a two-year service agreement, and $80 instant savings credit and a $100 mail-in rebate. You might want to buy a Kingston microSD card to enable the video recording feature this 8350i that is capable of recording.


Sprint Launches BlackBerry Curve 8350i

December 15, 2008--Responding to the requests of Nextel Direct Connect customers, Sprint today launched the BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone. Developed by Research In Motion, the new BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the most advanced push-to-talk BlackBerry smartphone ever.

The BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone utilizes iDEN technology on the Nextel National Network. It offers Nextel Direct Connect, the only national push-to-talk service in the industry to offer sub-second call set up to the world's largest push-to-talk community with millions of users. Read more

Want a BlackBerry Storm from Verizon?

by jeff on Mon, 2008-11-10 11:19


BlackBerry Storm If you are in New York on Thursday, November 13, 2008 go to Father Duffy Square for a chance to win the most anticipated BlackBerry ever … the BlackBerry Storm. You will walk into a LARGE BlackBerry Storm that is like a “money booth” of sorts. You will have tickets flowing around you while you grab as many as you can. The prizes include the highly-anticipated BlackBerry Storm (plus $50 gift card for activation) and Bluetooth headsets. If you read this post, and go to the event and win the smartphone … let us know about it!

For more information on the BlackBerry Storm visit www.blackberry.com/storm or http://estore.vzwshop.com/storm

Palringo Handheld Text, Voice, and Picture Instant Messaging

by Joe Stewart on Sat, 2008-11-08 05:05


Palringo on iPhone Palringo is available for Windows and Mac (currently in testing) but its niche seems to be when used on a mobile handset like an iPhone or Blackberry.

For your existing contacts it supports Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live!, etc. but also adds a dedicated Palringo account. This Palringo service has easy to add or join Groups providing office and small business users a convenient way to communicate.

A feature that might prove useful is voice and picture instant messages. Send a quick voice message to a co-worker.

Beejive has a somewhat similar IM client and Fring competes on the iPhone. Read more

BlackBerry Bold Goes on Sale Today in the U.S.


BlackBerry BoldNovember 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In addition to selecting the next president of the United States, Americans can make another choice on Election Day -- to buy the sleek and stylish BlackBerry Bold smartphone, which AT&T Inc. announced is available beginning today in the U.S. only from AT&T.

Operating on the nation's fastest 3G network, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone features a powerful combination of global 3G capabilities in conjunction with the industry's leading international wireless coverage, built-in aGPS, Wi-Fi and a multitude of choices in the form of tens of thousands of services and applications courtesy of AT&T's extensive ecosystem of consumer and business applications developers.

"Election Day is all about choice, and the addition today of the BlackBerry Bold to AT&T's industry-leading roster of smartphones gives AT&T customers yet another fantastic choice through which they can have a superior experience in accessing e-mail, making a phone call, browsing the Web or performing myriad other data functions," said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president of Devices for AT&T's wireless operation. "Quite simply, the BlackBerry Bold is the best BlackBerry smartphone ever, and it's available from the world's leading provider of BlackBerry services only to AT&T customers here in the U.S." Read more

BlackBerry Bold Coming to AT&T November 4th


BlackBerry Bold Research In Motion (RIM) and AT&T just announced that the BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available in the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 4 for as low as $299.99 (with a two-year contract and qualified voice and data plans). The BlackBerry Bold will be available in AT&T stores nationwide, through www.att.com and select national retailers, as well as through AT&T’s business-to-business sales teams. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone, which is being introduced in the United States only for AT&T customers, can be used in the most countries abroad, including more than 60 with 3G networks.

For more information on the BlackBerry Bold smartphone visit www.blackberry.com.

Read the full press release: AT&T Customers to Enter a Bold New Wireless World

Jon Pepper

T-Mobile Launches First BlackBerry Flip Phone

October 13, 2008 — T-Mobile and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone—the first BlackBerry flip phone—is now available in the U.S., exclusively from T-Mobile.

The new BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone maintains the popular features and benefits of the BlackBerry Pearl; plus it packs numerous enhancements into the sleek and popular flip design. The spacious keyboard allows easy typing and dialing while the flip design helps protect the large, vibrant internal screen and provides the satisfying finality of ending a call by closing the phone. Customers will also appreciate the external display for previewing calendar reminders, e-mail, text messages and phone calls at a glance. Read more

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