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Archive for March, 2007

Do you care what I have to say?

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29 March 2007 at 08:00 - Comments

Barry Bonds Homerun Ball Photos

We are getting isulation sprayed in our attic tommorow, so we pulled all our boxes down today. In the process, I went through some boxes with my memorabilia and came across my Barry Bonds Homer Ball. What is special about this Barry Bonds Homer is that it left an impression from his bat on the [...]

28 March 2007 at 19:08 - Comments

CTIA 2007 - Chris’ vote for best booths

Every booth that Motorola puts together is magic, but some small touches made me go with two other companies booths this show. Samsung took the booth babe type approach and LG hired a DJ.

Above is from the Samsung Booth. In addition to this photo op, the booth was well laid out with [...]

28 March 2007 at 12:24 - Comments

Mobility Site Minute #26 - CTIA Day 1

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CTIA Orlando HTC Shift Hands On HTC Defines Mobile Computing … Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit Palm to offer Windows Mobile 6 FREE Palm Announces Update to Windows Mobile 6 Coming for Treo 750 Smartphone Cingular’s Treo 750, Blackjack and 8525 [...]

27 March 2007 at 00:50 - Comments

CTIA Orlando

So, I am in Orlando for the 2007 CTIA Conference. HTC and Palm have pulled some surprises today. We have a new UMPC-Like device from HTC, the HTC Shift. This thing is smooth!

Palm also announced a FREE UPGRADE to Windows Mobile 6.

Go to Mobility Site for more info on the Palm Treo [...]

26 March 2007 at 22:30 - Comments

Home Sweet Home

I am on the way home from Dallas. What a great time it was. Dallas is a huge city and not pleasant to drive in, but after a 5 hour airport wait, I am finally in the air and on the way home. I will be so glad to be in my own bed tonight. [...]

24 March 2007 at 22:16 - Comments

Mobility Site Minute #25

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HTC X7500 (Advantage) Unboxing Engadget HTC Advantage Pics (but the link is blank now) i-mate’s JAMA Lenovo’s ET600 - I Like It! 1st Photos of the HTC Kaiser hit the web ZyXEL’s V660 VoIP Smartphone Pink Zune Coming in May Intel UMPC [...]

23 March 2007 at 00:07 - Comments

Dallas or Italy?

Today in Dallas Texas, I had lunch and dinner at great Italian Restaurants. For lunch I ate at Patrizio’s and for dinner, Maggiano’s Little Italy. Myself and some classmates headed to Patrizio’s. This place had some great salad and the chicken I had was served on some rice that had a flavor I can’t describe, but [...]

22 March 2007 at 21:59 - Comments

Pappadeaux - Mmm Mmm Good

Some of you may know all about this joint, but I learned the goodness of Pappadeaux tonight. The wait was like 30 minutes, but it was well worth it. I had the Blackened Mahi Mahi, some crab cakes, and the best gumbo in the Texas. The Mahi Mahi was served over rice with a delicious crawfish [...]

21 March 2007 at 21:35 - Comments

Mobility Site Minute #24

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CeBIT ‘07 … in a nutshell Plano, Texas - Fry’s didn’t impress Palm to be purchased by March 22, 2007? Exec confirms Google Phone Hands-on with the Flybook V ultra-connected ultra-portable The B&O and Samsung Bluetooth headset Orange SPV E650 aka [...]

20 March 2007 at 23:55 - Comments