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Cingular Wireless Data Service in Cabo San Lucas

Friday, January 6th, 2006

I just returned from my annual trip with my family to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and I brought my laptop down with me along with my Nokia 6620 smartphone.  This year was different because I wanted to stay in touch over the internet […]

Wireless Boom Coming?

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Well, I think I have been one of those on the side of the fence that says we are really going to see widespread adoption of wireless technology into all facets of our lives for some time now. But, I guess when CNN predicts a wireless boom, it is a little of a bigger […]

Nokia 702NK II (3G Smartphone) Released by Vodafone

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Vodafone has just announced the release of the sweet Nokia 702NK II (aka Nokia 6680) 3G Smartphone in Japan. The 702NK II/Nokia 6680 is a Symbian OS based 3G handset. Users can view things like Microsoft Word and Excel documents on their handsets, eliminating the need to open a laptop or notebook computer. […]

Ericsson Says 3.5G Will Turn 3G Into a Slow Poke

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Sigh, it is tough being a geek in the United States sometimes. Big business is really into making money here and it is preventing me from getting my super geekiness on at times. Tech Central published an article today about 3.5G network upgrades in Malaysia. For those of you who don’t know about […]

3G Christmas Please

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

So, it is that time of year again…you know, the time when gifts abound and your dreams or electronic bliss may or may not come true. But, we can always dream can’t we? This year, I hope that Santa, or whomever else would like to deliver one to me, will be bringing me […]

Nokia 9300 Phone

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

Thinking that I am over my Nokia 6620 Smartphone, I am plotting the purchase of my next phone. I have been looking at things like the Samxung i730, which is currently in the lead. But, I have not ruled out the Nokia 9300, which has a full QWERTY keyboard for entering text messages, email or […]

Texas Instruments Goes Big in 3G

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

Texas Instruments has been involved with 3G phone manufacturers, building custom 3G chipsets, since the early days of 3G. TI has just jumped into the 3G market with both feet, announcing their OMAPV2230 design which contains TI’s own baseband chip, developed in-house, for the 3G phone market. In the past, Texas Instruments built […]

Samsung i730

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

Looking for a sweet new 3G phone with PDA like functionality…but, that functions as a real phone? Check out the Samsung i730 for Verizon Wireless. The Samsung i730 is basically a PDA that was built into a fully functional and capable mobile phone. Plus, the i730 can take advantage of Verizon’s EV-DO, high speed data […]

Panasonic Prosolid II

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Panasonic announced the release of their new Prosolid II 3G phone for the NTT FOMA marketplace. It makes the RAZR look like your mom’s phone if you ask me. There are a bunch of cool pictures of the Prosolid II on the Panasonic Japan website and you can use google to translate the […]

Motorola E815 EV-DO Phone

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Looking for a cool clamshell phone that can take advantage of some serious EV-DO wireless data power? Then you should check out the latest clamshell offering from Motorola. The E815 is a compact clamshell that has been updated to take advantage of today’s EV-DO data networks from companies like Sprint Nextel and Verizon […]