My life is now complete

My life is now complete

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Found in my email this morning…

Traffic Jam-what is this?

Traffic Jam-what is this?

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Stopped at a traffic light and a few Sherriff vehicles pulled up to block the street. A few seconds later, this monstrosity pulled through the intersection.

Anyone know what this is? Some sort of generator??? Its barely making it under streetlights!

TCPJ Unlocked Show #019

We regularly are asked the question “What phone should I get?”  We dedicate a show to answer this question, along with going through the latest device offerings by each of the providers and how to choose the “right” phone.

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #150

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #150 1:00:20
Show Notes
Network sobotage in Northern California, more buzz about the pre, and 1 billion iphone apps.

Netflix promotion
iGrip in car solution
Zagg Z buds

News
Cox Cable plans its own wireless network
EPA pitches national cell phone recycling week
Bluetooth 3.0 ready for primetime
Launches April 21st
AT&T releases, then retracts new TOS
AT&T upgrades network ahead of next iPhone release
AT&T Microcell trials starting
AT&T network sabotage in Northern California (Thanks Gary)
T-Mobile 3G rollout schedule
T-Mobile NYC event on 4/21
Same in UK
MetroPCS announces Landline replacement
Virgin Mobile USA offers pink slip protection
Virgin Mobile $50 Unlimited Plan

Devices
New buzz around next gen iPhone
100M 8Gb modules ordered by Apple
Crazy Pre Website
Sprint employees now training on Pre
Sprint vacation blackout in May
Unlocked Centros for $200
HTC Touch Diamond on VZW
HTC Snap coming to T-Mobile without inner circle
HTC Touch Diamond II
Wi-Fi Storm in September?
RIM confirms
Blackberry 8900 Curve for $150 at T-Mobile
Nokia E75 now on sale
OpenMoko cancels freerunner
OpenMoko not dead
Samsung Impression now on AT&T
Sony W205
Samsung B5702
Samsung Rugged A657
3G enabled Sidekick clears FCC
LG Xenon hits AT&T
Verizon Samsung Trance – April 24th

Software
App stores explained
1 billion iPhone apps
Make Gmail retrieval on the iPhone lightning fast
Gmail mobile web app upgrade
Plus on the phone editing of Google Calendar
T-Mobile Germany blocking Skype calls over 3G or Wi-Fi
HTC Touch HD ROM upgrade

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Friday Humor

Friday Humor

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CTIA 2009 Recap

After 6 days and 5 nights in Las Vegas, Joey and I are getting ready to head back home.  I decided that it would be good to do a roundup of everything we saw and did while here, making a dedicated post to CTIA 2009.  My plan of attack for posting was simple – send in photos to my blog from my Verizon Blackberry 8330 Curve and AT&T Apple iPhone, as well as post longer articles of multi-photo composition using my Sony Cybershot, Mac Book Pro, and Sprint EVDO card.  The nice thing about this approach was the ability to send in photos on the fly as I saw interesting things, but then provide additional commentary and higher-res shots as well.  Posting to my blog was then blasted out via Twitter and Facebook – giving the followers the ability to stay on top of what was happening as I went.

The Drive
When i first decided that I was coming to CTIA this year, I wanted to be sure that I could do it in an efficient way, that was good for the show.  To do so, I needed to bring along all my podcasting gear, and the only way to do this was to drive.  I left Phoenix around noon on Tuesday March 31st, and it took exactly 5 hours to make it up here.  I posted items along the way showing my progress:
Starting the drive
Geeking out listening to Mac Geek Gab
Less than 100 miles to go
Crossing the Hoover Dam
Arriving in town

Also, I used a Scoche adaptor in my Honda Ridgeline to listen to and charge my iPhone while in the car.  I had a few minutes of time to compose my thoughs along the route and posted this article of the Scoche.

Tuesday Evening – CTIA Eve
I opted to come in to town the evening before the show, as I was invited to the ShowStoppers media event.  I snapped these photos while walking over:
Samsung’s presence
Main Entrance to the show floor

Wednesday – Day 1
Wednesday morning started out like each morning of the show, with a keynote address for some of the industry leaders speaking about the state of wireless, and their organization.  I posted these photos from the keynote:
Waiting to get into the keynote
Front Row seats
Steve Largent (CTIA President) speaking
Robert Dotson (CEO T-Mobile USA) speaking
Ivan Seidenberg (CEO Verizon Wireless) speaking
Mike Lizaridis (CEO RIM) speaking
RIM showing off Blackberry App World
More of App World

Then I was off to hit the show floor, live blogging these items along the way:
Media Credentials
First look at the new HTC Snap
Show Floor
LG GD900
Blackberry Booth
How to get to Blackberry App World
Samsung Mobile
Diamond I vs. Diamond II
World SMS record holder
Zagg Bus

That evening, I sat down at the computer and posted these articles:
Day 1 keynote recap
Palm Pre
LG GD900
Microsoft Devices

To cap off the day, I attended the Mobile Focus event presented by Pepcom where I had some additional time with many of the great devices that are out there.  Manufacturers included RIM, Nokia, HTC, Sony and Motorola  Here was a post recapping the event.

Thursday – Day 2
Thursday started out with a keynote consisting of talks by Clearwire, Scripts Transitional Science Institute and Microsoft.  Here were our posts from the keynote:
Ben Wolff of Clearwire
Eric Topol of STSI
Robbie Bach of Microsoft
Microsoft showing off Windows 7 and the GOBI chip
Choose your experience with Windows phones
IE on 6.5 shows sites with flash

After spending the day walking the floor with Joey, we had a lot to talk about and sat down to record TCPJ Unlocked Show #018 from our hotel room in Paris.  You can access the show from here.

I sat down again that evening to put together some consolidated posts of photos from the day:
Day 2 keynote recap
HTC Snap vs. Blackberry Curve
Sony C905
Sony C902
Motorola Evoke QA4
Clarity C900
Palm Centro vs. Palm Pre

Friday – Day 3
Friday’s keynote had a different flavor to it, done by Vice President Al Gore.  While cameras and phones were not allowed in the event, I was able to snap a few photos of the ex-VP in action:
Al Gore Keynote 1
Al Gore Keynote 2

After a few more hours of wandering the show floor and talking with vendors about consumer products, we finished up our walk through the convention center and had our photo taken by the large CTIA sign.

Finally, we ended our week with The Cell Phone Junkie Show #149 – again, from our hotel room at Paris.  As the first cellular industry trade show for both Joey and me, we had a blast.  Spending time seeing the products first hand, and talking to the vendors that we’ve been working with was absolutely priceless.  Also, we had time to meet with Kevin Tofel, Matt Miller, Kevin Michaluk, Dieter Bohn and Chris Leckness to put a face with the name we’ve know for a while.  We also met some new folks such as Ryan Kairer, Vincent Nguyen, and Zach Epstein and look forward to relationships that can be forged into the future.  The trip absolutely met my expectations, and  can’t wait for CTIA 2010!

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #149

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #149 57:40
Show Notes
On the ground at CTIA, some fun with the Pre, and it’s all about the apps.

Netflix promotion

CTIA 2009

News
How to get a drunk fan kicked out of a game
Palm chasing Howard Stern for Pre marketing
Principal jams cell phones in school – causes student unrest
Kyocera reorganizes US operations
Opera lands Virgin Mobile as first US contract carrier
iPhone 3.2 and 5.0MP cameras?
RIM beats Q4 earnings
RIM sells 50 millionth BB
MediaFLO expands to 19 more markets
AT&T tweaks wireless terms of service
Boost adds international messaging bundle

Devices
HTC Snap replacing the Dash
Snap Specs
Coming to US as S522
New AT&T devices
Motorola Evoke
Samsung Instinct S30
Verizon mifi 2200
Motorola VE465
Samsung Finesse to MetroPCS
New Kyocera handsets

Software
Skype announces iPhone and Blackberry Apps
Now in the iPhone app store
iPhone 3.0 beta 2
Now allowing 11 pages of apps
Direct TV iPhone app
Xpressmusic 5800 update
More Windows Mobile Marketplace details
Microsoft clarifies Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrades
Google pulling tethering apps from android market
Blackberry App world now live
Redfly mobile viewer
Palm classic gives you palm apps on Pre
Palm gives Pre access to certain developers
Slingplayer for iPhone will only work with select Slingboxes
Verizon app store

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The Cell Phone Junkies at CTIA 2009 in Las Vegas

The Cell Phone Junkies at CTIA 2009 in Las Vegas

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Here is a shot of your Cell Phone Junkies at the end of the conference
today. We are exhausted, our feet hurt, and are backs are tight; but we
would not trade it for anything. CTIA 2009 was a fantastic experience and
definitely worth the trip.

CTIA 2009 – Al Gore Keynote 2

CTIA 2009 – Al Gore Keynote 2

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CTIA 2009 – Al Gore Keynote

CTIA 2009 – Al Gore Keynote

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