Archive for May, 2009

Blackberry Curve 8520 Gets Pre-Reviewd: 8900 OS Release

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Engadget pre-reviewed the soon-to-come-out Blackberry Curve 8520.  The highlights are that the trackball works well, but is overall not as nice as the Blackberry Curve 8900.  It has EDGE and is probably designed to be for prepaid minute use.

8900 OS sneak Release

An unofficial leak of an OS upgrade for the Blackberry Curve 8900  is stirring up the blogs in the cell phone world.  This is an unofficial upgrade for the Curve, BlackBerry OS 4.6.1.231, that is not supported but I guess some people are willing to risk problems to have the latest version.

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Blackberry Curve 8300 Beats 3G IPhone in Sales

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Endgadget announced today that the Blackberry Curve 8300 beat IPhone in sales today. The 3g iPhone is second place and two other Blackberry phones come in at 3rd and 4th, Storm and Pearl.

Other Blackberry news is that the new Blackberry Curve 8900 will finally be coming to AT&T stores.  I guess they had them at T-Mobile first.

If you do have a Blackberry, you may want to find out about Blackberry Apworld, which is akin to the iPhone app store.

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AT and T Has 6 Cool New Cell Phones Coming Out

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

1. Nokia E71x

reasonable price of $100
black steel finish
3G
Wi-Fi connectivity
3.2 megapixel camera
A-GPS
Symbian S60 platform.

2. Samsung Impression

2-inch screen
full Web browser
accelerometer
assisted GPS
slide-out QWERTY keyboard
3-megapixel camera
$100 with a two-year agreement

3. LG Xenon

touchscreen/QWERTY keyboard
2-megapixel camera
GPS integration
Bluetooth 2.0
Wi-Fi connectivity
$100 with a two-year contract

4. Samsung Propel Pro

Windows Mobile 6.1
slide-out full-QWERTY keyboard
Wi-Fi connectivity
a 3-megapixel camera
optical joystick
expandable memory up to 32 GB
$150 with a two-year agreement

5. LG Neon

touchscreen slider

6. Samsung Magnet

messaging phone for teens

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Verizon IPhone Rival by Microsoft

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

An announcement in the Wall Street Journal let eager cell phone users know that a rival to the Apple
IPhone is under wraps between the well liked cell phone service, Verizon, and Apple rival Microsoft. Microsoft plans to work on the hardware and software for the phone while having a third party business manufacture the actual device.  The phone is set to be released in early 2010 and is being called a code name project “Pink”.

I personally love both Microsoft and Verizon so would consider buying the combo device.  The inertia of changing cell phone providers is great too and I already have a plan set up for a Verizon cell phone.

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Iphone apps for cooks/ Epicurious

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Recipes in the palm of your hand are now easier than ever.  A new iPhone app by Epicurious lets you use your 3G iPhone or other iPhone as an electronic cookbook. This app is available at iTunes for sale and it has around 25,000 recipes from various notable cooking sources such as Bon Appétit, Gourmet, SELF, Cookie, and Parade.

Yes, there are other cooking apps available besides this one, but this one has a functionality that is highly rated.  It creates a checklist of ingredients that you can check off as you cook.    And the transfer between calls and cookbook is very seamless.

The app also has pictures of what the recipe should look like when you are done…always helpful.

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Iphone App for Swine Flu

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Iphone stays up to the minute with an iPhone app by Intuaps that tracks the Swine Flu epidemic.  It is still waiting for Apple to approve it so it may be too late if the H1N1 virus does not cooperate (let’s hope).    This Iphone app shows the current WHO Threat Level for the flu, a map showing confirmed and suspected cases, a subarea that shows what symptoms of flu to look for, and an alert page that displays breaking news on the Swine Flu.

If the flu really does get as bad as the 1912 Spanish flu, this ap could be useful in showing where to avoid going, especially for travellers.  The application for the 3G iPhone will be free so anyone can use it; call it a public health ap.

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