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Verizon Voyager, the iPhone killer?

Date: October 4th, 2007 |

Verizon has admitted they want a part of the iPhone action with their new Voyager. On October 3rd they went public with a new model of phone that is directly targetted at competeting with the Apple iPhone.
Most users of the iPhone complain because of the limited use of it. Thanks to Steve Jobs, the iPhone [read more]

Sprint Centro

Date: September 30th, 2007 |

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It’s possible to buy a smartphone for $100. Yeah, you may laugh now, but in a few weeks the release of the Sprint Centro, a smartphone made by Palm will make it possible. It functions just as well as a Blackberry, or any other smartphone, but with smaller internal memory, and a generally smaller overall [read more]

Cubic Telecom

Date: September 29th, 2007 |

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With the cost of phones, plans, and accessories skyrocketing with more and more choices on the market, it can be hard to find good deals. We’ve covered a few ideas such as the Skype Phone, international calling cards and numbers, and things of that nature, but our timing seemed to be just a few weeks [read more]

Europe Quiz

Date: September 28th, 2007 |

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If you’re ever extremely bored and would like to learn the locations of European countries, check out the euroGame. This little game asks you to drag and drop the countries given to you to their locations around Europe. I won’t tell you how well I did, which is rather embarrassing because I have traveled across [read more]

Choosing a Laptop for travel

Date: September 27th, 2007 |

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There are almost too many choices for computers on the market. What’s even worse (greater) is that they are all becoming more and more affordable. Five years ago, if you wanted a Laptop with 80gb and running over 1.5 ghz you would have to shell out quite a bit of money-quite the contrast of today. [read more]

Mobile Calorie Counter

Date: October 3rd, 2007 |

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The CalorieKing Mobile Calorie Counter is a great idea for those of us who travel and don’t always have the time to check up on our diets. Even if you’re not into losing weight, or eating more protein, having a general idea of the amount of calories and carbs you intake is a good idea [read more]

Downgrade your iPhone

Date: September 30th, 2007 |

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If you updated your iPhone’s software to the newest version and for some reason would like to downgrade it to the previous version, you should check out iPhone Hacks. Obviously, use these tips and tricks at your own risk, as there is a chance that you could damage the memory and data already on your [read more]

Apple puts an end to hacked iPhones

Date: September 28th, 2007 |

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It was only a matter of time after the iPhone’s launch and exclusive rights to AT&T before jealous users who didn’t want to open a new plan with a different carrier than the one they already had hacked the phone. That’s just what happened, before too long, you could see users making calls, sending text [read more]

Swedish FireSteel

Date: September 27th, 2007 |

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Sweden brings a lot of things to the US market, Volvo, Saab, hey, even Ikea. In fact, I remember when Ikea first opened in my city, there were huge lines of people waiting to get in and spend money. So maybe there won’t be a huge line to buy one of these, but still, maybe [read more]

AOL has invaded Mac

Date: September 27th, 2007 |

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If you once thought PC users were doomed thanks to America Online, then you haven’t been reading the news lately. With the release of Leopard, the new Mac OS, AOL will be launching “AOL Desktop.” The application is said to launch within seconds, allowing the user to access AIM clients, tab browsing similar to Firefox [read more]

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