Tough, Rugged and Just Awesome, The Sonim XP1300 Core Phone

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The carriers out there claim to have rugged phones, but they’ve got nothing on these phones from Sonim. These things are above Military specs and of course Mil-Spec certified for ruggedness. Once upon a time I worked dirty jobs, still do from time to time, but I always had a problem with my phones and keeping them clean and scratch free and I always worried I’d break them. I went so far as to have a cheap flip phones that I would carry to swap out the sim card from my more expensive smartphone so I wouldn’t damage it. I need one of these. If you saw the first episode of the new season of Chuck then you saw him using a Sonim, hey if he can use one so can I!

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Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Crackle Launches First Full-Length Movie and Television Service for Android

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Wow that’s a long title but I wanted to get that out of the way. Crackle lets Android users stream full-length, unedited movies and television series over wifi and 3G. They also have some original series. The Crackle app is available as a free download offering access to the network’s roster of original programming and … Read more

Verizon and Motorola Unveil CITRUS

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Umm so now we have phones being named after fruit? I have to wonder who comes up with the names for phones, seriously though naming a phone after a fruit? I can see it now. “What kind of phone do you have?” “I’ve got the Citrus!” “You’ve got an orange?” “No I’ve got the Motorola Citrus” “I didn’t know Motorola was into fruits and vegetables!” Yeah I can see that conversation going many ways, and not any of them very good for the guy who owns the phone…

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Droid Pro is Coming to Verizon

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It’s nice to see a ‘professional’ phone coming that uses the Android operating system. Most of the phones out there today aren’t exactly business oriented, but this the Droid Pro is. It’s got a 1ghz CPU along with a nice qwerty keyboard and it even comes with 2gigs ram inside and 2gig externally. There’s no word on price but somehow I don’t think it will be cheap..

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Mobility Digest Review: Spider Podium Universal Desk Stand

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Today I’ve got a product from our friends across the ocean at Mobile Fun. It’s a unique product for sure, it looks like a spider, I guess that’s why it’s called the Spider Podium Universal Desk Stand. If you didn’t guess it’s a stand, but it’s not only for your phone and desk but it can be used with other devices and other places. The Spider Podium features eight flexible legs that can be positioned in any way you need it to for displaying your device or attaching it to something.

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Lonely Planet Announces Free WP7 App

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You probably all know the travel and trip planning site LonelyPlanet.com by now. Well in 5 days they were able to put together a Windows Phone 7 application that will launch for free in November. “Lonely Planet’s TOP CITIES 2011 is an extract from Lonely Planet’s eagerly awaited sixth annual print edition of BEST IN … Read more