Free wifi on the iPhone at starbucks

Free wifi on the iPhone at starbucks

Originally uploaded by gt2697

Just experienced free wifi at my local starbucks because of my iPhone.
A nice feature for those that spend a lot of time at them.

Note the pretty decent speeds from the network.

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #135

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #135 40:40
Show Notes
How to get a cheap iPhone, Vermontonians get their iPhones, and does Mickey have his iPhone?

TCPJ Unlocked Show #011

News
Palm secures additional $100M from Elevation
AT&T acquires Unicel
Sprint to pay Virgin Mobile for each customer it adds
HTC to sell 1 million units in 2008
T-Mobile deals for 2009
T-Mobile to send out extended batteries to all G1 owners?

Devices
iPhone Nano?
iPhone Nano is a clone?
$99 iPhones
Walmart confirms iPhone 3G
Garmin to release Android device in 2H 2009
Leaked 2009 Blackberry Roadmap

Software
Nokia N79 firmware update
Unlock GPS on VZW Touch Pro
Slingplayer software update for Windows Mobile devices

Questions/Comments
Voicemail from Josh
Comments from Andreas
Comment from Art

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‘Twas the night before Mickey’s iPhone

Listener Harry to The Cell Phone Junkie was inspired by my latest phone purchase, and put together this comical and entertaining rendition of ‘Twas the night before Christmas, as it relates to cell phones.  I still don’t know when I will be receiving my iPhone, but I do hope it comes soon!

Thanks Harry!

‘Twas the night before Mickey’s iPhone, when all through the house,

Not a cellphone was ringing, not even his Palm.

The batteries were hung, by the chimney with care,

in hopes that Steve Jobs soon would be there.

Mickey was nestled all snug in his bed,

While visions of iPhones danced in his head.

His wife in her ‘kerchief, Mickey’s jammies all white,

had just settled down for a sweltering Phoenix night,

When out in the desert, there arose such a clatter,

Mickey sprung from his bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window, he flew like a flash,

Tore open the windows and threw up the sash.

The moon shown bright over the cactus green glow,

gave the lustre of mid-day to the sands below,

When what to Mickey’s wondering eyes should appear.

But a miniature sleigh, with eight tiny podcasters,

With a jeans clad driver, so lively and quick.

Mickey knew in a moment, it must be Steve Jobs.

More rapid than buzzards, his coursers they came,

and he whistled and shouted, and called them by name:

“Now, Alli! Now, Edward, Now Fizzboy, Now Jerry!

On Steve! On Joey, on Chris and Harry!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall.

Now dash away! Dash Away! Dash away all!”

As dry sands fly before the desert storms fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, and mount to the sky,

With the sleigh full of iPhones, and Steve Jobs too.

And then, in a twinkling, Mickey heard on the roof,

The jumping and racket of each podcaster boot.

Mickey drew in his hand, and was turning around,

Down the chimney Steve Jobs came with a bound.

He was dressed in blue jeans and sweater, from head to foot.

His clothes were all tarnished, with ashes and soot.

A bundle of iPhones, he had flung o’r his back,

and he looked like a drug dealer, selling bottles of crack.

His eyes – how they twinkled! His reality distortion merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a battery!

His droll little mouth, all drawn up like a bow.

And the beard of his chin, was all grey like a rat.

A stump of a pencil he held tight in his teeth.

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.

He had a narrow face, and a flat belly,

that shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of tofu.

He was skinny and gaunt, a wizened old guy.

And mickey laughed when he saw him, in spite of himself.

A wink of Job’s eye and a twist of his head,

Soon let mickey know there was nothing to dread;

Steve spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And filled all mickey’s stockings; then turned with a jerk.

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

and giving a node, up the chimney Jobs rose;

He sprung to his sleigh, to the podcasters gave a whistle,

and away they all flew, off to Minnesota to Joey’s house.

The Cell Phone Junkie’s podcasting from Arizona

Mickey and Joey on Christmas 2008

TCPJ Unlocked Show #011

Mickey and Joey go through their 2008 predictions and what they think is going to happen going into 2009.

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Crazy Low Prices

Crazy Low Prices

Originally uploaded by gt2697

Under $1.50 here in Phoenix is the lowest I have seen prices in many years!

Watching Sling through your Internet Browser

Watching Sling through your Internet Browser

Originally uploaded by gt2697

<> Below is a shot of watching My
Slingbox through Internet Explorer. The new Sling Beta allows you to
watch your Slingboxes tied to your Slingmedia account through either
Firefox or Internet Explorer on a Windows machine. A very handy feature
if you don’t want to install the full application on your computer, or
are not at your personal computer.

However, corporate users take note that if you are behind a firewall
that blocks the Sling application from working, may still have the same
issue with the web based program. The password was not authenticated
for either of my slingboxes when the attempt was made from work.

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #134

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #134 1:21:20
Show Notes
Buy your iPhone online again, new software for the Blackberry and will you take your cell phone to the grave?

News
E Wave anti Radiation chip pulled
Taking your cell phone to the grave
More than 1/6 of homes are cell only
Why the Blackberry Storm needs Wi-Fi
T-Mobile drops handset upgrade fee
AT&T testing HSDPA 7.2Mbps in Chicago
See through touch screen
LTE Ratified
US carriers agree on messaging standards
Inauguration to strain carriers
Samsung attempts to set world record for fastest text while skydiving

Devices
Blackberry Curve 8350 goes live on SprintNextel
AT&T certifies Treo Pro
Blackberry Curve 8320 on AT&T
iPhone 3G unlocked by dev team
iPhone 3G now online
Sprint getting Android phone in mid 2009
T-mobile G2 coming soon?

Software
Palm to debut Nova at CES
Other details from Palm
Palm app store
Slingplayer mobile for Blackberry coming next week
RIM previews media sync for mac
Run Blackberry on your Windows Mobile Device
Samsung Epix notification fix

Questions/Comments
Comments from Andy
Update from Fred
Comment from Eric
Question from Matt
Question from Ryan
Backup for Windows Mobile
Backup for Blackberry
Backup for Palm

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From vegas.com

From vegas.com

Originally uploaded by gt2697

Anyone see anything wrong with this? Talking about perfect weather, and
they are at 33 degrees and snowing? Crazy for the desert!

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #133

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #133 1:06:35
Show Notes
LTE coming sooner than we thought, Japan installing cell jammers near ATM’s and voting by cell phone coming by 2011.

TCPJ Unlocked Show #010
msmobiles.com interview with Scott Rockfeld, Director of Product Management for Windows Mobile

Headlines
Cellular One Unlimited Plan
Broadcom chip adds 802.11n to phones
Sprint Open SDK for developers
Open handset alliance gains 14 new members
Belguim firm creates no-radiation cell chip
AT&T testing Femtocells
Verizon Wireless plans for LTE build out in 2009
Verizon/Alltel deal approved by FTC
Sprint preliminary approval on ETF claims
T-Mobile responds to HTC G1 International Roaming
Activate your iPhone at home again
Nokia Siemens to set up LTE lab in Dallas
AT&T and T-Mobile pay fines for insecure voicemail
Cell phone jamming device in car key
LG tests first LTE chip
Telstra and Ericsson Demonstrate 21MBPS data call
Apple disables Egyptian iPhone GPS
FCC cancels white space vote

News
SIM cards lead to terrorists
HTC profits record $528 million in November
Analyst predicts significant layoffs and price drops for Sprint in 2009
RIM to take over Certicom
Japan installs cellphone jammers near ATM’s
Rogers 3.5G network
White House opposes FCC plan for free wireless broadband
Motorola’s ride at the top nearly over
Prepaid becoming more popular
Estonia to allow voting via cell phone by 2011
McCain campaign Blackberry sold full of info

Devices
Walmart to carry iPhone, but not 4GB
Walmart to sell 4M iphones in 2009
HP Mini 1000 to use Gobi chip
HTC Diamond screen issues?
BB Curve 8900 on Rogers
Novatel 3G hotspot
Vertu 150
Treo Pro coming to Sprint
Acer netbook for $99 comes, tied to 3G contract
Nokia to enter wireless modem business
Microsoft says no Zune phone at CES

Software
AT&T will NOT focus on one OS
Blackberry Storm OTA upgrade available on Storm
Skyfire now supports VGA displays
PromoAppCode
Skype 2.5 for Windows Mobile
Skype Lite now available
Windows and S60 get Street View on Google Maps
Blackberry 4.5 OS upgrade for 8320 and 8820 on AT&T

Questions/Comments
Voicemail from Josh
Question from Patrick
Comment from Mark
Comments from “J” – Anonymous VZW employee
Comments from Greg
Comment from Fred

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