Samsung Intrepid Review
November 27, 2009 – 10:31 am | Comments

This is a review of the Samsung Intrepid from Sprint.  Overall, I liked the phone.  It has a good build, and the software is impressive.  There were a few quirks here and there though.  …

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By day a department manager and writer for a major network device vendor...by night Zealot stalks the mean magnetic streets, striking fear into the hearts of bandwidth abusers and theme park mascots. Zealot has been involved with mobile devices for more than a decade now, starting off with dumb phones, moving to PDAs and then to smartphones, notebooks and netbooks with the odd PMP thrown in. Most of his mobile time currently is spent on a Treo Pro, Zune HD, Thinkpad T61, Gigabyte M912M or a Hackintoshed Compaq Mini 704. He proudly groks the Geek community and considers himself a Neo Maxi Zune Dweebie (thanks Will Wheaton!).

SDXC Coming to a Laptop Near You…FAST
December 1, 2009 – 8:20 am | Comments
SDXC Coming to a Laptop Near You…FAST

Considering all the wonderful products and advancements that are currently slated for 2010, next year is beginning to sound like a strange, mystical land filled with wonders and mystery like Narnia, or New Jersey. …

Ebooks: Ho Ho Hosed?
November 27, 2009 – 7:25 am | Comments
Ebooks: Ho Ho Hosed?

Last week I stated that in my opinion, Ebook Readers were are great idea for holiday gifts this year. In addition, I outlined the brands and models I thought best suited for giving as …

Windows Mobile 6.5.1 Imminent…Sort Of
November 27, 2009 – 6:52 am | Comments
Windows Mobile 6.5.1 Imminent…Sort Of

Rumor has it that the updated version of Windows Mobile 6.5, dubbed by the modding community “6.5.1” which I reported on a couple months ago is soon to go live, but in what capacity …

Dual Screen Netbook Attacks Tokyo
November 27, 2009 – 6:28 am | Comments
Dual Screen Netbook Attacks Tokyo

Well, maybe not ATTACKS exactly, more like “Goes on sale in”, but the headline was too good to pass up. Either way, the Kohjinsha DZ6KH16E is certainly the Godzilla of netbooks, boasting two sliding …

Ebooks: Good News and Bad News
November 24, 2009 – 1:20 pm | Comments
Ebooks: Good News and Bad News

First, the good news….Amazon announced today that a free firmware upgrade will be going out to all Kindles that increases the battery life by 85 percent and adds support for PDFs (hmmm…maybe in support …

Ebooks: iMagz Coming?
November 24, 2009 – 12:14 pm | Comments
Ebooks: iMagz Coming?

The Observer is reporting on some very interesting information they have from “sources” that may indicate the future direction of electronic magazines. Everyone has heard Wired yapping about preparing custom digital content for “some …

Android Rising, Motorola in Command
November 23, 2009 – 4:31 pm | Comments
Android Rising, Motorola in Command

According to AdMob, the firm that handles display and text ads for more than about 15,000 mobile Web sites and applications, Android is coming on strong with Motorola riding it back to relevance in …

Ikee-B Threatens iPhones
November 23, 2009 – 10:41 am | Comments
Ikee-B Threatens iPhones

A new wrinkle has appeared in the smartphone security picture, as the first truly harmful worm has surfaced that effects jailbroken iPhones. This one is designed to steal passwords and financial details of people …

Ebooks: Nook and Kindle News
November 22, 2009 – 7:00 am | Comments
Ebooks: Nook and Kindle News

In terms of Holiday Ebook Reader Sales it appears that it is boiling down to a two horse race, the Kindle versus the Nook….and with the Nook the jumps just keep getting higher and …

Ebooks: Misses and Hits
November 19, 2009 – 7:27 am | Comments
Ebooks: Misses and Hits

The biggest miss in the Ebook world this week has to be the Sony Daily Reader, the 7 inch, wireless equipped device that Sony is intending to compete with the Kindle DX (as well …

Symbian Rejected Again…by Nokia??
November 19, 2009 – 5:29 am | Comments
Symbian Rejected Again…by Nokia??

This has been a tough few weeks for Symbian. A few days ago it was given the old heave-ho from Samsung smartphones in favor of bada, a new OS they haven’t even RELEASED yet, …

“Honey, they Shrunk my Thinkpad”
November 19, 2009 – 4:02 am | Comments
“Honey, they Shrunk my Thinkpad”

I have been a fan of Thinkpads since they were the mainstay of the IBM empire and have used them as my primary laptop almost exclusively for around 10 years now, starting with a …

To gPhone, or not to gPhone
November 18, 2009 – 6:03 am | Comments
To gPhone, or not to gPhone

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch is stirring the pot again. In a recent post, he states that the long theorized Googlephone is about to be released based on rumours from unnamed sources. A phone designed …

Jailbreaker Makes CNN
November 18, 2009 – 5:27 am | Comments
Jailbreaker Makes CNN

Whether you consider him a genius, a rebel, a thief or an arrogant putz, George Hotz (aka GeoHot) sure has a lot to say, and he says it in a recent CNN profile. Credited …

Windows Mobile Gets More Game
November 18, 2009 – 5:02 am | Comments
Windows Mobile Gets More Game

Slowly but surely the Windows Mobile Marketplace is gaining applications. The newest bunch are six fresh games from Konami designed to be played on full touchscreen phones. The games feature sharp graphics and on …

With a Name like Megatron, it’s GOTTA be Good.
November 18, 2009 – 2:29 am | Comments
With a Name like Megatron, it’s GOTTA be Good.

File this one under “Devices which will likely never make it out of Asia”, but you have to admit, it is damn pretty.
This is the Ainol V9000 HDX Megatron, a touchscreen PMP available in …

Smartphone Denial: Mobile Security
November 17, 2009 – 4:37 pm | Comments
Smartphone Denial: Mobile Security

This is a great time to be a fan of mobile technology. We are able to do more with small, mobile devices then ever before. In fact, there are times when it seems like …

Ebook Holidaze: A Gift Guide
November 16, 2009 – 8:48 am | Comments
Ebook Holidaze: A Gift Guide

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah (or the rebel version, Chanukah), Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice or Saturnalia…shopping season is about to begin and have you done anything about it yet? Counting on Black Friday this …

Where is an iPhone NOT an iPhone? In Shanzhai.
November 12, 2009 – 6:55 am | Comments
Where is an iPhone NOT an iPhone? In Shanzhai.

More and more mobile phone and device vendors have been turning their attentions to the enormous Chinese market over the last year….and with good reason. At the start of 2009 there were more than …

Ebooks: The Readius Gets a Second Chance
November 12, 2009 – 2:17 am | Comments
Ebooks: The Readius Gets a Second Chance

Borders, you ignored me at your own peril. I had suggested that Borders, the second largest Book Seller in the US, purchase and rebrand Polymer Vision’s Readius device, an Ebook Reader that was truly …