Posts filed under “phones”
In Praise of the Dumbphone
It’s been a summer of mobile phone announcements. The Droid X. The iPhone 4. The Blackberry 9800 is expected to be announced on Tuesday. And there’s been a lot of talk: “Should I upgrade to the new iPhone 4?” “Should I switch to an Android?” Strangely, there’s little talk of downgrading to a “dumbphone.” You [...]
iPhone price drop blues
Late last month, I picked up an 8-gig iPhone from the Apple Store at Somerset Mall in Troy, Michigan. Though I can’t unlock it for use with Fido yet, it’s still a pretty great iPod and portable email/web device, and I’m anxiously awaiting a full software unlock. Today, in addition to announcing a new family [...]
Scheduled syncing with iSync
I like my cell phone (a Motorola L7) just fine. It’s small-ish, the speaker volume is sufficient, and through iSync, it can keep in touch with my address book and calendar using Bluetooth. Problem is, I never remember to actually sync the darned thing, so the information on my phone is always hopelessly out of [...]