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    Google Voice About to Get More Amazing By Letting You Port Your Number

    Giz Explains: All The Smartphone Mobile App Stores

    Last.fm Silences Third-Party Mobile Apps

    Windows Mobile Finally Gets a Decent Facebook App

    Dealzmodo Hack: Overhaul Your Last-Gen BlackBerry

    Google Mobile App Makes Life on Windows Mobile a Little Easier

    Game|Shadow Dongle/App Adds PS3 Control and Text Input To BlackBerry

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    Image of ResearchZilla ResearchZilla
    06/15/09

    In reply to Google Voice About to Get More Amazing By Letting You Port Your Number
    i've had google voice for months, and grandcentral before that - it's great, but i will NEVER port my number until google is bulletproof (think gmail outages, now imagine a carrier simulation!)


    also, peeps forget that you lose your mobile2mobile unlimited and many other plan advantages if you were to port.


    for me, the big advantage is a unique number that i give out to ONLY certain folks and in turn configure to auto-ring me at all lines - kind of like a super emergency line - and allows for amazing spam control should the number fall into the wrong hands (can you say, "new once" keeps calling? ;)

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    Image of James Cooper - Chief Geek at TJSL James Cooper - Chief Geek at TJSL
    06/14/09

    In reply to Google Voice About to Get More Amazing By Letting You Port Your Number
    I'd be pretty stoked about this.


    I've had a Google Voice account since Grand Central let me in a couple years ago. I don't hand that number out to many people but do have an old 206 number from living in Seattle that I'd love to port. I waste a bunch of money every month keeping a low end T-Mobile account that forwards the calls to my new city since I'd had that number for 10 years.


    I'd be happy to hand out invites if only GVoice gave us any to hand out!

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    06/14/09

    @James Cooper - Chief Geek at TJSL: You do know you can save a few $$ per month by moving your number to T-Mobile prepaid? $100 a year. I have a home phone number my parents have had since the '70s I would love to put on my Google Voice account.
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    Image of gaius83 gaius83
    06/14/09

    In reply to Google Voice About to Get More Amazing By Letting You Port Your Number
    The Pre dialing screen is so much better looking than the iPhone's.
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    06/14/09

    @gaius83: If you love your Pre so much why don't you marry it?
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    Image of Monty Monty
    06/14/09

    In reply to Google Voice About to Get More Amazing By Letting You Port Your Number
    A couple weeks ago I ride my bike into work, get hit by a seizure, have a fist of gray blob pulled out of my skull - and when I finally come back it is to Google Voice allowing possibly allowing us to port our numbers over? Good news, sure - but, I guess I was hoping for something a little more exciting. Maybe some neon lights or something? Oh well.


    I have Google Voice but have only a couple of friends that know the number, so being able to port over my main number would be a nice trick. I think the larger issue, as Matt nicely raised, is the continued evaporation of these pipes we are all using to communicate. The more they open them, the happier we are - but the less power they have. Google's plan of world domination seems to continue according to their pink fuzzies group hug plan. Good for them.

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    Image of DownfieldComa DownfieldComa
    04/06/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: All The Smartphone Mobile App Stores
    Is the apple developers fee $99 annually? Really?
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    Image of cduran02 cduran02
    04/06/09

    @DownfieldComa: That's a typo. When I signed up last year it was a 1 time $99 fee. I haven't received any emails reminding me to renew or anything.
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    04/06/09

    @cduran02: Thanks for catching--fixed.
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    Image of madog madog
    03/25/09

    In reply to Last.fm Silences Third-Party Mobile Apps
    Pandora?
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    Image of Herman Herman
    03/25/09

    In reply to Last.fm Silences Third-Party Mobile Apps
    It's a free service, that means they can pretty much do whatever they want, right?
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    03/25/09

    @Herman: Yeah, and we can be sad or disappointed about those choices.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/25/09

    In reply to Last.fm Silences Third-Party Mobile Apps
    No problem.

    So long, dicks!


    I'm content with finding and setting up my own content on my own server, so screw yas.

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    Image of rocketbear79: threadkiller rocketbear79: threadkiller
    03/25/09

    @strider_mt2k: May I ask what software you use (plan to use)? I use Jinzora to autobuild playlists of file addresses for streaming but it can be a bit clunky/buggy at times and I have to have my web server running 24/7 for it to work. Looking for a possible alternative.
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    03/25/09

    @rocketbear79: I haven't even gotten that far yet, but I have a modest home server I've going to leverage more heavily.
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    03/05/09

    In reply to Windows Mobile Finally Gets a Decent Facebook App
    I don't care about facebook, just unlock my goram GPS!!!
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    02/19/09

    In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Overhaul Your Last-Gen BlackBerry
    Thanks Giz! My Curve was feeling a bit anemic, and maybe with the above adrenaline shots, I might not have to dump its sad little body into the Hudson, where all unloved things eventually come to rest.
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    Image of bestpersonintheunivers bestpersonintheunivers
    02/19/09

    @zenpoet: I'd hate to be your wife...
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    02/19/09

    @bestpersonintheunivers: No worries, she is still loved at this point, but if things start on a downward spiral, maybe I can unload the Curve and the wife on Telepheedi. That way, everyone wins!
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    Image of Gerald Oh Gerald Oh
    01/14/09

    In reply to Game|Shadow Dongle/App Adds PS3 Control and Text Input To BlackBerry
    And for about $55, I could get a Logitech Harmony 550 remote on Amazon...
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    01/14/09

    @Gerald Oh: Too bad that the harmony doesn't interface with the PS3
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/14/09

    @tongsy: Not really. You can buy a PSX/PS2 control to USB convertor and a original PS2 remote kit for the IR receiver and hack it.

    [www.remotecentral.com]


    Of course, by the time you've done that, I think Gerald's over his $55 price.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/14/09

    @MayorMcRib_GitEmSteveDave: Assuming you already have a blackberry...
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Game|Shadow Dongle/App Adds PS3 Control and Text Input To BlackBerry
    Looks nice...

    iPhone app w/out the dongle next, plz.

    kthxbai
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    Image of Randy87 Randy87
    01/14/09

    @Phenostar: yeah, with bluetooth support to also make it able to act as a remote! that would be sweet.
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    01/14/09

    @Randy87: Well, doesn't the blackberry also use bluetooth? Couldn't you just do it as a bluetooth serial connection via either device?
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Game|Shadow Dongle/App Adds PS3 Control and Text Input To BlackBerry
    But will it help you locate a McRib?
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    01/14/09

    @Lite: Why? Know someone looking for one?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/14/09

    @McRib_GitEmSteveDave: Well, you know. It's like, a McRib. You occasionally have to go find one as a moral imperative.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Game|Shadow Dongle/App Adds PS3 Control and Text Input To BlackBerry
    Luckily Obama has a Wii.
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    12/15/08

    In reply to iPhone Geisha Will Dance For You For A Small Fee
    Where can I find a nude patch? o.O


    It's...for...a friend...yeah, for a friend of mine. That's it.

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    12/15/08

    @SewerShark: HotSake!
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