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Archive for April, 2007

Who’s Helio?

Monday, April 30th, 2007

…is the question that a CNNMoney columnist is trying to answer. Unfortunately, he doesn’t get too close to finding an answer. And, to be honest, I wasn’t sure what Helio was either before doing a bit of research…

The Helio Logo

Helio? Who?

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Verizon’s Earnings Report (Q1 2007)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

It was a good day for Verizon. While revenues were down from last year ($1.5 billion vs last year’s $1.6 billion), when all was said and done Verizon managed to beat analyst estimates of 53 cents a share – by a penny.

Verizon: Beating 1st Quarter Estimates by a Penny

Verizon beat Q1 estimates by a penny.

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MMoET

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Nokia’s newest marketing tactic for the N95 phone is the Mobile Museum of Extinct Technologies, or MMoET for short.

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Getting Away From Your Cell Phone

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Looking for a vacation from that annoying cell phone? Forbes has a list of the 20 best cell phone-free vacation spots in the USA.

While most are well-known national parks that don’t have cell phone towers in the vicinity (Yosemite, Olympic, and Sequoia), there’s some oddballs out here: Death Valley and Yakutat, Alaska among them.

Do yourself a favor and go explore the nicer parts of America instead of the nicer parts of YouTube.

Source: “Get off the Grid” – Forbes

Yosemite National Park

What a Stupid Argument

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

As if we didn’t have enough pointless lawsuits, here’s yet another one that qualifies for Stupid News.

Cingular/AT&T vs. Sprint/Nextel/NASCAR: who will win?

1v3: AT&T vs. Sprint, Nextel, and NASCAR

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Motorola Wins Lawsuit

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

No, this isn’t about Qualcomm. However, a lawsuit between the University of Texas and Motorola, Inc. ended as the judge ruled in favor of the #2 phone manufacturer. Call it the first bright spot in a long series of bad news for MOT.

RAZR Dolce & Gabbana Style

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Software: Must-Have Software for Mobile Phones

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Forbes just did a great article on some must-have software on every mobile phone.

Nokia Widsets

Nokia Widsets: Part of the Top Must-Have Software For Mobile Phones.

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3 Billion Cell Phones by 2008

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

The head of Nokia’s mobile phone unit, Kai Oistamo, predicted that 3 billion people globally will have a cell phone by the end of 2007…

Nokia expects 3 billion cell phones by year’s end.

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Nokia and YouthActionNet

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

If you’re between 18 and 29 years old, and actually doing something to help the world, you might have a shot at a $500 award to help fund your “social change project.”

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Games: ColEm 2.2 Released

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Marat Fayzullin’s ColEm ColecoVision version 2.2 is now available for free download. It’s compatible with Symbian Third Edition phones as well as Windows/DOS.

Donkey Kong on the ColecoVision

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