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Get Free Push Gmail To Your Mobile Device From emoze

August 28, 2007

So, you are probably thinking to yourself, “can’t you already get your Gmail pushed to your BlackBerry for free?” The answer is yes, however, the argument could be made that getting email on your BlackBerry via BIS is really not free because you pay a service charge for you BlackBerry every month.
emoze, on the [...]

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Amp’d Mobile Is Unsecure As $#!+

April 3, 2007

The FCC has just issued a $100,000 fine against Amp’d Mobile, the “pay as you go” MVNO aimed at the young adult market, for failing to protect consumers’ personal calling records from thieves.
Amp’d, who buys excess bandwidth on Verizon’s network is, is known to have phones and service that are “Cool as $#!+”. Looks [...]

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Will RIM ever make a BlackBerry as cool as this?

March 29, 2007

I didn’t become completely addicted to my BlackBerry until the 7100T came out. In fact, I carried a BlackBerry and a cell phone before I got the first SureType device. I like mobile devices that don’t look like scientific calculators and I have to admit, I really like the design of the Helio [...]

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The emoze vs. BlackBerry Showdown 2 Results Are In….

March 29, 2007

Remember a week or so ago, we talked about the second round showdown of emoze and BlackBerry happening at CTIA? Well, yesterday was the day and emoze, as expected, won again.
As Steve St. Pierre puts it best, “nobody cares.” I don’t want to rewrite the same stuff that I wrote the last time [...]

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Major Palm Shareholder Expects Motorola Deal Soon

March 22, 2007

CNBC is reporting that a major Palm shareholder, who did not want to be identified or his stake disclosed, is expecting Motorola to acquire Palm for about $2 billion.
“They (Palm) generate a lot of cash,” the shareholder added. “Paying $2 billion in cash for a company generating $120 million in free cash flow is not [...]

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Why Google Wants a Phone

March 20, 2007

I was just reading an article over on the Washington Post that asks the question, “Why would Google want a phone?” The piece almost makes it seem like it is a mistake for Google to move into the already crowded mobile phone industry.
Commentaries have been mostly about rumors, and they lack a good motive [...]

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Acer… The Next Company to Fail Miserably At Crushing The BlackBerry

March 19, 2007

Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer has decided to get into the smartphone game and has its sights squarely aimed at Research in Motion’s BlackBerry.
At what point will these companies understand that you can’t keep doing the same thing expecting to get a different result? Mark my words. Unless MS completely rewrites Windows Mobile from [...]

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Google Switch: Have you heard the Google Phone rumors?

March 6, 2007

Have you heard any rumors about the Google Switch, the new mobile phone that, supposedly, Google and Samsung are working on? We first heard about the Switch, or GPhone as some are referring to it, a couple of months ago.
Well, it looks like more Google phone rumors are surfacing all over the place…
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Apple Aired An iPhone Commercial During The Oscars

February 25, 2007

 
Apple is making sure that they get the word out that about the upcoming iPhone as they just aired an iPhone commercial during the Oscars. We will update this post with a video as soon as someone sticks one up on YouTube.
UPDATE: View the iPhone Oscars commercial after the jump…

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