Tag Archives: smartphones

Pocket Tunes now plays music from Subscription-based services like Yahoo! Music

Pocket Tunes is one of if not THE premier audio application for the PalmOS, and I’ve been using it since I bought my Treo 600 over a year ago. Normsoft, the company that makes it, comes out regularly with new … Continue reading

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Bluetooth Dial-up Networking (DUN) for the Treo 650

One thing that you can use many digital cell phones for (not just Smartphones like the Treo 650) is as a modem for your computer. So you can travel around with your laptop and establish a connection anywhere you have … Continue reading

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Mobile Data Plan Comparisons for Smartphones

There seems to be a whole lot of confusion out there about the various rates for data communications for cell phones. I know I’ve been confused whenever I’ve tried to tackle the issue of which providers offer what kinds of … Continue reading

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The Problem with Smartphones

A thought occurred to me on my way to work today listening to an Engadget podcast where Phil was reporting from Mobius. The problem I see currently with smartphones is that they can be held hostage by the carrier. They … Continue reading

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High Speed Browsing on the Treo and MyTreo.Net

The web browser that comes with my phone, the Treo 600, is not a bad browser at all, at least compared to other alternatives. Many phones simply have a “WAP” browser, which can only display text, and not much of … Continue reading

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Moblogs

You would think that having been blogging for over a year and using a Treo 600 and before that a Sidekick I would have caught onto moblogging already. Perhaps its because I don’t go on a whole lot of trips … Continue reading

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T-Mobile Sidekick Vs. Handspring/PalmOne Treo 600

Many of you have read about my love-hate relationship with T-Mobile’s Sidekick and its lack Outlook synch capability. Almost a year ago I had gotten tired of waiting for the ability to synch my contacts, calendar, and task list with … Continue reading

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My brief affair with the Blackberry 7230 and how I came back home to Danger

Being a long-time internet junky and more recently a progressively obsessed cell phone geek, I decided to buy a Sidekick (made by Danger) from Tmobile back last November, just a month or so after it came out. For those who … Continue reading

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Convergence Ramblings

Gizmodo has a few references to phones (from British Telecom, Ericson and Verizon, and Motorola and NEC) that are being developed by various companies that are to have Wifi capability and even designed to do voice over IP. For those … Continue reading

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