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Blackberry Time Won’t Stay Set?

by Scott | Mar 15, 2007 | Cell Phones & PDA's

My time wouldn’t stay set on my Blackberry, which was driving me crazy. Apparently nobody has told Verizon and Blackberry that daylight savings time came early this year. In the options – 8 times section, of my Blackberry settings, in addition to changing...

Blackberry 8703e cannot reconcile with POP mail? What?!

by Scott | Oct 18, 2006 | Cell Phones & PDA's

*update 3/08 – issue resolved – Blackberry syncs with POP mail Yesterday was the first full day with my Blackberry 8703e. Yes after nearly 6 full months with my old phone, (the ever so fragile and sluggish VX6700), I decided to get a new one. When it...

Ringtones That Adults Cannot Hear

by Scott | Jun 13, 2006 | Cell Phones & PDA's, Technology News

It was reported today on Good Morning America (or some morning show) that there is a new ringtone for cellular phones that are inaudible to adults. The ramifications for this during school classes and elsewhere will likely be pretty widespread. While I find the...

Internal Use Spy

by Scott | Mar 27, 2006 | Cell Phones & PDA's

I just went to make a phone call, and the screen of my XV6700 says this… “Internal Use Spy” hwnd: 7c078c50 style: 10008004 ex:4 Title: Phone – Class: dialog Window [0,26]-[240,294] Client 240 x 268 hwnd owner: 000000 Do you want to dump the...

Microsoft Voice Command via Bluetooth registry hack

by Scott | Mar 27, 2006 | Cell Phones & PDA's

I just bought a “new” version of Voice Command (July 2005!) and I incorrectly assumed that Voice Command would work via Bluetooth by now, and frankly, I’m shocked that it doesn’t. Although the software is great, and will announce upcoming...

Another phone for me – UTStarcom XV6700

by Scott | Mar 20, 2006 | Cell Phones & PDA's

I finally did the unthinkable. I upgraded my phone before I was eligible, and that cost me an extra $250. Why? To recap, In July 2005, I did an upgrade from my 2 year old Kyocera 7135 clamshell PDA/phone to the brand new Samsung i730, which had a full keyboard,...