Hating
With Sony Ericsson’s “Pureness” mobile phone, you can only talk, text, and tell the time. How refreshingly simple.
Only that means in place of my iPhone I’ll also have to stuff my Hermes bag with an Amazon Kindle, laptop, digicam, and small recording device that plays a “We’re sorry, you have reached a number that has been disconnected…” message like the “Disconnected” iPhone app. (Feel flattered if you’ve heard that after dialing my number–it means you’ve made an impression.)
Sony’s take on complicated minimalism is inspiring. I’ll also take my stereo, AC, and lights out of my Porsche, drive around with a boombox and battery-powered fan, and just lean out my window and shine a flashlight down the road at night…
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18.Nov.2009
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You need to sign up for Google Voice .
I signed up last week, received my invite email, and snagged a great Google Voice number. The most basic, boss thing about Google Voice? Google Voice lets you pick one number that’ll ring all your phones: your Blackberry, iPhone, home phone, that home-no-one-knows-about phone, and your office. But it gets better than that: Google Voice screens all your calls discretely, lets you set up different outgoing messages for different callers (“Maybe you’ll get lucky and I’ll call you back, toots,” to “You’ve reach the office of Me, Incorporated,” and even “The number you have dialed has been disconnected”).
But the best part of Google Voice? Voicemail. All of your messages are automatically transcribed, emailed or texted to you, and saved online, forever. You can mark voicemail as spam and block callers that way. Or you can listen into your voicemail messages live, and interrupt a message if the call’s worthy of your immediate attention.
How much trouble is Google Voice going to help you avoid?
I’ll give you my new number — it’s good — but since I can so carefully screen my calls now, I’m not sure I’d pick up.
You know, because you give such good voicemail.
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10.Aug.2009
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The Ivanka Trump of T-Mobile touch phones: unapologetically smart, and obviously sexy.
T-Mobile Behold touch phone gives you audible, turn-by-turn driving directions, and vibrates when you touch it.
Who needs a girlfriend… |
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I wouldn’t date T-Mobile G1 phone if it were a chick: it’s fatter than the iPhone.
Or maybe I would: its ShopSavvy app lets you snap a pic of a barcode with its phone cam, then automatically compares prices for you.
That’s the touch-phone equivalent of putting out on the first date… |
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I read on a blog a Facebook’s friend’s Twitter linked to that HTC Touch will be rebranded as T-Mobile Touch Plus; it must be true.
The phone’s sexy, but it vibes more style than substance, compared to the G1… |
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15.Dec.2008
