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Turn away from the economic calamity, wintery weather, and winter funk that has gripped many of us.  Instead, turn into the fantastic news of the past week.  Of course, by “fantastic” I mean “completely full of hooey.”  Here is what caught my eye from the land of make believe this… Continue Reading »

Ah, the January doldrums, that quirky time between CES gadget-explosion and the spring cell phone shows.  Everyone gets a bit goofy, hoping for a splash of publicity after the big guns have come out or are being prepped.  Here is what bugged me this week: -Sony’s nose dive -Calm Grandma… Continue Reading »

Tonight I got some one on one time with the just announced MotoSurf from Motorola.  Lately, I’ve berated Moto for being slow in developing new, relevant devices.  For example, Moto was proudly showing off the Aura $2k+ phone they announced just a couple of weeks ago, plueeez!  Earlier this week,… Continue Reading »

This is where we call out the tech moves that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin’ crack.  This special edition points out the posturing, positioning and flat out insanity that came and went with 2008.  This year’s honoree’s are: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm, Sprint, Concert… Continue Reading »

Over 1 billion digital tracks were served up to downloaders in America in 2008, setting a new record.  While the US purchased more music than ever before, the industry is not gloating, in fact they are worried about ever decreasing album sales which declined for the fourth straight year.  Album… Continue Reading »

As our expectations of the new phone from Palm set to be announced this Thursday skyrockets, John Biggs over at CrunchGear says he’s got a source that says the phone is a full QWERTY slider with a large touch screen.  Shown here is a PhotoShop job. The phone is described… Continue Reading »

We are very excited to launch the next version of Gadgetell!  We have rolled this new design out to Gadgetell and Appletell, and will follow-up with Gamertell in two weeks.  Here is a rundown of what we were trying to achieve with the new site and some of the changes… Continue Reading »

This is where we call out the tech moves that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin’ crack.  This week sees posturing, positioning and flat out insanity.  Here is what I found that looks off this week: Google, what’s brewing? HP vs bloggers AT&T: online sales… Continue Reading »

Yes!  AT&T is now offering the iPhone online with home activation.  I found this by looking for info on another phone, but found this advert when landing on their site.  At first, I figured I was reading it wrong, so I chatted up an AT&T rep and sure enough, we… Continue Reading »

What could a Microsoft phone be?  One that continues the Windows tradition: making computers easy for people to use?  Could that be consistent with their purchases? Last year, we sat through the MS Keynote at CES and heard all about Windows Live and integration with phones, photos and imagined how… Continue Reading »