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Recently, I installed Mac OS X Leopard on my MSI Wind netbook to get a feel for a 10-inch Apple notebook. The device came with Windows XP pre-installed and I have it running Vista for the moment. Yes, I’m generally OS-agnostic. One of the challenges I […] Read more »

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I consider PDF Annotator a “must-have” app if you work with PDFs and own a Tablet PC. That’s an arguable opinion of course, but take it for a 30-day test-drive and see what you think. If you already have tested the software but held off on […] Read more »

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I’m going to have to take SIMable’s word on the “unlocks 85% of the world’s phones” bit because I just don’t have the time or travel budget to test every phone in the world. Maybe Verizon’s “can you hear me now?” guy would consider defecting from […] Read more »

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Just in case you follow DigiTimes, I wanted to quickly address a claim they have on the new Samsung NC10′s battery life. I’m sure the information they were provided was either from marketing materials or someone in the Samsung PR department, but I’m not buying it. […] Read more »

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The new Mac notebooks may have landed, but exactly where did they land from a price perspective? I had hoped my logical argument for a small and relatively lower-powered $800 Apple notebook would have surfaced but it looks too early for that. I suspect it will […] Read more »

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There’s on the run and then there’s really on the run… as in around the world. AT&T just announced something for the globetrotter, although I suppose contestants on The Amazing Race might find it useful too. It’s the USBConnect Quicksilver, a small USB modem for AT&T’s […] Read more »

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Since today we’ll see if Apple really is launching a netbook (odds are pretty much against, regardless of what I might think), I thought it might be timely to address one issue I had using OS X on a smaller screened device. When I installed it […] Read more »

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Perhaps not everyone in the U.S. is welcoming Samsung’s entry to the notebook market (think: Dell, HP, and Lenovo for starters), but choice is good so my arms are open wide. Besides, I was happy to spring for three Samsung UMPCs in the last two years […] Read more »

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Oh the memories. I remember my first Walkman device (it played cassette tapes) and being able to walk around while jamming to Journey, The Eagles and yes… I’m man enough to admit it: Michael Jackson. Mobile music certainly put a spring in my step back then. […] Read more »

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IOGEAR has a nice little mobile hub hitting product shelves today. The GUH276 is great for on the go usage as it’s small and versatile. It acts as a three-port USB 2.0 hub, which can be handy if you run out free USB ports, or if […] Read more »

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During my 60-day web-only challenge, I used Wakoopa to track my application usage and I see that they also offer a Mac version that I’ll be taking a look at in the future. For now, I’m taking a peek at Slife, a comparable free activity tracker […] Read more »

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When I recently interviewed Frank Meehan, GM of 3G Handsets and Products, Hutchinson Whampoa/3 at our Mobilize event, he kept coming back to a key point: people want to do anything and everything they can with their phones. It’s not always about which handset has the […] Read more »

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I’ve been a flip-phone fan ever since my Motorola StarTAC days, but much of the smartphone market has stayed away from the form factor. There have been a few exceptions and RIM adds another one today with the launch of their BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 on […] Read more »

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CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 150 is 36:15 minutes long and is a 33.3 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel […] Read more »

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HTC now offers the incremental bump from Windows Mobile 6 to 6.1 on both the Touch Cruise and Touch Dual handsets. Like other phones already running the latest version, upgraders will see the sliding-paneled Home screen, easier Bluetooth pairing, threaded text messaging, e-mail message grouping and […] Read more »

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One of the more expensive netbooks gets a price break this month according to Small Laptops. The MSI Wind saw a price hike in the summer now sees a $50 rebate on select models in October. You can find the standard U100 configuration of 1.6 GHz […] Read more »

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Hello MOTO, or should we say hello MOTO Q11? Motorola’s newest evolutionary (at best) Q-series device is due out in December and adds few new bits and changes from the Q9 that arrived last year. The most noticeable addition is the availability of WiFi, something that […] Read more »

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Gmail, a staple of our work environment, becomes a little more like “big-boy” IMAP courtesy of Google Labs. Hit the Labs button in your Gmail account and you’ll see a new “Advanced IMAP Controls” function. Enable it and you can begin to take advantage of the […] Read more »

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It’s likely no secret that I have an interest in helping out with our environmental crisis. The fact that I’m a self-proclaimed hypermiler ought to tell you something… other than I tend to drive slow, that is. Ericsson just scored some green points with me based […] Read more »

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Gmail takes another step towards maturing their IMAP offering with new controls and options available. You can now pick and choose which IMAP folders (aka: labels in Gmail) are kept in synch between your client and the server.I’m also thrilled to see that you can choose […] Read more »

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Looking to get your BlackBerry invited to the live-streaming scene? Qik is out of the question because it only supports Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile devices for the time being. However, Next2Friends just announced support for their competing service on the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl handsets. […] Read more »

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Earlier in the year I picked up a Lapworks notebook stand for the home office. Although it’s light and it folds up, I rarely take it along when traveling. The $40 Cricket Laptop Stand looks more my style for the gear bag, simply because of the […] Read more »

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Playing with a thin Lenovo X301 this morning reminded me of a reader tip about the new thin-and-light Eee PC notebook from Asus. AllanCJ pinged me about the new Asus S101 which is a morphs the Eee line into a higher end, fashionable device. $699 is […] Read more »

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Fudzilla put their paparazzi hat on and has the above and several other images of the anticipated successor to the MSI Wind U100. The U120 looks slightly more stylish with some retooling of the vent fans and changing the chassis parts from one color to two […] Read more »

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I arrived at the XOHM WiMAX event in Baltimore just in the nick of time this morning. Barry West, the CTO and President of XOHM Sprint Nextel, was describing the network and it was interesting to me in the calculated approach he used. As a current […] Read more »

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I’ve gathered quite a few thoughts from today’s WiMAX event but I won’t be rounding them up until I get home in a few hours. Meanwhile, I wanted to share this screenshot for two reasons. One, it gives you an indication of the bandwidth speeds and […] Read more »

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Quick note that I’m on my way out the door for the two+hour drive down to Baltimore. Today is the WiMAX launch event. Note that it’s the launch event and not the launch: the service officially went live last week and has already seen some reviews. […] Read more »

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Sorry for the MC Hammer play, but I try to have fun to offset bad news. Here’s the deal: the HTC Touch HD you might be salivating over isn’t Coming to America like Eddie Murphy. In a recent Twitter posting, a company rep says: “sad news, […] Read more »

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One thing I’ve noticed recently is that netbook microphones are lacking. When we first did a Skype chat on the Acer Aspire One, I had to crank the input up before James could hear me. Then we did a Skype call on the MSI Wind and […] Read more »

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Not too long ago I grabbed an Acer Aspire One to get a feel for the device performance. I was happy with it under Linux, but found the low-cost Intel Solid State Disk module to be a bottleneck with Windows XP. On the surface, the write […] Read more »

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Smart Device Central shares a short list of ways to de-bloat your smartphone which could be helpful for those new to this type of device. Most of the article explains how to use the standard methods to remove programs on all of the major platforms: BlackBerry, […] Read more »

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If you’ve been enjoying unlimited wireless data access through the GoPhone back-door on AT&T’s network, you’d better enjoy the heck out of it between now and November 12th. That’s the date that this little loophole gets closed says PhoneNews, who got the info from the AT&T […] Read more »

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