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Mobile phone can search TV Listings and remotely record TV

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

A new program called UGuide TV programming via an easy to view TV grid and delivers the ability to remotely program Microsoft Windows XP Media Center to record shows.
From a java-enabled mobile phone, UGuide’s users are able to search over 20,000 TV program listings, including regional programs and the new Fall line-up from all US […]

New service converts voice messages to e-mail

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

SimulScribe (www.simulscribe.com) makes dialing in and listening to voicemail from mobile devices obsolete.
The service uses an advanced voice recognition technology to convert voicemail into text, which then gets delivered in near real time to Blackberries and Treos as email or as text messages to non-email equipped cell phones. A .wav file […]

The Motorola Q and the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 are summer’s hottest mobiles

Monday, July 17th, 2006

It’s a fight for cell phone chicness.
The summer’s hottest new do-everything mobile phones are going after two demanding segments of the connected set. And after using both devices for a few weeks, I’m hard-pressed to pick a winner.
Both the Motorola Q from Verizon ($199 with a two-year contract) and the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 ($299 with […]

MySpace rival site works with cellphones

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

The controversial success of online teen hangout and social networking sites like MySpace.com has prompted a rival site - where.com, where users set up a free account, create a profile, and begin chatting with friends and sending pictures from their cell. Within seconds the picture will be uploaded to the site, and other friends […]

Summer’s hottest phones: The Sidekick3, MotorolaQ, Treo 700w and Blackberry 8700c

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Over at PCMike, there’s a video review of the the hottest new mobile phone’s models: the Blackberry 8700c,the Treo 700w, Motorola’s new Q phone, and the T-Mobile Sidekick3, the most anticipated wireless device of the summer.