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Glympse Lets Everyone Know Your Mobile Location (if you want them to)

by jessica on Wed, 2009-05-20 11:47


Glympse on G1 phone

Glympse just announced yesterday that their new Glympse service is available in public Beta. What is Glympse? It is a service for your smartphone that lets you share your real-time location with others in your address book via a link to a map marking your exact location.

Running late to a meeting? Stuck in Traffic? No need to make phone calls or send texts to let everyone know, just send them the link (or as the company says, "glympse" them). The map will mark your exact location and he recipient can then follow you in real time (if on a computer…mobile users will need to refresh). It will then give them the estimated time of your arrival if the destination has been sent. You can choose who can see where you are (after all, you don't want your entire address book knowing, do you?) and for how long (from minutes to hours). Recipients don't need to download Glympse to view the information, however, the company says that they will "have a more dynamic experience" if they do.

Right now the service is only available on T-Mobile G1 phones, but they plan to make it available on other smartphones, including the iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices in the near future.

For more information, visit www.glympse.com.

T-Mobile G1 Review


T-Mobile G1 When I was finished after a week of playing with the T-Mobile G1, the only thought I could come up with is “Nice Try.” I think this phone would be more successful if they would’ve released it prior to the iPhone’s unveiling. Since Apple’s iPhone release, it seems like every major cell phone manufacture is trying to keep up with what Apple created in a portable phone device.

The touch screen on the G1 is a very useful tool but has to be implemented well. In this case, I think HTC (the company that makes the G1) put it there just because they want to keep up with the Touch Screen Device Market. The screen itself is incredibly sensitive, not on the same playing field as the iPhone, but it does work very well for its uses. I think in the future they should incorporate it a little better. The battery life was decent; with little use it still had a charge of about 25% at the end of the workday. The operating system on the G1 is Google’s Android, which is very basic and works very well.Read more

Fly with T-Mobile

by jeff on Wed, 2008-11-12 14:59


Airplane Well, not really, but when you buy a new phone from T-Mobile and sign-up for a two-year service agreement from 11/19 – 12/24/08 you will receive a companion ticket for free.

Have you been eyeing the new Google G1 phone? Get your phone with a free companion airline ticket and fly to Puerto Rico and all 48 States that connect to one another (meaning Hawaii and Alaska are not included). Taxes and fees including a per-flight booking fee apply. You can receive a maximum of five (5) companion flights per T-Mobile account, so if you plan on extending your T-Mobile service wait until 11/19/08. You must purchase a full fare ticket in order to use the companion ticket, but it is like buying one and getting one free. As with all offers there are restrictions, and you will find those here: www.flywitht-mobile.com. Save travels!

T-Mobile's G1 Android in Stores Today


T-Mobile G1October 22, 2008 — T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the national availability of the highly anticipated T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android-powered mobile phone. The T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a rich mobile Web experience, dozens of Android Market applications, and popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.

Beginning today, consumers can purchase the phone in select retail stores across the country and online at www.T-MobileG1.com. Read more

T-Mobile Unveils the T-Mobile G1 Android Phone


T-Mobile G1September 23, 2008 – T-Mobile today announced the international launch of the world’s first Android-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. Available soon only for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.

“We are proud that T-Mobile is the first operator in the world to launch an Android-powered mobile device,” said Christopher Schläffer, group product and innovation officer of Deutsche Telekom. Read more

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