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The HTC Hermes / Dopod 838Pro Review
Many of you by now will recognize the name HTC as the abbreviation for the Taiwanese based company High Tech Computer. They are the world’s largest manufacturer of Pocket PC and Smartphone OS based...
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City-owned Gadget Garners Detroit Mayor Grief
Okay, okay, I couldn’t help the early newspaper type alliterative headline. Being a Detroit native, this story of alleged sex and perjury caught my attention. The story is that the mayor of Detroit,...
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Peek wireless email reviewed
While browsing my local Target store over the weekend searching out computer clearance deals, I happened across a large display of Peek wireless email devices. These are single purpose email only...
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Samsung Mobile XTREME attempts world record for fast texting while parachuting
If the FAA doesn’t already have a rule against texting while parachuting – I bet they consider it after this. The Samsung Mobile XTREME TEXTING event attempted to set a Guiness World Record for...
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Subway Now: If you’re in NYC – order Subway online or via SMS text messages
Select Subway restaurants in New York City are offering the ability to text in your lunch order which avoids the unpleasantness of a lengthy lunchtime wait in line. By establishing an online account...
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Peek wireless email device down to $49.95 at Target – permanently
While I was at Target tonight (Manchester CT) I spotted this Peek wireless email device priced at $49.95. The unit doesn’t show in the weekly sales circular which left me wondering if this could be a...
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Sprint allowing SMS whitelisting once again
Subscribers to Sprint again have the ability to create SMS allow lists. Using a maximium of 50 numbers you can create a set of numbers that are the only privileged ones that can get a text message...
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Peek to get new Pronto device soon?
Looks like some type of new speedier wireless device is headed to the Peek wireless family. According to tidbits dropped on Peek’s site a new Pronto device that is “much, much faster in every way...
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Texting, driving, and you
All over the news lately is how bad texting and driving can be. It’s common sense that looking at your phone and driving is a bad idea. But have you ever tried to quantify how bad it is? The NY Times...
View ArticleEyes On The Road! Graphic New PSA Aims to Stop Texting While Driving
Disclaimer: The video above contains graphic images and pulls no punches with the depiction of an auto accident. Gear Diary is in no way liable for any nightmares or post-traumatic stress syndrome...
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Sneak Peek – IM+ To Get Voice To Text
Larry and I have both had the opportunity to try out an early release of ShapeServices’ upcoming update to iPhone messaging app IM+. The biggest feature in the next version? The ability to have voice...
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SMS from the lock screen with biteSMS
I’m a big fan of the iPhone application biteSMS. It makes text messaging so much easier. I showed you the application in detail in a recent post here. With a recent update biteSM has become even...
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NTSB bans mobile texting and talking by its employees
The National Transportation Safety Board just banned mobile texting and talking on portable devices by all 400 of their employees. For the last three years the NTSB has been recommending motorcoach...
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What’s the deal with MMS?
Jessica just recently posted a great tutorial on how to get MMS on your iPhone now, before AT&T’s promised September 25th delivery date. If you missed it check it out here. That got some of us...
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BlackBerry Instant Messaging Upgraded to 2.5
BlackBerry users with OS version 4.5+ can download upgraded versions of RIM’s Instant Messaging clients for BlackBerry. Versions are available for Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Google...
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Peek offers device plus lifetime wireless push email and text messaging for $299
We looked at the Peek wireless email devices back in October of last year. At that time the only thing that seemed a bit off was the price of the service (then $19.95/month and since lowered to...
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iPhone/AT&T Feature Checklist… MMS- CHECK! VOiP Over 3G – CHECK! Tethering –...
I am still a bit surprised by AT&T’s sudden decision to allow VOiP over 3G. Happy but surprised. Sure the decision might just be an attempt to deflect some of the mounting criticism over lousy...
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Android Users – Back Up Your SMS Messages to Gmail
In talking with people that send text messages (SMS), one of the most frequent things I hear is that they wish they could save some of their SMS messages. Many of them have lost their messages forever...
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How young is too young for a cell phone?
At what age do kids need cell phones? It’s a question my wife and I have been struggling with lately. I’ve heard stories of six year old kids getting iPhones from their parents. There’s no way we’re...
View ArticletextPlus Released for Android
The march of applications to Android continues, as GOGII’s textPlus has landed in the marketplace as well. textPlus lets you organize group text messaging as well as individual texts. This is perfect...
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