Convertcast Episode 117 LAME Sunday May 6, 2012 MISC  The Kindle Fire is no longer on fire...sales share drops to 4% Draw Something loses 5M daily users (15M down to 10M) in 30 days.  Are people getting bored with it or is it Zynga? eye controlled user interface coming, among others in windows 8, google glasess, etc, Eurotrash company from Sweden works on it: http://www.tobii.com/ - not science fiction! How many times does your cell phone ring before it goes to voicemail? Why do the carriers now allow consumers to control this? iDrive - http://t.co/61UzR50k 5 GB free for starters,...


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Convertcast Episode 114 Sunday April 15, 2012 MISC Instagram bought by Facebook for $1 billion B-berry to release a device that will run Android apps? Isn't this old news - Runtime for PlayBook? Kindle Touch 5.1.0 update adds international language support, landscape mode, and more http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200790650 Edward installed it, landscape is great but still no multiple level of zooming of images in ebooks. National database to catch smartphone thieves - the big 4 are all in Edward yesterday was in Amsterdam and scored unique Amsterdam...


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So there I was in the C-Spire store looking at Android phones. <yawn> Then I remembered that they now carried the iPhone, so I sauntered over to see what accessories they had. I looked at a display of brightly colored cases, and assumed at first they were Otterbox cases. But the colors were...different. I moved closer and saw that they were Trident cases. Bright blue, red, pink, and more - and they were bright and attractive. I'd never seen cases quite like them before, and never heard of the brand.            I took a pink one from the display, and went to find out the cost. $35 sounded...


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Convertcast Episode 99 Dec. 20, 2011 Mul­ti­ple reports have emerged of T-Mobile switch­ing on 3G for fre­quen­cies that exist­ing unlocked iPhones and other devices can use. At least some parts of Neva­da and some parts of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia and the North­west are see­ing 1,900MHz repur­posed to be used as addi­tion­al car­ry­ing space for theHSPA+ 84Mbps net­work antic­i­pat­ed for 2012. Those who live in the altered areas are see­ing speeds faster not just than they would on EDGE but faster than AT&T’s real-world 3G, at 7.92Mbps down and 1.8Mbps up. How...


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Nokia is currently still the biggest cellphone vendor in the world, considering units sold and including non-smartphones like their S40 feature phones that are popular in India and South America (revenue-wise Samsung and Apple are bigger thanks to fat margins in smartphone area) And after the failure of their own operating systems (Symbian, Meego) Nokia decided to switch to Windows Phone from Microsoft. A Nokia phone powered by Windows Phone? Really? Yes, really, dude: In the middle of November 2011 in Europe and in 2012 in USA the first Nokia smartphones powered by Windows Phone are going...


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Convertcast Episode 49 July 26, 2010 Special guest: Andy: Mobile Tech Addicts podcaster. Mobile GURU, Techie, Blackberry GURU, Adventurer , World Traveller, Tech Writer, Santa’s Neighbor, has owned (almost) every mobile ever SOLD since 1988. Currently abusing an :Apple Mac Book Pro, Winbows 7 CRAPTOP, an iPhone 4, Blackberry 9700, iPad, and a rubber squeaky toy called “BLORT” Locked vs unlocked and GSM vs TROW AMOLED vs. Super LCD (Wasn't AMOLED pretty super?) OH on Twitter: Yay! RT @maevro: MTA signed contract to install WiFi & /or cell signal (gsm?) in 277 Subway platforms...


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Convertcast Episode 44 June 20, 2010 Special guests: Craig Froehle and Don Ferguson - 2 guys, 2 phones, 2 decisions Great conversation talking about all the things Palm did right and wrong with WebOS and why they still wanted to convert to Android. Follow Craig on Twitter and at http://gearbits.com Don can be found at http://interconnected.com Follow Jerry on Twitter Follow Alli on Twitter Call the Just Another Geek Site Google Voice number, and leave us a message! (304) 884-JAGS (5247) Download the episode directly here. Subscribe via iTunes. Add our RSS podcast feed. ...


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Convertcast March 1 Episode 32 Guest: Michael Herald Palm WebOS memory leaks 1.4 update video screenshots apps: WebOS and Android speed Resets - are they a think of the past? App development Windows Phone 7 Series (still a mouthful!) Follow Michael on Twitter and at Mobility Today. Add the ConvertCast Twibbon to your Twitter avatar! Follow Jerry on Twitter Follow Alli on Twitter Call the Just Another Geek Site Google Voice number, and leave us a message! (304) 884-JAGS (5247) Download the episode directly here. Subscribe via iTunes. Add our RSS podcast feed. ...


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ConvertCast Episode 17 Monday, November 16, 2009 Nephews, tropical storms, and ooooooooo...9 and oh baybee! Parental update - started looking at VZW cause Dad noticed the Droid Does commercials. I think they'd like VZW, but not the device. Mom really wants an iPhone. Little reception in the house with AT&T, perhaps they'll wait on AT&T's femtocell. Holding pattern. Top 5 Must Have applications and mini review- for any platform Jerry - iPhone:  Non JailBreak: 1) PocketInformant 2)Faces Lite 3) Tweetie 2 4) iXpensit ) WhatsApp Jailbreak: 1) sbSettings 2) Backgrounder...


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The same settings, lighting. Only point and shoot. No attempt at focus. I tried to hold the 4 devices in as close to the same position as possible while still just fitting the subject in the frame. Hold your mouse over each photo to see which device took which photo: iPhone, Pre, HTC Diamond 2, HTC Touch Pro 2. I want to hear your opinions on the photos. The only comments I’ll make are that the Diamond 2, with its 5 megapixel camera took much longer to “develop” the photo than did the other 3 devices. Tapping the screens of all but the Pre took the picture...


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