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Theres a very interesting new service in beta from a company called Jaxtr. It allows you to link your phone to pages in your social networks, your email signature, your blog etc. so that anyone worldwide can call you with just a click of the mouse. Your phone number is kept private, and you dont need to download or install any client software.

This gives you the ability to have a "virtual" phone number that you can link to your... - [Read more]

Ive spent the last two months trying to figure out what to do to replace my old Treo 650. The call quality was horrendously bad and I decided that I had finally had it.

Ive been a Palm user for over ten years, including owning several Palm Pilots and Treos. The Treo has met my needs for years, but I havent been entirely happy. Once when the Treo stopped working it took them 10 business days to get me a replacement (since I run my business on my cell phone this was ridiculous -... - [Read more]

Ive been hooked on the GPS in my car since back in 2000 when I bought it as a novelty. After using it for a little while I found that it was no longer a novelty - it was essential. In fact, sometimes I feel crippled if Im driving a car without it.

So whats next in the GPS world? Dash. Funded by Sequioa, Kleiner-Perkins and several othe prominent VCs, and with a proven "A-List" executive team this company is likely to shake up... - [Read more]

Ive been a Palm fan for years ever since I bought my first Palm Pilot and it seamless synchronized all of outlook so that I could get rid of my bulky Franklin Planner and always have an up-to-date backup on the computer or the Palm in case anything happened.

I went to the Treo 600 after it had been out a while and had a decent experience. It was certainly better than carrying around a Palm and a phone. And it ended up doing much more for me that I originally expected. I could now... - [Read more]

Heres a very cool new application for taking and organizing notes. Good search features, fast launch and pretty easy to figure out how to use it. And best of all the basic version is FREE.

Got a song stuck in your head but you cant remember the name of it or who the artist was?

Try midomi out. All you do is go to their site, click on a button and start humming or singing. It then returns a list of songs that match what you are looking for.

My results? It couldnt recognize America Pie, but it did get God Bless America.

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My wife recently told me about Pandora, a music site that quite frankly is one of the most interesting sites Ive seen in a long time. With Pandora youll find all kinds of incredible new music, from artists you know and artists that are very similar to the ones you like.

Simply go to their site, type in an artist or song you like, and Pandora streams you songs and artists that are similar. Its like having a smart Itunes playlist that gives you... - [Read more]

Ever get frustrated trying to use your cell phone to find something? Using a web interface and cell phone keyboard is slow and pretty much of a hit and miss experience. If you want to find a ringtone, songs, wallpaper etc. it can be real pain in the neck.

Enter Promptu, a new spoken search engine. Their whole concept is that using your voice to search is the most natural and logical way to get what you want on a cell phone. If they are able to... - [Read more]

I had forgetten about this (it appeared a year or so ago in the press).

Blundered Microsoft product, or is this Microsoftian Humor.  You be the judge. :-)

Tivo has its problems, unfortunately. I have to wonder where and what the Product Management folks there are doing.

Just like everyone else, I loved my Tivo when I first got it. Skip commercials. Pause the Tivo when the kids are interrupting your favorite show. And of course, I could rely on it to record my favorite shows so that once a week my wife and I could sit down and watch the few decent shows on... - [Read more]