Chris is a former Microsoft MVP, Windows Phone that attempts to live as a platform agnostic smart phone user, but fails badly at it. Often times his love/hate relationship with Microsoft glares through the Android user disguise. Now that he has more time, Chris enjoys spending time with his family, coaching baseball, and watching any sport involving the University of Alabama or Atlanta. Chris works for AT&T, but his thoughts and opinions are his own and that he does not represent AT&T in any capacity online. If you want to yell at him, send him free stuff, or ask him a question, hit him up at chris(at)notebooks.com.
AT&T announced it’s 5th Annual developer summit yesterday. Good news for those headed out to Vegas for CES 2011, you can knock out two birds with one flight. The two events will work great together, they are both in Vegas and the Summit is the day before the show. Unless you are headed to Pepcom’s [...]
I sure hope this megascoop that Engadget posted turns out to be fake. We can always wait until Gizmodo finds one in a bar though or we can just take the word of Joshua Topolsky. Either way, it sure is ugly. I guess it could be possible that the images uncovered by Engadget are not [...]
It used to be that white defined Apple. Their MacBooks were a very attractive glossy white and the old click wheel iPods. You could spot an Apple product from a mile away. Lately, it seems that everything is going towards brush aluminum. The original iPhone, which I still think is the best looking of all [...]
What a contrast. Android has been around a few more days than “Windows Phone 7″ though. I wonder if anyone has ever added up how many Pocket PC and Windows Mobile apps are out there. I’d be willing to bet that it’s quite an impressive number. Unfortunately, those apps were never assembled in a single [...]
If you want help with your new Windows Phone 7, you could head over to Microsoft Answers, you could hit up one of the 80 Windows Phone MVPs worldwide, or you could head over to Pocket-lint and get 72 tips and tricks to help you get started. If I were you, I would go Pocket-lint [...]
What’s a connector? That’s what Microsoft is calling this software that allows Mac users to play nice with Windows Phone 7 devices. Sorry, no Zune compatibility yet. To be honest, I don’t see there ever see Zune and Mac playing nice together.
It gets even better. If you read the post I made yesterday about fanboys loading these online polls up, basically tainting the results, you would recall that Microsoft was in the lead. I predicted in the comments that iPhone fans would rally and bury the 10k votes Microsoft had in that poll at the time [...]
I have a little bit of a personal pet peeve here to rant about. It’s about the communities rallying fanboys up to load an opinion poll up. I’ve been guilty of it in the distant past, but I see where these type things are counter productive for the poll. Might as well just call the [...]
Yes, I have finally purchased a major Apple product. Just last week, I made a comment here on GBM that made me feel better about my choice. I said, “Can I buy Apple products but think Jobs is a pompous jackass? Sure.” Little did I know that I would actually do it. I have purchased [...]
I am was sitting there last night a little upset and I looked over at the iPad on the keyboard dock collecting dust and it made me happy that I made a choice not to buy the MacBook Air 11 today. I almost bought one on an impulse just before I left work. I thought [...]
One of the challenges I brought up to Microsoft a couple times in meetings was how the carriers will be able to sell Windows Phone 7 to customers when there are so many variables already going against Microsoft. What I am about to share doesn’t hit all those variables, but it’s a good start.
Last night, I mentioned in a review wrap up post that I didn’t see any HTC HD7 reviews popping up. I went off to play some games and watch some MMA and returned to find a review from Engadget in my RSS feeds. Unfortunately, this review is not the US, T-Mobile version, but the hardware [...]
Today, embargo lifts on Windows Phone 7 device reviews. This is an embargo that was put into place by Microsoft covering the release software. As you may or may not know, reviewers were able to post reviews of the early versions of WP7 on the developer devices they were loaned. This is a bigger milestone. [...]
I guess the buzz that AT&T is getting tonight with the Windows Phone 7 embargo being lifted a couple of hours ago has T-Mobile a little envious. I don’t know why there are no reviews of the T-Mo HTC HD7 hitting the interwebz right now, no idea at all and since HTC has devices out [...]
Last week, I made a post asking where the software is. The shelves were pretty empty in the App Market place when I checked last week. Today, it’s looking a little more beefed up. Rumor has it that Microsoft expects more than 1,000 apps when the devices hit the streets officially. This number is down [...]
When the Windows Phone 7 devices were announced on October 11th, the one phone that I fell in love with was the Dell Venue Pro. There are two reasons for that, one is sentimental and the other is the fact that I love the looks of the Dell Venue Pro. The sentimental reason is that [...]
Ok, it’s not really a laptop really, but I wouldn’t mind having one. Ben Heck has build what he calls the Xbox 360 Slim Portable. It’s quite a bit thicker than a typical laptop, for obvious reasons, but it’s not as big as the Commodore SX-64 Executive my dad had when I was a kid.
BlackBerry and Sprint announced the release date and price for the BlackBerry Style 9670 yesterday. It will be available nationwide on October 31st for $99.99 (after $100 mail in rebate). The BlackBerry Style 9670 is a flip phone with a QWERTY keyboard. I am not much of a BlackBerry fan, but I think this one [...]
Expensive or not, I enjoy Bose products. I chose a Polk Audio set up in place of the Bose AM series for my home entertainment needs, but I have Bose desktop speakers on my PC and my kid’s PC. They have the Companion 2 series and I have the Companion 3. I love them and [...]
Steve Jobs was on an earnings call today and took time to rip apart Google’s Android yesterday afternoon. I think he’s a pompous donkey personaly, but Apple’s iPhone changed the mobile phone game for good. We have to give him some props. Whether you agree or disagree with his points about Android and it’s fragmentation, [...]
According to study by Nielsen teens in the U.S. average 3,339 texts a month. That’s a bunch of text messages. Let’s say you have a teen in your house and you don’t get them unlimited texts, you might be shocked to find a bill in the neighborhood of $334.00 in one month. That’s a lot [...]
There seems to be an update to Android 2.1 for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 coming soon. Sony Ericsson showed a demo of the new features introduced in this upgrade on their YouTube channel. Both of AT&T’s way outdated Android phones will come into the modern era when this update makes it. Dell recently announced [...]
So, you have a Dell Streak with a Donut on it? Yes, releasing a device in 2010 with an Android version that came out in September 2009 is unsatisfactory in my book, but it looks like Dell cares. Do they? Well, they care enough to skip Android 2.1 (Eclair) and they plan to take us [...]
I shared some info about the Samsung Transform and Sprint ID last week and I did a video 1st look the other day. Now I have another little video that shows how Sprint ID works. At first, I thought the concept was a little silly, but after checking it out for myself, I see where [...]
I will tell you what’s in my bag. Xavier is making me do it too. No, not really, but it’s always fun to show off what you carry and how you carry it. This bag is my go to bag, but it’s not what I typically carry to trade shows like CES and CTIA. I [...]
Sumocat let us know yesterday that Verizon was selling the iPad starting October 28th. They put a great marketing spin on it and bundled it with a MiFi so you can get data to the device. Well, AT&T also announced yesterday that they will be selling the iPad starting on the same day. The difference [...]
I have been using Tweetdeck as my desktop Twitter client for quite some time. I love the ability to follow so many things at once. Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, etc… I can follow lists, my friends timelines, my mentions, direct messages, new followers, and more. It’s great for keeping up with everything. My 2nd monitor has [...]
I have been using iFrogz Timbre series ear buds for a good year now. I use them over a few other sets of ear buds I own, including my $200 Ultimate Ears. The bass response and overall sound of the Timbre series are good enough for me. I use them when I do yard work, [...]
This isn’t a review of Zune Pass, this is just some info for those that might not know just how cool Zune Pass is. I have been a Zune Pass subscriber since it’s inception and have loved ALMOST every minute of it. The only part I don’t like about Zune Pass is that it doesn’t [...]
We have many choices, unfortunately some choices are taken from us based on locale and carrier choice. I will assume that I don’t have a home or carrier yet and list the devices and their specs in my order, favorite 1st, etc. I am really excited for them to hit, but I hope they don’t [...]
Want to see what a sampling of your data would on Windows Phone 7? Microsoft has an App for that. (sorry Apple) That’s right, Microsoft has a Facebook application that takes your data, with your permission of course, and presents portions of it in a demo of Windows Phone 7. Pretty cheesy to me, but [...]
Last week at CTIA, Sprint announced a trio of Android phones. These 3 phones all work with their new trick called Sprint ID. Among all this Windows Phone excitement, I found time to do quick unboxing and 1st look at the Samsung Transform. The Transform has a slide out keyboard, runs Android 2.1, and packs [...]
Not much news has come out of the Palm/HP camp since HP bought Palm, but today, a whopper of a leak popped up on a French carrier’s website. The Palm Pre 2 is on it’s way thanks to SFR and the some great detective work by PreCentral. This would be much bigger news had the [...]
As I mentioned early yesterday, Zune software version 4.7 went live. The marketplace looks really thin, but I am not going to panic yet, the actual release isn’t here yet. Some software shown off today isn’t in the store, so I am going to assume it’s not really ready for public consumption yet.
The simple answer for some is, nothing. I know this already. For me, other than being a self admitted Microsoft fan boy recovering from a year away from Windows Mobile, Zune integration. As long as the other core functions of the OS are there, having the chance to sync Zune Pass content with my phone [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
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Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
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Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
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Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
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Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
