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Cellphone9 : Mobile Phones, 3G, Telco Industry, Cellular Networks, Phone Reviews

July 15th, 2008

Cellphone9 Links 15/07/08

## Reviews are up for the new BlackBerry Bold, the Berry that sorta looks like ye olde BenQ P50 and BenQ Siemens P51 which were both 2006 favorites.
## High tech High Fashion! Here are diamond dipped Nokia 8800 and iPhone 3G units that will surely kill your wallet!
## Ho-hum. 1 million iPhone 3G units sold […]

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June 7th, 2008

BlueWhaleMail - Push Email for Non-BlackBerry Users

Wow. Ex-BlackBerry guy develops their own push email service currently available to Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, Motorola, Sagem, and many other brands (full list at their website). Interesting times, I say. BlueWhaleMail is a push email service that’s free of charge - your network may charge you for data rates of course.
Founder Michael Maguire […]

By Jayvee -- 5 comments

May 13th, 2008

Cellphone9 Links: New iPhone Colors, New BlackBerrys, The Apple vs The Berry, and more!

Apple 3G iPhone goes Black — apparently just a case; and then we realize that it is indeed real because AT&T says so.
Fold a paper into many squares and you get a space saver. The same thing applies to this concept phone, the Packet Concept Phone. And yes, it is enviro-friendly as well!
As much […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

January 19th, 2008

Shape. Shade. Sexy.

You know, I’ve been reviewing gadgets for the past 5 years - it may be considered a long time for some, but highly unlikely to reach veteran review status soon. The thing with reviewing devices is that one tends to get stuck in the game of tech specs where the premise of “mine is bigger […]

By Jayvee -- 6 comments

December 13th, 2007

Holiday Phone Shopping Survey Update!!!

A few days ago I released a survey on your cellphone wish list for the holidays. As of today, December 13 2007 we have had 60 votes divided among 8 phones. The Apple iPhone is ranked at number one followed by - now this is a surprise - a three way tie with the Nokia […]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

November 19th, 2007

Missing Sync 1.0.2 released

For us unfortunate Mac users who have to rely on third party apps to do certain things for us, you may have already noticed that Missing Sync for BlackBerry was released to accomodate a few new features. Unfortunately, these “new features” still don’t include the updates we had hoped Mark / Space would inculcate into […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

October 28th, 2007

BlackBerry FaceBook App issues?

Aaron Brazell reports some battery anomalies after installing the FaceBook application for his BlackBerry. Since then, I haven’t had the guts to install the application to my Pearl, especially since I’m currently in transit from a trip. Scary. The application allegedly messes around with the charging cycles. After deleting the app, his phone’s battery status […]

By Jayvee -- 3 comments

September 29th, 2007

Cleaning the trackball of the BlackBerry Pearl

I’ve been rather disappointed with the trackball of the BlackBerry Pearl the past few days. I assumed that having a trackball mechanism would make the Pearl immune to the failings of joysticks getting stuck or getting less sensitive as wear and tear progresses.
As it turns out, the same can happen to the Pearl, and not […]

By Jayvee -- 4 comments

August 9th, 2007

Missing Sync for BlackBerry

The Missing Sync is missing a vital tool for its BlackBerry to Mac pairing - the ability to install applications onto the device via USB connection. The Missing Sync for BlackBerry conduit, currently at version 1.0.1 is an efficient tool for synchronizing your BlackBerry with iTunes and iPhoto as well as your other PIM applications.
It […]

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July 18th, 2007

BlackBerry 8820 Now Comes with WiFi and GPS

Research in Motion has recently unveiled the BlackBerry 8820, a much larger version of the 8810 Pearl due to its full QWERTY keyboard. The 8820 comes with built in GPS as well as 802.11b/g. The 8820 can seamlessly switch between cellular and data networks for seamless transmission of data such as push email and Internet […]

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