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- Smartphone
- A cellular telephone with information access. It provides digital voice service as well as any combination of e-mail, text messaging, pager, Web access, voice recognition, still and/or video camera,...
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- Extreme makeover: Geek.com edition
- I have been writing for the Chief Geek, Joel Evans, over at Geek.com for the last 6 years and am pleased to let you all know that Joel just completed the rollout and launch of an entirely new layout and back-end of Geek.com. The site is now based on WordPress...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, UMPC, Smartphone, Review, Gadgets, BlackBerry, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- How can you enter text on the HTC Touch?
- One of the weak points of the new HTC Touch is the lack of a good text entry system. There is a large option for the integrated keyboard, but even that is too small for using your finger and requires stylus input. I quickly loaded a couple of 3rd party...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile software, HTC, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Hands-on video and first impressions of the HTC Touch
- Earlier today HTC announced the HTC Touch device with their new TouchFLO technology. I was able to meet up with my press contact and get a device to evaluate for a short time. I created the video shown below to try to show readers how the new interface works and...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Review, Microsoft, HTC, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- MobileTechRoundup show #100, Passing the century mark
- Listen here (MP3, 30.2 MB, 33 minutes)Subscribe to the show with this link RSSKevin, James and myself are happy to have reached the century milestone with MobileTechRoundup show #100 that was recorded while I was again on the road. We had lots to talk about on this show and...
- Tags: Wireless carriers, Windows Mobile, UMPC, Ultra portable PC, Smartphone, MoTR podcast, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- What makes a good road warrior hotel?
- I know Andy Abramson from working with him as part of the Nokia Nseries Blogger Relations program and love reading his VoIP Watch blog. Andy is a prolific blogger and also writes about his travels on his Working Anywhere blog. He just posted a very good blog entry that all...
- Tags: Ultra portable PC, Smartphone, On the road, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Is the Apple iPhone really that fast?
- We now know that the Apple iPhone will be available on June 29th and the three iPhone TV ads are getting lots of people excited about the device. I have to admit after viewing the ads that I would love to try out the iPhone, but I just can't swallow...
- Tags: Smartphone, MP3 players, iPhone, Gadgets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- The Palm Foleo: the beginning and end of the mobile companion category
- Last week Palm announced the first device in their new "mobile companion" device category, the Palm Foleo. As stated in the full press release the Palm Foleo was Palm, Inc. founder Jeff Hawkins' idea. I think Hawkins has done an amazing job with the first Palm device, the Handspring models,...
- Tags: UMPC, Ultra portable PC, Smartphone, S60, Palm, On the road, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-03
- What is the Palm Foleo?
- Palm is making an announcement today at 11:30 am PDT where they are expected to announce some new mobile device category. Speculation has ranged from an ultra mobile PC device to some kind of portable media center device. The most plausible information was just recently posted on TreoCentral where one...
- Tags: Gadgets, On the road, Palm, Rumors, Smartphone
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Is the Nokia N95 the ultimate multimedia computer?
- I had the chance to play with the Nokia N95 back at the Nokia Open Studio event in New York last fall and was blown away by the light weight of the device for all the features that were packed into it. There has been a lot of initial impressions...
- Tags: VoIP, Symbian, Smartphone, Review, Nokia, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- Apply Daylight Saving Time updates to all your mobile devices
- On 8 August 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST begins on the second Sunday in March, this Sunday 11 March, and ends the first Sunday in...
- Tags: Symbian, UMPC, Smartphone, Ultra portable PC, BlackBerry, Apple, Microsoft, Gadgets, Tablet PC, Palm, Windows Mobile
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- The Nokia N80 Internet Edition; high end multimedia device with a business focus
- As a participant in the Nokia Nseries Blogger Relations program, I get the chance to check out different high end multimedia mobile phones and post my honest thoughts and experiences with the devices. The latest Nseries device that I have had the opportunity to check out for over a month...
- Tags: Nokia, Review, Gadgets, VoIP, Smartphone, Symbian
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- RIM announces the slim BlackBerry 8800 smartphone
- I said there would be a ton of announcements from 3GSM this week and if your head isnt already spinning with the speed and number of device announcements then get ready for another one. Research in Motion announced the BlackBerry 8800. The BlackBerry 8800 is the thinnest BlackBerry device...
- Tags: BlackBerry, BlackBerry 8800, Gadgets, RIM BlackBerry, Smartphone
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- ASUS, BenQ Siemens, Gigabyte, HTC, Lenovo, Motorola, and Palm show off Windows Mobile 6 devices
- A couple of new Windows Mobile 6 devices were announced earlier today, but the bulk of the announcements were just made from ASUS, BenQ Siemens, Gigabyte, HTC, Lenovo, Motorola, and Palm. All these companies announced Windows Mobile 6 devices that would be launched in 2007. The ASUS Aries looks...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Palm, Smartphone, Microsoft, Gadgets, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Toshiba comes back to Windows Mobile with a couple new devices, i-mate updates too
- It has been a couple of years since we last saw a Toshiba Pocket PC, but as the popularity of Windows Mobile continues to dramatically increase we are seeing old and new manufacturers launching devices. Toshiba looks to be starting off well with the G900 that looks a lot like...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Microsoft, Gadgets, i-Mate
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- HP expands Windows Mobile line with the iPAQ Voice Messenger
- HP has had Pocket PC Phone Edition Mobile Messenger devices for a couple of years, but they have never really seemed to have taken off. HP continues to try to compete in the mobile market and is launching their HP iPAQ 500 series Voice Messenger. The Voice Messenger is a...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Microsoft, Gadgets, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Blog posts 2007-02-11
- Get some expert Treo tips and tricks from Marc Orchant
- If you are a Treo fan then I highly recommend you check out fellow ZDNet blogger and mobile gadget fan Marc Orchants recent post linking to his Treo-focused podcast. Marc recorded the podcast with David Spark on The Communications Insider for Sprint show. Marc starts off with the top 3...
- Tags: Gadgets, Marc, Mobile software, Palm, Palm Treo, Smartphone, Wireless carriers
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
- Seagate's D.A.V.E. will be your mobile device's new best friend
- I was reading my RSS feeds and became quite excited when I read Robert Scobles post on the upcoming Seagate D.A.V.E. device since I think it can solve all of my portable storage needs. The reason I buy large external storage cards for my mobile devices is to place video...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Symbian, Smartphone, Nokia, On the road, Gadgets, D.A.V.E.
- Blog posts 2007-01-30
- CES: Mobile devices get updates with few new product announcements
- I am still writing for Geek.com since I can cover a broader spectrum of products than I do on the Mobile Gadgeteer so if you are interested feel free to check out everything I have been doing on the Geek.com CES 2007 page. In regards to mobile technology, devices, and...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Palm, Smartphone, Ultra portable PC, Nokia, Microsoft, Gadgets, Tablet PC
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- Beauty and the Beast; the Nokia N73 and N93 S60 smartphones
- I have been a member of the Nokia Nseries Blogger Relations program for just over a year now and have written a couple of reviews and lots of thoughts on the review devices I was sent to evaluate. I have posted the pros and cons of the devices, used one...
- Tags: Gadgets, Review, Nokia, Smartphone, Symbian, camera, Nokia N73, Nokia Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-12-30
- Black Friday mobile gear shopping guide
- i have only gone out once on Black Friday to pick up a couple of Nintendo DS units for my girls and personally do 90% of my shopping online. I have reviewed a few products on this blog since I started writing a few months ago and there are a...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Keyboards, Operating systems, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Fujitsu P1610, ultramobile PC, Cingular Wireless, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., BlackJack Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, Apple MacBook Pro, mo
- Blog posts 2006-11-23
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