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For the past few years, the best way to get connectivity on the go has been the mobile broadband card. Sure, many phones make it easy to tether to your laptop, but it just isn’t ideal. There are a number of manufacturers out there making cards for USB, Express or PCMCIA slots that work great for one computer on the go, but what if you have more than one device that you want connected? Enter the MiFi by Novatel Wireless. The MiFi 2200 is an intelligent mobile hotspot, allowing you to extend your Mobile Broadband (EVDO Rev A) experience beyond just your laptop to any Wi-Fi enabled device such as a camera, mobile phone, music player, personal media playes or portable game console. It supports up to 5 devices at a time, so you can share your high-speed connection with whomever you choose. The best part is, there are no cables, no software, and truly no hassle to get up and running. Just push a button and you’re ready to surf. The Sprint Novatel MiFi 2200 used for this review was provided by Sprint. The MiFi is available on Sprint for $99.99 with a 2-year contract.

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #181 58:10
Show Notes
Samsung launches it's own OS, a huge charger recall and the Palm Pixi is available.

iPhone/iPod Touch Application

TCPJ Unlocked Show #036

News
RIM and Adobe team up for Flash on BB
Apple widens lead over Nokia as most profitable manufacturer
Apple grabs 17% of worldwide smartphone market
New malware allows access to personal info on jailbroken iPhones
Google giving free Wi-Fi in airports during the holidays
Sears electronic trade-in program
Motorola sale of set-top unit could have implications for handsets
AT&T lowers Data Connect overage rates
Senator targeting Verizon ETF change
Sprint commits another $1 Billion to Clearwire
Sprint plans to lay off thousands
Sprint facing possible credit downgrade
T-Mobile dropping My Faves
T-Mobile says 21MBPS HSPA+ coming in mid-2010
O2 to unlock out of contract iPhones
Orange UK smashes single day sales record of phones with the iPhone

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Devices
Palm Pixi Reviews
PreCentral Pixi Review
Pixi for $30 at Walmart
GSM Pre headed to Mexico on Telcel
HTC HD2 now on Vodafone
Nokia launches charger exchange program
Nokia N900 now shipping
N900 final specs
Telus bringing Milestone to Canada in Early 2010
Estimates of 100,000 DROID devices sold in first weekend
Saygus VPhone to be Verizon's first open development handset
AT&T USBConnect Lightning
NTT DoCoMo intros phone with detachable keyboard
T-Mobile Tap
Qualcomm says AT&T will launch first smartbook for them
What is a smartbook?

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Software
Slacker now available on Android
Google GPS Navigation on DROID does Turn by Turn directions
Navigon updates software
DROID software update coming mid-December?
Samsung announces its own OS
First Bada OS device?
QIK launches update, now streams in 480p
Windows Mobile 7 testing starting in early 2010?
Windows Marketplace comes to non-phone browsers
Blackberry App world to support carrier billing in 2010

Questions/Comments
Voicemail from Mr. X
Comment from Greg
Question from Paul
Verizon site for sending messages
List of all carrier texting email addresses
Pixdrop
Some email addresses for sending picture messages to people

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The "how it works" of mobile phones, 8 great phones that you may not know about, and America's top 10 favorite phones

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #180 1:12:10
Show Notes

T-Mobile has a major outage, Verizon's Droid hits the market, and ETF's are going up.

iPhone/iPod Touch Application

News
Telecom Companies intro SMS and Voice-over-LTE solution
Top 10 carriers - Q3 2009
Who still needs Windows Mobile?
AT&T sues Verizon for "map for that" ads
AT&T launching new stuff
AT&T completes Centennial Acquisition
Radio Shack will sell the iPhone
Verizon confirms ETF going up to $350
Verizon debuts daily/weekly/monthly prepaid broadband
Sprint and Clearwire announce numerous markets
Sprint also announces Dell Mini 10 netbook
Sprint rolling out PTT in more areas of Iowa and Illinois
Sprint says no change in its ETF policy
T-Mobile USA joins the WiFi Alliance
T-Mobile outage
T-Mobile says all services restored
Software error caused outage
T-Mobile Q3 earnings
T-Mobile says 40% of it's Q4 sales will be smartphones
Metro PCS expands Florida presence
MetroPCS posts larger profits
China Unicom hits 1 million 3G users, only 5,000 iPhones
Bell HSPA network goes live
FCC approves Dell Mini 3iX

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Devices
Smaller iPhone under contract and coming to CDMA in 2010?
T-Mobile gets HD2
FCC LG WinMo device for AT&T
Celio Redfly support for Blackberry
Verizon announces Blackberry Curve 8530
Sprint to get Curve 8530 as well
Blackberry Bold 9700 now on Rogers
Sprint launches Samsung Moment
CLIQ lands in T-Mobile stores
Motorola Milestone is DROID in GSM clothes
EAS on DROID is only $30
Verizon says Droid tethering coming in 2010
Tethering will be $30
Sony XPERIA X10 announced
HTC Hero comes to Verizon as Eris
Peek's dedicated Twitter device
Verizon launches LG Chocolate Touch

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Software
Google Voice search supports S60
Opera announces Mini 10 beta for Symbian
Blacksn0w now available
Dutch hacker access jailbroken iPhones
How the SSH worm works
WebOS speed fix
Samsung Jack gets WinMo 6.5 upgrade
Palm demos Web-based Ares SDK for webOS
Google ads NYC subway maps to Google Maps for Mobile

Questions/Comments
Comment from Dave
Voicemail from Michael

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #179 1:14:45
Show Notes

The iPhone closes the gap as the most popular smartphone, the Storm2 is now available and Google's game changing GPS announcement.

iPhone/iPod Touch Application

Smartphone Experts giveaway

Sprint Intrepid Review

Dexim P-Flip foldable power dock

TCPJ Unlocked Show #034

TCPJ Unlocked Show #035

News
FCC warns of spectrum gap created by iPhone
FCC looking to take TV spectrum back
iPhone close to Blackberry as most popular smartphone
Smartphones are getting cheaper
WebOS Marketshare growing rapidly
Google will scale back call blocking
Texting while driving now banned in NY
Verizon Q3 earnings
Sprint Q3 losses
Sprint continues to lose postpaid customers
Sprint to drop call forwarding fee
Sprint plans open app store
Sprint lays out smartphone roadmap
Nokia Siemens runs LTE tests

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Devices
iPhone 3GS coming to Orange UK Nov 10th
iPhone launches in China
Apple ramping up iPhone production
Palm Pixi coming to Sprint on Nov 15th
HTC CEO says HD2 will stay WinMo
Storm 2 $180 with Verizon Contract
Now available
imPulse watch on pre-order, available early 2010
Verizon Blackberry Curve 8530
Curve2 confirmed
9700 on T-Mobile launch possibly delayed
Motorola and Verizon announce the Droid
Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris coming November 6th
Best buy taking pre-orders, and will offer Droid for $200 w/o rebate
DROID review
Motorola commits to 20 new smartphones in 2010
T-Mobile and Sony offer the Equinox
Samsung ships record 60M handsets in Q3

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Software
Verizon pushes out OS 5.0 to the BB Storm
Novatel MiFi software update
Tweak MiFi to charge over USB
Official HTC WM6.5 ROM upgrade for the Diamond
Google Voice lite lets users keep their number
Google Voice-Voicemail for your existing number
Google voice hits nearly 1.5 million users
Nokia N97 firmware 2.0
Google sends Android 2.0 to developers via SDK
2.0 features
HTC confirms Hero to get 2.0
Google Maps App
Google Maps navigation for Android 2.0
Apple app store breaks 100,000 apps
Make easy time lapse movies with your iPhone
Blacksn0w to compliment BlackRa1n

Questions/Comments
Voicemail from Ralph
Comment from Phil
Comment from Joel

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With 3G cellular’s spotty performance, there is an increasing demand for easy, high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity at an affordable price. Boingo Wireless, the world’s largest network of Wi-Fi hotspots, announced the availability of a new application for the BlackBerry on 10/27. Mickey sat down to talk with Christian Gunning, the Director of Corporate Communications to find out what this new app was all about.

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The future of Windows Phone aka Windows Mobile.  We delve into the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, and discuss whats new in the OS, and what devices are now out to take advantage of it.  Mickey also discusses his experiences a couple of the new devices, and which phones will be receiving upgrades.

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Whether you can't make it through an entire day on your iPhone battery, or you just want to stay charged up at all times, there are many reasons to have an extra battery with you while on the go.  But what if you want to dock your iPhone at the same time?  Or how about have a stand to watch media on it while charging?  The Dexim P-Flip Foldable Power Dock is your answer.  With its 2000mAh Lithium Plymer battery, you can get 1.5-2 times of additional battery life for your iPhone 3G/3GS or iPod Touch 1G/2G.  The product used in this review was provided by P-Flip.

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October 6th was the official launch day for Windows Mobile 6.5, and the same day Sprint announced the Samsung Intrepid.  This touchscreen front-facing qwerty world phone is a nice addition to the Sprint lineup, and reminds me a lot of the Blackjack or Ace.  For all it's improvements over the predecessors, don't plan on being blown away by this phone, as it doesn't bring anything to the smartphone table that you can't already find.  The Intrepid used in this review was provided by Sprint.  It is available for $149.99 with 2-year contract.

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #178 1:06:15
Show Notes

AT&T hinting at the end of an era, arguments over net neutrality and T-Mobile's Project Dark.

iPhone/iPod Touch Application
Smartphone Experts iPhone leather holster with microfiber cloth and screen protectors giveaway

News
Apple quarterly financial results
Microsoft Q1 earnings
Comcast enter mobile data market
FCC initiates a Net Neutrality fight
Verizon and Google agree on Net Neutrality
Sen. McCain wants to block Net Neutrality
Universal Charger OK'ed
Q3 AT&T Results
AT&T record number of iPhone activations
AT&T hints at end of iPhone exclusivity
Deadline to cancel smartphone data plan extended to 10/31
AT&T looks at higher data rates for the heavy user
AT&T starts up 850MHZ in Baltimore
Sprint to acquire iPCS
iPCS shareholders ready to fight acquisition
Boost ads Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to $50 plan
Sprint and Clearwire detail remaining 2009 WiMax rollouts
T-Mobile posts Sidekick contact recovery info
How to restore contacts
Project Dark Info

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Devices
iPhone coming to some authorized retailers next month
AT&T Tilt 2 price drop
TP2 head to head competition
Ballmer confirms Zune integration in WM
Storm 2 on Verizon website
Storm 2 coming 10/28 on Verizon
Blackberry Watch
T-Mobile announces Bold 9700
9700 specs
AT&T also announces 9700
Nokia N900 Delayed until November
Motorola Droid details
Droid Specs
Droid Preview
Preview wrapup
Verizon Droid announcement set for 10/28
Motorola CLIQ now available
Motorola Calgary

TCPJ Unlocked

Software
Blackberry OS 5.0 coming this week

Questions/Comments
Question from Sean
Voicemail from Charles
Comment from LeQuinte
Comment from David
Comment from Greg
Comment from Pauline

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