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Ringback Tones Top Ten

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Verizon Wireless and those ringback phones that play when you call someone with a ringback-activated Verizon mobile phone have released a Top Ten List of what p[eople have been downloading from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15. For whatever it’r wirth, here’s the list:
1 All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah […]

New BlackBlackberry models

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Despite the lingering uncertainty over a patent dispute that, pushed to the extreme, could disrupt BlackBerry service for U.S. customers, two new BlackBerry models are drawing admiring looks from consumers.
I’ve written about the 8700 offered by Cingular before.
But Verizon Wireless is now selling the new BlackBerry 7130e, the first such unit to take advantage of […]

My Christmas 2005 laptop picks

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

My annual high tech holiday gift guide started today in the Detroit Free Press.  MIKE WENDLAND: Shopping for a laptop? Here are 3 good ones. I started today with laptops and picked three woith some alternates. Winners were the Apple G4 15-in PowerBook, the Toshiba Satellite M45 and what has tro be the coolest Tablet […]

Nokia N90 smartphone review

Friday, December 9th, 2005

The Nokia N90 Smartphone is the most technologically advanced wireless device I have yet to get my hands on. I write about it in today’s Detroit Free Press. Below is a video I shot to demonstrate some of it’s capabilities. The video is VHS-quality.  Stills are captured at 2 megapixels, the highest resolution to date […]

Court could halt BlackBerry service

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

If this happens, some 3.65 million "CrackBerry" addicts will be more than a little concerned. But even the remote possibility of BlackBerry service being cancelled has to be cutting into holiday sales of the versatile and unequaled in quality device.  Judge May Halt BlackBerry Service in U.S.

Phone headsets sure are convenient

Monday, November 28th, 2005

I may look part robot with a hands-free Bluetooth headset blinking behind a my left ear but I’m slowly getting hooked on these miniature devices. Here’s my Free Press column from today:  MIKE WENDLAND: U.S. is all ears for headsets.

Driver distraction from texting kills cyclist

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Lemme get this straight: Some lamebrained kid is driving and decides to send a text message on his mobile. He looks away from the road and veers into a bicyclist and kills him. And authorities see this only as a misdemeanor?  Teen in Crash May Have Been Text Messaging.

Cingular’s EDGE wireless network

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

I’ve been testing out a new BlackBerry 8700 from Cingular and have toted it around with other phones running on the Verizon and Sprint networks in some pretty out of the way places over the past few weeks. I have been much impressed by the reliability of connections to the high speed Cingular EDGE network. […]

Pimp your laptop

Monday, November 21st, 2005

The same kind of ultra-sharp, bold paint jobs that customize fine rides are being applied to the drab gray and silver laptop computers toted around by road warriors whose companies are affixing their corporate logos to the machines. Check out my column in today’s Freep. MIKE WENDLAND: Make your laptop special.

My Blackberry review - in print and video versions

Monday, November 14th, 2005

My review of the new BlackBerry 8700 is up at Freep.com: MIKE WENDLAND: The whole world in your hand. But so is a WMV video review I put together showing the new model next to the old.

BlackBerry lawsuit jitters

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

Granted, since I’ve been testing out a new BlackBerry 8700 this week, I’m paying a lot more attention to all these stories about the patent infringement suit against RIM, the maker of this awesome little e-mail machine (look for my Detroit Free Press review Monday). Link: Nasty Thorns In The BlackBerry Patch .But over the […]

Multitasking bank robber

Friday, November 11th, 2005

"And she said… what?… hang on a sec… Put the cash in the bag NOW! … Sorry, had some work to do… and you were saying?" Robber hits banks while talking on cell phone.

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