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Mobile Phones

Why I Wish the iPhone Was a Flip Phone

by Eric on January 8, 2008

in Mobile Phones, Travels

So we’re on vacation in Fiji. Our flight gets delayed, so I called my parents (who were picking us up) to let them know the new plan. Hung up. Stuck the phone in my pocket. Went for a walk. Didn’t think about the phone for almost an hour. Pulled the phone out of my pocket. Discovered that it had redialed my father … 50 minutes ago. At $3.49 per minute. So we got this little gem in the “voice roaming” section of our bill:

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Ouch.

I can’t really blame anyone but myself since I didn’t think to hit the lock button, but still … ouch.

I’d love it if Apple came out with an iPhone Flip.

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It Just Works: Jott and Remember the Milk

September 23, 2007

Two new (still in beta) web services have become favorite parts of my digital life: Jott and Remember the Milk.
Remember the Milk is a nicely done personal to-do list application. I’ve been using it for about two months now and it’s become the official repository for all of my “honey-do” lists. Most web apps that [...]

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Personal Driving Assistants?

September 23, 2007

Very cool things are happening in the world of in-car navigation systems.
Paul Stamatiou wrote last week about the upcoming Dash Express. It’s an in-car GPS navigation system that is Internet-powered.
I already know that I want one.
Having recently been through a 1.0 product launch, I know that a lot of the effort in creating the first [...]

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iPhone Review

August 17, 2007

So there’s a new iPhone in the house. Not surprising, given that I’m somewhat of an Apple fanboy and gadget freak in general. What is surprising is that it’s not mine; it’s Tara’s. Tara is anything but a gadget freak. She has little patience for the often obtuse interfaces that most electronic gadgets offer. So [...]

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Persistence Pays Off: Treo and Mac Get Along — Mostly

July 22, 2006

Update from “Using a Treo 700p with a Mac: It’s Rough.”
It’s still not totally wonderful, but I have a new Treo 700p (now on Verizon instead of Sprint) and it’s mostly working now.
Things that have helped:

Being on Verizon instead of Sprint. I still drop connections occasionally, but it’s far less frequent than when I was [...]

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Cisco VPN, Bluetooth Internet Phones, and Intel Macs Don’t Mix

July 9, 2006

Just a quick note: I’ve discovered that the Cisco 3000 VPN software (version 4.9.00.0050) will not work on an Intel-based Mac when connected to the Internet via a Bluetooth-enabled phone. When you click on the “Connect” button, it stalls in the “connecting to server…” stage and never presents the password dialog.
I’ve tried this on both [...]

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Using a Treo 700p with a Mac: It’s Rough

June 26, 2006

Update: See “Persistence Pays Off: Treo and Mac Get Along — Mostly.”
Talk about life on the bleeding edge. I recently got a new MacBook Pro laptop for work, which kind of triggered a chain reaction of other purchases.
I have a two-year old Samsung Palm phone hosted by Sprint , which by itself was working just [...]

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