Gadgets and Video Games

In this day and age we’re seeing more often than not gadgetry that tries to do everything. Refrigerators that make shopping lists, cell phones with screens you can barely see with the ability to browse the web, toilet paper dispensers that connect to your iPod. How much do we need? And how many gadgets do you really use on a daily basis? (continue reading…)

Tags: BlackBerry, Cell Phones, Gadgets, overkill

 The search engine giant will, without a doubt, cause a stir in the mobile phone market with this new service. Google has announced today that they are developing a free cell phone software package. Google’s software could possibly be a direct threat to the Microsoft Corporation, being that they presently have the number one mobile operating system available to the public.

Google does not plan to make the phones themselves. Google also will not be branding the phones with their logo; instead they will be working with four different cell phone manufacturers that have agreed to deploy Google’s program into their phones. This announcement has ended the speculation pertaining to the Mountain View-based company’s cellular ambitions. These Google software packed phones won’t be on the market until around late 2008. The engineers have been busy working on this software for the past three years. This dates back to the Silicon Valley startup called Andriod Inc. that Google acquired in 2005. The mobile software still bears the Android name in acknowledgment of its heritage. (continue reading…)

Tags: cell, Cell Phones, gmail, google, Internet, Microsoft, Online, Os, phone, Software

Verizon just sent me an email letting me know that I can go ahead and upgrade my phone to the new BlackBerry Pearl 8130 (which is now available to order on-line and will be in stores on November 8th). Problem is, I’m not all that certain that it is worth the upgrade.

I currently have Verizon’s World Edition BlackBerry, and so far I love the phone, the only thing I dislike about it at all is the fact that Verizon itself cripples the features of the phone. In much the same way they do with their Windows Mobile ready phones (cutting out support for VZ apps, and even Windows Live Messenger), they do the same thing to BlackBerrys that are made available on their network. (continue reading…)

Tags: BlackBerry, Cell Phones, pearl, verizon wireless

I’ve been using a BlackBerry for several years now, and while I love the device itself, without BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) it seems that the device has a bit too many limitations in regards to syncing data across multiple applications.

Yesterday however, the folks over at Google (Gmail in particular) announced that they are releasing IMAP for cell phones and other devices, and IMAP in general. Basically, what this means is that now you’ll be able to make changes to your emails in your BlackBerry or cell phone, on the web, and on your email client (such as Outlook). But the best part of the whole deal (aside from it being free) is that you’ll be able to see those changes reflected across all of the applications. (continue reading…)

Tags: BlackBerry, Cell Phones, email, gmail, google, IMAP