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Entries Tagged as 'Gadgets'

T-Mobile Rescues Plastics From Landfill, Puts In Your Hand

February 4th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets

This just in from our Green Bureau …
MOTO™ W233 Renew Now Available From T-Mobile USA
Exclusive to T-Mobile Customers, the Renew is the World’s First Mobile Phone Made Using Plastics Comprised of Recycled Water Bottles
BELLEVUE, Wash. — T-Mobile USA, Inc., and Motorola, today announced the retail availability of the MOTO W233 Renew, the ideal mobile phone [...]

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Virgin Mobile USA Launches 3G Helio Ocean2

February 2nd, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets

This  just in …
VIRGIN MOBILE USA DEBUTS SECOND GENERATION OCEAN
New Ocean 2 Incorporates Broad Range of Mobile Content, Social Media and GPS Features on 3G Network
Virgin Mobile USA Also Extends 7PM Nights & Weekends to Contract Customers
WARREN, N.J. - Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) has announced the first contract 3G handset in its 2009 [...]

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Comcast Experiments With Free Wi-Fi

January 30th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets

Interesting report from Broadband DSL Reports:
Comcast Engaged in Free Wi-Fi Trial
Working with Cablevision on Wi-Fi trial in New Jersey
See the entire story at:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Engaged-in-Free-WiFi-Trial-100573?nocomment=1
Broadband Reports has learned that Comcast is engaged in trials that may (or may not) result in the company offering Comcast customers free Wi-Fi.
According to sources within Comcast, the cable giant has been [...]

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Obama & Entourage Ride Rails With WAAV Wi-Fi

January 17th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Politics · Satire

If you have tried to use Twitter on this fine Saturday morning, you may have found that some features are not working … and there is a Twitter message that says the system is “a little stressed.”
Probable cause? I will bet money there are more than a few tweets emitting from the tracks between Philly [...]

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CruiseCast Interview Video From CES, Documents Crop Dusting

January 16th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Satire

My friend WesterFunk pointed out that NASA may be jumping to some pretty ambitious conclusions about the methane gas detected in surveys of Mars.  I however, encountered the same evidence on the showroom floor at CES — and I DO NOT think it was a sign of intelligent life.
Yes … the “crop dusting” incident — [...]

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AT&T CruiseCast TailGate Interview, With Element Of Surprise

January 13th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Satire

Before my first solo, cross-country road trip, I Googled to see if I could find an inflatable likeness of Bill Gates — for grins, to access HOV lanes and for companionship.  … Never found a pseudo Bill.  But last week, I found something better, at least in the mobile companionship category.
One of my favorite wireless [...]

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PingWi-Fi Samples AT&T Venture, Builds G4 Attack Of Show Shrine

January 9th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Satire

For the next roadtrip … gotta get me one of these!
Perhaps my favorite toy/necessity at CES 2009 is the AT&T CruiseCast system.  Mount the antenna on the roof of your auto, and AT&T (for a nominal fee) will beam television programming and music to your vehicle, as you head for the slopes, the beach, or [...]

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PingWi-Fi Lands Cushy Seat On NetGear Center Stage

January 9th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Satire

Among the cool attractions at any tradeshow, there is one constant that draws people to the booth — a comfortable couch.  So, after I got some information from NetGear on their award-winning routers and their storage solutions and their multi-media boxes for HD entertainment.  I sampled their cushy chairs, and was just about to use [...]

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PingWi-Fi Samplin Some Love — SWA Take Me To Vegas

January 8th, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Gadgets · Satire

I got me some big luv and Wi-Fi goin at Love Field … getting ready to hop on a Southwest Airlines ride to Vegas for the CES show.  Can’t wait to see all of the new toys.
Say, I have been twittering away on the twittosphere, inviting President Elect Obama to attend CES this year.  Why [...]

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PingWi-Fi Caught Between Rock & An iPod … Retells Retail Hell

January 6th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Satire

One of my followers on Twitter thought this would be good to repost as MacWorld approaches. (You can follow too — @pingwifi on Twitter.  Click http://twitter.com/PingWiFi):
So, pour some coffee and stay with me … here it goes …
I Got A Rock
Today was like the weirdest. Did I win some retail sweepstakes or something? Check this [...]

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