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September 26, 2006

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 – running time 31:26
In this episode of InDigital, we look at phones that are supposed to be smart like HAL, satellite radio that unleashes you from your ride, geek out with a portable gaming device for the open sourced, and a high def digital video recorder. And we take a trip to see the latest in cell phone technology.

Highlights
open source ( 15:38, 16:07, 16:21, 19:19, 20:57, 15:38, 16:07, 16:21, 19:19, 20:57 ) high definition ( 22:30, 30:01, 30:27, 22:30, 30:01, 30:27 ) next generation ( 24:00, 24:00 ) satellite radio ( 0:38, 10:40, 11:00, 11:18, 11:24, 12:17, 12:18, 12:35, 12:45, 13:36, 14:01, 14:14, 14:20, 0:38, 10:40, 11:00, 11:18, 11:24, 12:17, 12:18, 12:35, 12:45, 13:36, 14:01, 14:14, 14:20 ) open source ( 15:38, 16:07, 16:21, 19:19, 20:57, 15:38, 16:07, 16:21, 19:19, 20:57 ) high definition ( 22:30, 30:01, 30:27, 22:30, 30:01, 30:27 ) next generation ( 24:00, 24:00 ) satellite radio ( 0:38, 10:40, 11:00, 11:18, 11:24, 12:17, 12:18, 12:35, 12:45, 13:36, 14:01, 14:14, 14:20, 0:38, 10:40, 11:00, 11:18, 11:24, 12:17, 12:18, 12:35, 12:45, 13:36, 14:01, 14:14, 14:20 )

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" And -- Intel and Jessica apartment and out honcho at."

" I believe this week I looked at the GP to access is a hand held Olympics gaming device -- media center very similar to the PSP. I also looked at the palm Treo 700. And I looked at horrible satellite radio Andy you DVR."

" And I'm in Tennessee today treats him as all these cell phones and speaking a cell -- each of us for her up with a Smartphone that is compatible for each of our lifestyles. Check out."

" With somebody's smart. It's a crisis of options in other girls must use well the rim Blackberry Perl sophisticated sexiness. -- At first glance you might be seeing yourself this is of Blackberry. Usually smart cards or that bulky and there he'll write a cell phones that ran finally as but the fashion sex it's. I like to add capabilities of the PDA and function of the cellphone one. And -- that sits in in my handbag all the better the screen looks vibrant and Chris. And when outdoors -- automatically adjust my levels seen. -- shrunk the QWERTY keyboard which can be a problem if you have big fingers but it does captured basically shortcuts to put the text -- Like this thank you three track ball was hence the name are. You can adjust the sensitivity of the track on the keyboard and track we'll take some time getting. Here are a couple of Blackberry offers. It has expendable by as -- Read -- Saturday at one point three megapixel camera like most camera -- remember. When taking pictures Apple outdoor light it asks us in your pictures. Let's take our little green and you can't record video with would've been nice option for those candid moments like when your coworkers and hello it. There's an integrated media player that plays various video form like eighty I and it plays MP3 88 C midi and WAV files when playing music the problem on his music for incoming call. What in the minds is now is that it doesn't have dedicated control but if -- but that track."

" All you can forward rewind play and but I split personality I mean it's all business capabilities but it's all pleasure. It's about emailing and text message. If you're like me. You probably have multiple email accounts and the Perl and supports up to ten. You can actually manage your EM IM clients include AOL ICU and -- and Yahoo! live. Not very it. You can also surf the web though using T-Mobile edge network. Another superb feature is the mapping software if you travel a lot part for -- different -- there's. -- like Yahoo! finance it opens that I have threatened him. The -- also supports voice. It's amazing the voice recognition is pretty accurate to say the name or number and we'll dial. The probable voice prompts you could give multiple numbers and you select the it's not the default. The girls -- we'll packets going to mean. Much better than the whole Blackberry thing to get likable here here."

" But Jessica is very happy with the black area I wanted something that have a little bit more power. And I don't mean processor power I mean power user power like the ability to customize applications to fit my specific needs. Because really it's all about mind needs. So I picked the Treo 700 PE."

" This does not have the sleek styling of the Blackberry and it doesn't sharing it with one of the -- is on lost. But it sort of brown Ford F 150 of Smartphones. It's."

" A good strong workforce that you can rely on and it comes -- that gun rack. Okay it's not really gun -- it's more of -- style list. Which you can use it up to poke people of things developing your ship. That's kind of cool. Senator he shares pretty much the same form and keys down in the W them windows version. It has the same one point three megapixel camera with video capabilities a 128 megabytes of memory and sixteen megabytes of which are available for users to reconstruct their applications and your files. Comes a Bluetooth and the biggest difference is that this is a 320 by 320 display and it really looks fantastic. The Treo is it paid a monster and thankfully the Verizon version comes with dvd go for high speed data transfers. Also. If you find yourself in a situation where you can't get online with one of those wireless connections it'll support dial up networking so you can use your. Treo as modem you can get on the Internet. Which is a series of tubes. Nothing at all like a rock. Although previously did compare the Treo to a truck. It puts us in an infinite repurchase of blue better or worse. But the trio was only as good as a software. In the box you'll get documents to go from Microsoft Word excel PowerPoint PDF files. There's an application called pocket tunes for your music which plays MP three's but you'll need to upgrade it to play W remains. And if you're willing to burn through the data. They're streaming Internet radio there's Versa mail for your email too and not just standard pop account but also works to Gmail and Yahoo! mail. The Treo has a lot of potential but there are a lot of problems. The default web browser called laser. Just doesn't work very well render sites quickly but it renders them in a limited fashion so sites like Digg -- don't even work. However. The palm OS community it's filled with developers so. Finding a back up browser or third party flash application should be a problem at all coincidentally. I am in the market for a new Smartphone and the trio has gone to the top of my list. There are so many applications and it has so much potential there's a good chance on an end up buying one of these things for my down."

" just go -- profound short yet stylish and will wait for power but for me I wanted something with instant messaging and might inside kits were always amazing added. So I think it's -- three it comes with a few major improvement. -- psychic reading with the one point three megapixel camera with -- flash. A music player Bluetooth faster -- gain the support and it's painful memories of it being. And navigation outcomes by we have a track ball on the right -- the navigation -- on the west classic -- styling but -- waiver Maine but the all these additions are perfect the camera doesn't do video in the music player supports only MP threes and nothing else and transfer those MP -- to the -- three. Quality of Matthews -- slow UST 11 connection who knew that it was still existed. This psychic three strength built like an instant messaging and there's a well Yahoo! and admit that built right it. And -- QWERTY keyboard makes for an -- Miami experience."

" Personally I don't like to be tied it and you're even if it is -- notebook I want get out walkabout they sit back on the couch and not miss -- I --"

" If psychic has another image for the Treo pro will be -- to computer and managing calendar contacts with system corporate account at all. It's I think we've always connected mobile servers doing each day is on the psychic appear online and vice Versa. Any second pop spotlight for any computer's web browser to manage my information."

" And anything and from my -- that."

" I'll admit it's I think we got to make great -- having to flip open the -- that dial take care that. And the web browser is about is -- blazer browser no you can't argue that it I mean there but that's not the point. It's still the best mobile messaging experience. Unlike Perl and we I can't support it even shall all my body. -- the -- that doesn't come with -- Psyche three Treo -- on toward. I drink Jessica by the compact design world and include mapping application is really cool to get the battered -- boot that we can keep it and a and what comes to email pearl can connect to Yahoo!'s web based email service. And I happen you both. Without having to pay extra for the pop access do we do with Nike -- brio. We'll come to instant messaging that's the way I keep in touch a lot of my friends. Probably talking to -- before I wasn't tied to computer. For that nothing I can -- So I really like a sidekick three I think it's the spectacular mostly for the I am not necessarily as a phone that I've really -- the high -- it and."

" Everybody I know that as a sidekick that really likes it goes on and on and on about -- instant messaging me he never did talk about the phone and talk about the cameras it's always it's a messaging yet why not just make a device that's a portable cellular enabled instant messenger."

" Here to get those screwed up that that's something I don't has integrated. Package that black case and this is I mean I I think it's great -- My sole means of communication wasn't -- campaign you opening. Animal and -- eyes -- the -- these funds if it's sleek and sexy and it also exits my parents house occupant is acting. That but."

" I must -- I I played with that forbid I must admit I was very very impressed."

" And it doesn't feel cool -- you just. These businesses I'm."

" Cool you. I just got my goodness this is sexy stylish. I don't I really like this and I've been in the market for a new phone for the longest time this. Is my current phone I think it's like fifteen years old. And I communicate using Morse code and I really think yeah I really like this the biggest criticism and I've heard about this is how big it is yes everybody complains. How -- it didn't bother me at all now it's in my."

" I went -- pocket -- independent I walk around rather look at my yeah my kids because it."

" If it. If you're not a large box -- a lot to do coming up next manipulative or -- satellite radio system that I got to check that."

" city like Los Angeles he's spent a ton of time in the car whether it's commuting but just sitting in traffic to get from it. Now the car you can listen if CDs or radio but LIX tired after a while that's a satellite radio -- yet. Minds but channels of music big shot just talk radio sports. -- rather's -- content as well. Yeah you need that -- radio has been traditionally reserved for use in the car more. But how devices like serious -- that I eat out satellite radio is really mobile."

" Both units record satellite radio individual songs -- radio shows. Quite an old and -- we have got in the music collection. And protected W made files to they have a gigabyte storage to share between the stuff you record and your music collection. And they both had at that transmitters built -- legislation -- are more serious that. Yes it does have some unique features like it's cool audible navigation out at news channels. --"

" You can kind hit a record songs or two hour blocks programming. Beyond -- Libya is severely limited. You go record the hours of music the battery life is when -- around six hours it's not as good as well as MP3 players. But the real deal breaker is back he that was a -- serious radio. For that you need to be docked that's what extent as a huge advantage -- your -- here let's listen to satellite radio wide satellite radio. Whenever I go to SpinRite yeah I have that's just over hundred channels. It's a big -- compared to what serious offers a battery life is only five to six hours. But that's still pretty good considering when you've got all of you and depending on how you allocate memory you can record up the hours of satellite radio he's put the -- 5050 you get around 25 hours recording. Eight hours for your -- him and when it -- battery -- can get around fifteen hours of playback satellite radio with that might -- acknowledged he actually a clear view this guy -- strong signal but I can't answer is both opera -- largest cities -- billion indoors. Or under the -- get treated like my situation right here where I'm actually it terrestrial signal not satellite. With the -- music and other nice features the ability yet been better without the docking station. And you don't need it off like DS -- Listen you can -- your home stereo but the -- don't problems versus others held high shipping like -- the we just strange it's -- buffer all the positive about it like music later. The other thing -- transmitter is terrible. Is it sounds like -- lightly when elicited in the."

" Our home stereo so which is best. From a pure hardware perspective it's a no brainer it's a -- that's just because you get that with a live satellite radio wherever you -- out. Of course as more than hardware here there's a subscription. And that case wealth but personal preference I like -- because I like the music they play and there's less of it and -- like serious. This is ideal answer is yes it is right the most flexible of their lineup that's await ago. But you want exam that -- those -- the -- possible that there's."

" I love satellite radio -- have for years and I. It I will not go back to regular radio and really now not terrestrial I."

" I did a celebrity subscribers since like. The second or third month that accident was life. And actually in the satellite radio got progressively worse over the years as clear channel op -- stations and as as this this satellite radio experience become more and more like that jacket and experience that I went to satellite to get away from. I am sure you aren't enough path finder station thus it which makes -- yeah that right well there there are hot Texas got the alternative stations like friend and -- all I really really like. But even those stations where they should have access to 600 different songs -- day. I hear it seems like I just can't and we congratulate. Any and every goddamn time and turn on the on the -- one of those I congratulate ourselves over and over. And -- that's why I went to satellite was to get away from that sort of thing. And it's not much better serious. -- from what I hear it's."

" It is for me as -- was a lot worse because he there's more you talk I -- each case I want your music. So I like it better because I down not a morning show radio listener."

" I'm I'm definitely it's time to get yeah I don't want to do it ladies and I'll examine that I haven't done satellite -- it should -- Well I think it's not good at -- yeah yeah yeah yeah."

" Yeah well there's also something neat about being able to go entirely across the country and listen to -- always. Act now that's true. AS. Uncomfortable transition. I looked at the keep -- to -- this is a Linux based. Open source hand held gaming and media center which plays music which is how I was smart I would. And there so now here's right."

" You've probably seen or heard about or maybe even played with one of the gaming devices but if your hard quirky. You may want to check out this who GP to acts. This is a Linux based community driven open source hand held gaming sites."

" The GB to -- clearly inspired by the PSP and it mimics most of its functions. In addition to games it stores photos and plays videos MP threes but it does this using popular open source programs like X and DivX --"

" However is where the GP two X kicks all kinds of ass."

" You're an old school gamer you'll be happy to know that the GP two X runs emulator for -- yes Sega. Any ass and mean."

" You'll have to get your own roms. But if you're an old school gamer you are you know how to do that right. The controls are comparable to the PSPs but I have problems with the joystick. It frequently -- to a ripe for -- and right resulting in several untimely -- deaths."

" Like castle being you need to be any harder than it already is if you want to relive the early -- it donkey Kong country fix your probably going to be disappointed."

" The super Nintendo emulator is there and it runs. But the processor is just not fast enough to keep up with the rendering. So it's just fast enough to play but it's just slow enough to be really really frustrating you'll probably find yourself wishing that you would take in a donkey. Punch instead of playing dot com. Everything sounds very cool because honestly it is. I have to remind you the system is very unstable at times it's only -- year old so it crashes. A lot."

" For you ultra geeks out there you alpha geeks use super geeks that haven't kissed a girl. You can overclocking -- from 200 megahertz and 300 megahertz not take that human contact. The LCD screen is 320 by 240 and videos looked weird I had great colors."

" You manager software by connecting it to your computer which sees it as a USB storage device. He uses USB two cellular have to worry about insanely terrific transfer times it only has 64 megabytes of internal flash memory. But you can add an SD cards up to four gigabytes to expand that my biggest non software problem was with the batteries."

" They just don't last very long so you're gonna wanna get recharge cycles. Lots. And law."

" The bottom line is GP two X is tremendously fun to play. When it works. The regulators are fantastic. And if your child in the eighties and nineties and you ever want to take those games out of your parents living room more out of the arcade to happen in your pockets you can play them when everything you want to. Well now you can do that."

" But the GB two X is still very very young it's only about a year all the while the firmware is already up."

" Version two it's still crashes a lot and when it crashes it it it really crashes. Can -- style it doesn't come back very nicely. It would start fails it doesn't fail gracefully you have to turn that you know off and then turn it back on and while this might not seem like a very big deal. It adds up and it gets very frustrating. But when it works it's fantastic."

" And because it is an open source divisive because of his community supported the development only going to get better and it's only going to get more mature and more robust. It's never going to replace your PSP. But that's not why you're getting it anyway."

" So it clearly. It's a ways to go but I think it's just gonna get better better if you've played with Linux -- all over the last decade it seems like every couple of years there is just some sort of long rhythmically. It in how good the software matures and develops one of the things that I didn't talk about in the package that is on this is very very cool e-book reader. So you can loaded on -- text files are all sorts of you know. Hoping community book -- to read and and then you know the truck --"

" That that you really like that is if they doesn't play the modern games."

" Well it didn't -- it's not loaded up with any modern games you have to go to the Internet you have to download an emulator you have to get the wrong there's you know that that involves a little bit of work yet but up. If your classic gaming enthusiast and I really -- in most of the free time that I had to be -- we were set up shots moving things around a -- sonic the hedgehog altered the east. And -- adventure in -- world in donkey Kong country."

" He's he's I am still you know understanding grasp and I'm not -- as it I don't -- com and don't sonics. That it."

" And with so many of the modern games being derivative of Mortal Kombat or or you know first person shooter games there's definitely have their place but being able. The play those games that got me excited about the games the first place and getting that carried them around like this. It's just really really cool and and the fact that it's open source it's free as in in speech it's not free isn't here yet but the fact that that it's got back on board as well is really exciting to me and eventually I think that it's going to turn into something that could rival traditional hand. Adults like playstations and you know the yes."

" Oh well you gamers -- also -- that on the horizon -- Even more advantages when it comes yourself I just want to see -- okay and it they at this convention which was. Economy with the hair you know and I have a desolate. But still really cool stuff especially on looking -- things things that you can do it yourself. That."

" And here at CT I eight wireless IT and entertainment it's it's a dedicated to all things that we do it yourself on any. The show and it's a little mellow right now we're gonna peruse the largest see what shouts and that's."

" Okay so a lot of things are available now on your cell phone. Even voted to discount like dance dance revolution is available on yourself. My question is carried and that."

" And there are lots of applications like movies need that allow me watching live television. On my cellphone. Now they have a subscription service for broadband which for 1999 -- I can get mobile TV on my computer. Isn't it just cable television check out this high definition movie TV -- over WiMax. Summer audience social networking and blogging codes check out -- cast your media box -- is why. You can upload pictures and video from mobile phones to use cast -- dot com and gets posted to all the sites in the media box. That means it appears on your MySpace Friendster and your own personal sites all at the same time. And then there's the heart so we have this cool Motorola phone. This is more -- MTV generation. On -- theater related to -- right very confused right Philly you -- that then you have this touch screen say you're wondering. Can I diet well elegant -- if you live in mainland China has -- Probably the the best stuff I found was that mobile focus a press only event and yeah that's a bar made of ice and consumer wrestling journalist. Motorola showed off the craze or a slimmed down version of that -- popular Razr but with plenty of upgrades there's a two MP camera expendable memory with my -- as he and that music player to start. I guess it's time to -- my Razr. And it splits are two passe then check out the -- a thin and slim slider phone. Like it's crazier it plays tunes has it to MP camera and expendable memory. What more powerful cell phone take a look at the Nokia N 93 the next generation of the cam -- inspired and ninety. This puppy has a three point two megapixel camera a larger tilt and swivel display and wife. Plug rose -- hair and size it feel smaller than in nineteen. Check of the Samsung black carpet it plays music and has a three megapixel camera. But what caught my eye is the unique dialing screen complete with the sound of in the writing and it's amazingly."

" Speaking -- then this is the IVS -- else what it's Motorola sliver looks yes -- Windows Mobile five point -- Smartphones. As it to make -- pixel camera. 128 megabyte of rom and sixty per megabyte ram. And it meant to mouth and it is amazing for Smartphones best the -- I make plans to sell them unlocked no service agreements required. Isn't night an entry is cool smart quiet. Like it I'll be."

" Enron he's considering going c.'s today next GE you -- sure one day once you're there on day three the final day and I didn't want what happens is an open food in open bar the whole day along with Tony -- Clintonism crazy scheme -- expedition inside so if you're into it gonna birthday next."

" I was in the first day and that I hate I -- hey and I went for beer. Or court -- I think --"

" Top."

" Let -- and I I think it was this. Is the best ways you know I'm."

" That's gonna the only way I really seem to treason in the last ten years yeah yeah yeah they they're they're they're not client me without. -- Yeah. Yeah."

" Yeah -- it's not that the grounds. Well. I can."

" he TER DirecTV TiVo replacement take a look. When I think DVR I think TiVo especially with all the people he -- three topics going around. You read till I get people with designed exclusively for DirecTV customers -- advertise what their own separate ways of DirecTV went down tilt bits. This is BER one is it time -- don't get high get people and go HR twenty. So there's no TiVo anymore but DirecTV you proprietors doppler works pretty well but I do still like people think -- users use more intuitive. -- get some strange things like between popping while in terms of resolution when of -- which channels. On the other hand it UH actually software levels while cool interactive features such a bad -- multiple channels on the street -- with the most watched shows. But navigation it's. Nothing bad that whether that's something. You checkpoint is -- usual connections composite component needs in mind but some of the other entry ports of the US CX felt that there. So what are the improvement. It's got a 300 gigabyte hard but recording thirty hours of high Def mpeg two contact sport 200 hours of standard definition. This time DirecTV also include high debt and take or support which allows you art when you record up to fifty hours of -- but it. It also included -- over the opportunity to watch -- local high Def channels however the tuner is it -- yet that'll be coming along the line. Yeah exactly often you usually. Or one -- watch and other. Or record -- while watching something you read it board. Now let's talk about rights seriously will cost 800 bucks that's for you I can't connect a cable card support. It checkpoint -- 300 -- plus there's a hundred dollar rebate going on right now. The court TV DirecTV service that doesn't have quite a bit features that -- three. We know what 200 bucks is a great deal."

" So high Def dvd -- It was okay this is TiVo interface is still a lot better but this -- twenty which is only on DirecTV right now you know they had to go make their own. It actually was not that I -- it it was the you know it's still my -- I love TiVo. You you you you don't you don't like it now I use a one from the cable right you."

" I do not -- media. I'm I'm I'm the guy Alaska left I don't know it DVR because. Most of because they don't want to be the -- don't watch much television back if I could. Whenever I wanted to watch survivor man or turn on Mythbusters we're seeing -- drama or anything like that. I would be up all night yeah tell yeah. Honestly what they use that that's sort of what keeps me."

" Res gaming gaming into."

" The other things that -- just just watching grass on television I don't know. If if I had access to it and my kids have access to whatever -- want -- right now I think that we would just get that statement. I really don't get my hands really can't work out into. -- Well it's separate. One team or the Internet is sitting on the Internet 16%. Of people who like this may not say that the Internet isn't much better way way."

" I I'll be honest thought so I TiVo. I don't actually watch a -- I just -- recorded and you're like you're. -- regarded team collector yell at people yeah yeah actually never played well yeah exactly. Few within the unit which is yet to be back I used to like west crazy that's gone now. Accuracy -- sixty grates on the TiVo that you well watch it I'm gonna TiVo yet this kind collection goes in one day I'll get to it."

" It scares. That this particular he yards and that is I what I death about a year ago."

" And I watch anything."

" If it's in high definition. "

" Anything at all because."

" Holy crap tonight and technical people look at this point reach out attack that tax -- really good benefits in my electric until this year never liked football couldn't stand."

" Watching football hijacked last season I totally get and love that it's it's great but watch these things like."

" Let the world championship of table talk in a bar shuffled war and because it's high definition. So you can you can actually see how strong that guy. -- and send and it's really cool programs -- I love them and though all of the stuff that's on discovery HD is great but I'm telling yet."

" I've I'm not gonna I'm not gonna do it I am not gonna -- that I honestly."

" I think that you and turn it."

" Is there and I am very concerned I did I say any incidental effort an argument say yeah all right thank you okay yeah you're gonna be my sponsor put a little trouble with thanks for watching -- lot more information and anything you in the show check out individual online dot com."

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" And -- Intel and Jessica apartment and out honcho at."

" I believe this week I looked at the GP to access is a hand held Olympics gaming device -- media center very similar to the PSP. I also looked at the palm Treo 700. And I looked at horrible satellite radio Andy you DVR."

" And I'm in Tennessee today treats him as all these cell phones and speaking a cell -- each of us for her up with a Smartphone that is compatible for each of our lifestyles. Check out."

" With somebody's smart. It's a crisis of options in other girls must use well the rim Blackberry Perl sophisticated sexiness. -- At first glance you might be seeing yourself this is of Blackberry. Usually smart cards or that bulky and there he'll write a cell phones that ran finally as but the fashion sex it's. I like to add capabilities of the PDA and function of the cellphone one. And -- that sits in in my handbag all the better the screen looks vibrant and Chris. And when outdoors -- automatically adjust my levels seen. -- shrunk the QWERTY keyboard which can be a problem if you have big fingers but it does captured basically shortcuts to put the text -- Like this thank you three track ball was hence the name are. You can adjust the sensitivity of the track on the keyboard and track we'll take some time getting. Here are a couple of Blackberry offers. It has expendable by as -- Read -- Saturday at one point three megapixel camera like most camera -- remember. When taking pictures Apple outdoor light it asks us in your pictures. Let's take our little green and you can't record video with would've been nice option for those candid moments like when your coworkers and hello it. There's an integrated media player that plays various video form like eighty I and it plays MP3 88 C midi and WAV files when playing music the problem on his music for incoming call. What in the minds is now is that it doesn't have dedicated control but if -- but that track."

" All you can forward rewind play and but I split personality I mean it's all business capabilities but it's all pleasure. It's about emailing and text message. If you're like me. You probably have multiple email accounts and the Perl and supports up to ten. You can actually manage your EM IM clients include AOL ICU and -- and Yahoo! live. Not very it. You can also surf the web though using T-Mobile edge network. Another superb feature is the mapping software if you travel a lot part for -- different -- there's. -- like Yahoo! finance it opens that I have threatened him. The -- also supports voice. It's amazing the voice recognition is pretty accurate to say the name or number and we'll dial. The probable voice prompts you could give multiple numbers and you select the it's not the default. The girls -- we'll packets going to mean. Much better than the whole Blackberry thing to get likable here here."

" But Jessica is very happy with the black area I wanted something that have a little bit more power. And I don't mean processor power I mean power user power like the ability to customize applications to fit my specific needs. Because really it's all about mind needs. So I picked the Treo 700 PE."

" This does not have the sleek styling of the Blackberry and it doesn't sharing it with one of the -- is on lost. But it sort of brown Ford F 150 of Smartphones. It's."

" A good strong workforce that you can rely on and it comes -- that gun rack. Okay it's not really gun -- it's more of -- style list. Which you can use it up to poke people of things developing your ship. That's kind of cool. Senator he shares pretty much the same form and keys down in the W them windows version. It has the same one point three megapixel camera with video capabilities a 128 megabytes of memory and sixteen megabytes of which are available for users to reconstruct their applications and your files. Comes a Bluetooth and the biggest difference is that this is a 320 by 320 display and it really looks fantastic. The Treo is it paid a monster and thankfully the Verizon version comes with dvd go for high speed data transfers. Also. If you find yourself in a situation where you can't get online with one of those wireless connections it'll support dial up networking so you can use your. Treo as modem you can get on the Internet. Which is a series of tubes. Nothing at all like a rock. Although previously did compare the Treo to a truck. It puts us in an infinite repurchase of blue better or worse. But the trio was only as good as a software. In the box you'll get documents to go from Microsoft Word excel PowerPoint PDF files. There's an application called pocket tunes for your music which plays MP three's but you'll need to upgrade it to play W remains. And if you're willing to burn through the data. They're streaming Internet radio there's Versa mail for your email too and not just standard pop account but also works to Gmail and Yahoo! mail. The Treo has a lot of potential but there are a lot of problems. The default web browser called laser. Just doesn't work very well render sites quickly but it renders them in a limited fashion so sites like Digg -- don't even work. However. The palm OS community it's filled with developers so. Finding a back up browser or third party flash application should be a problem at all coincidentally. I am in the market for a new Smartphone and the trio has gone to the top of my list. There are so many applications and it has so much potential there's a good chance on an end up buying one of these things for my down."

" just go -- profound short yet stylish and will wait for power but for me I wanted something with instant messaging and might inside kits were always amazing added. So I think it's -- three it comes with a few major improvement. -- psychic reading with the one point three megapixel camera with -- flash. A music player Bluetooth faster -- gain the support and it's painful memories of it being. And navigation outcomes by we have a track ball on the right -- the navigation -- on the west classic -- styling but -- waiver Maine but the all these additions are perfect the camera doesn't do video in the music player supports only MP threes and nothing else and transfer those MP -- to the -- three. Quality of Matthews -- slow UST 11 connection who knew that it was still existed. This psychic three strength built like an instant messaging and there's a well Yahoo! and admit that built right it. And -- QWERTY keyboard makes for an -- Miami experience."

" Personally I don't like to be tied it and you're even if it is -- notebook I want get out walkabout they sit back on the couch and not miss -- I --"

" If psychic has another image for the Treo pro will be -- to computer and managing calendar contacts with system corporate account at all. It's I think we've always connected mobile servers doing each day is on the psychic appear online and vice Versa. Any second pop spotlight for any computer's web browser to manage my information."

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" I'll admit it's I think we got to make great -- having to flip open the -- that dial take care that. And the web browser is about is -- blazer browser no you can't argue that it I mean there but that's not the point. It's still the best mobile messaging experience. Unlike Perl and we I can't support it even shall all my body. -- the -- that doesn't come with -- Psyche three Treo -- on toward. I drink Jessica by the compact design world and include mapping application is really cool to get the battered -- boot that we can keep it and a and what comes to email pearl can connect to Yahoo!'s web based email service. And I happen you both. Without having to pay extra for the pop access do we do with Nike -- brio. We'll come to instant messaging that's the way I keep in touch a lot of my friends. Probably talking to -- before I wasn't tied to computer. For that nothing I can -- So I really like a sidekick three I think it's the spectacular mostly for the I am not necessarily as a phone that I've really -- the high -- it and."

" Everybody I know that as a sidekick that really likes it goes on and on and on about -- instant messaging me he never did talk about the phone and talk about the cameras it's always it's a messaging yet why not just make a device that's a portable cellular enabled instant messenger."

" Here to get those screwed up that that's something I don't has integrated. Package that black case and this is I mean I I think it's great -- My sole means of communication wasn't -- campaign you opening. Animal and -- eyes -- the -- these funds if it's sleek and sexy and it also exits my parents house occupant is acting. That but."

" I must -- I I played with that forbid I must admit I was very very impressed."

" And it doesn't feel cool -- you just. These businesses I'm."

" Cool you. I just got my goodness this is sexy stylish. I don't I really like this and I've been in the market for a new phone for the longest time this. Is my current phone I think it's like fifteen years old. And I communicate using Morse code and I really think yeah I really like this the biggest criticism and I've heard about this is how big it is yes everybody complains. How -- it didn't bother me at all now it's in my."

" I went -- pocket -- independent I walk around rather look at my yeah my kids because it."

" If it. If you're not a large box -- a lot to do coming up next manipulative or -- satellite radio system that I got to check that."

" city like Los Angeles he's spent a ton of time in the car whether it's commuting but just sitting in traffic to get from it. Now the car you can listen if CDs or radio but LIX tired after a while that's a satellite radio -- yet. Minds but channels of music big shot just talk radio sports. -- rather's -- content as well. Yeah you need that -- radio has been traditionally reserved for use in the car more. But how devices like serious -- that I eat out satellite radio is really mobile."

" Both units record satellite radio individual songs -- radio shows. Quite an old and -- we have got in the music collection. And protected W made files to they have a gigabyte storage to share between the stuff you record and your music collection. And they both had at that transmitters built -- legislation -- are more serious that. Yes it does have some unique features like it's cool audible navigation out at news channels. --"

" You can kind hit a record songs or two hour blocks programming. Beyond -- Libya is severely limited. You go record the hours of music the battery life is when -- around six hours it's not as good as well as MP3 players. But the real deal breaker is back he that was a -- serious radio. For that you need to be docked that's what extent as a huge advantage -- your -- here let's listen to satellite radio wide satellite radio. Whenever I go to SpinRite yeah I have that's just over hundred channels. It's a big -- compared to what serious offers a battery life is only five to six hours. But that's still pretty good considering when you've got all of you and depending on how you allocate memory you can record up the hours of satellite radio he's put the -- 5050 you get around 25 hours recording. Eight hours for your -- him and when it -- battery -- can get around fifteen hours of playback satellite radio with that might -- acknowledged he actually a clear view this guy -- strong signal but I can't answer is both opera -- largest cities -- billion indoors. Or under the -- get treated like my situation right here where I'm actually it terrestrial signal not satellite. With the -- music and other nice features the ability yet been better without the docking station. And you don't need it off like DS -- Listen you can -- your home stereo but the -- don't problems versus others held high shipping like -- the we just strange it's -- buffer all the positive about it like music later. The other thing -- transmitter is terrible. Is it sounds like -- lightly when elicited in the."

" Our home stereo so which is best. From a pure hardware perspective it's a no brainer it's a -- that's just because you get that with a live satellite radio wherever you -- out. Of course as more than hardware here there's a subscription. And that case wealth but personal preference I like -- because I like the music they play and there's less of it and -- like serious. This is ideal answer is yes it is right the most flexible of their lineup that's await ago. But you want exam that -- those -- the -- possible that there's."

" I love satellite radio -- have for years and I. It I will not go back to regular radio and really now not terrestrial I."

" I did a celebrity subscribers since like. The second or third month that accident was life. And actually in the satellite radio got progressively worse over the years as clear channel op -- stations and as as this this satellite radio experience become more and more like that jacket and experience that I went to satellite to get away from. I am sure you aren't enough path finder station thus it which makes -- yeah that right well there there are hot Texas got the alternative stations like friend and -- all I really really like. But even those stations where they should have access to 600 different songs -- day. I hear it seems like I just can't and we congratulate. Any and every goddamn time and turn on the on the -- one of those I congratulate ourselves over and over. And -- that's why I went to satellite was to get away from that sort of thing. And it's not much better serious. -- from what I hear it's."

" It is for me as -- was a lot worse because he there's more you talk I -- each case I want your music. So I like it better because I down not a morning show radio listener."

" I'm I'm definitely it's time to get yeah I don't want to do it ladies and I'll examine that I haven't done satellite -- it should -- Well I think it's not good at -- yeah yeah yeah yeah."

" Yeah well there's also something neat about being able to go entirely across the country and listen to -- always. Act now that's true. AS. Uncomfortable transition. I looked at the keep -- to -- this is a Linux based. Open source hand held gaming and media center which plays music which is how I was smart I would. And there so now here's right."

" You've probably seen or heard about or maybe even played with one of the gaming devices but if your hard quirky. You may want to check out this who GP to acts. This is a Linux based community driven open source hand held gaming sites."

" The GB to -- clearly inspired by the PSP and it mimics most of its functions. In addition to games it stores photos and plays videos MP threes but it does this using popular open source programs like X and DivX --"

" However is where the GP two X kicks all kinds of ass."

" You're an old school gamer you'll be happy to know that the GP two X runs emulator for -- yes Sega. Any ass and mean."

" You'll have to get your own roms. But if you're an old school gamer you are you know how to do that right. The controls are comparable to the PSPs but I have problems with the joystick. It frequently -- to a ripe for -- and right resulting in several untimely -- deaths."

" Like castle being you need to be any harder than it already is if you want to relive the early -- it donkey Kong country fix your probably going to be disappointed."

" The super Nintendo emulator is there and it runs. But the processor is just not fast enough to keep up with the rendering. So it's just fast enough to play but it's just slow enough to be really really frustrating you'll probably find yourself wishing that you would take in a donkey. Punch instead of playing dot com. Everything sounds very cool because honestly it is. I have to remind you the system is very unstable at times it's only -- year old so it crashes. A lot."

" For you ultra geeks out there you alpha geeks use super geeks that haven't kissed a girl. You can overclocking -- from 200 megahertz and 300 megahertz not take that human contact. The LCD screen is 320 by 240 and videos looked weird I had great colors."

" You manager software by connecting it to your computer which sees it as a USB storage device. He uses USB two cellular have to worry about insanely terrific transfer times it only has 64 megabytes of internal flash memory. But you can add an SD cards up to four gigabytes to expand that my biggest non software problem was with the batteries."

" They just don't last very long so you're gonna wanna get recharge cycles. Lots. And law."

" The bottom line is GP two X is tremendously fun to play. When it works. The regulators are fantastic. And if your child in the eighties and nineties and you ever want to take those games out of your parents living room more out of the arcade to happen in your pockets you can play them when everything you want to. Well now you can do that."

" But the GB two X is still very very young it's only about a year all the while the firmware is already up."

" Version two it's still crashes a lot and when it crashes it it it really crashes. Can -- style it doesn't come back very nicely. It would start fails it doesn't fail gracefully you have to turn that you know off and then turn it back on and while this might not seem like a very big deal. It adds up and it gets very frustrating. But when it works it's fantastic."

" And because it is an open source divisive because of his community supported the development only going to get better and it's only going to get more mature and more robust. It's never going to replace your PSP. But that's not why you're getting it anyway."

" So it clearly. It's a ways to go but I think it's just gonna get better better if you've played with Linux -- all over the last decade it seems like every couple of years there is just some sort of long rhythmically. It in how good the software matures and develops one of the things that I didn't talk about in the package that is on this is very very cool e-book reader. So you can loaded on -- text files are all sorts of you know. Hoping community book -- to read and and then you know the truck --"

" That that you really like that is if they doesn't play the modern games."

" Well it didn't -- it's not loaded up with any modern games you have to go to the Internet you have to download an emulator you have to get the wrong there's you know that that involves a little bit of work yet but up. If your classic gaming enthusiast and I really -- in most of the free time that I had to be -- we were set up shots moving things around a -- sonic the hedgehog altered the east. And -- adventure in -- world in donkey Kong country."

" He's he's I am still you know understanding grasp and I'm not -- as it I don't -- com and don't sonics. That it."

" And with so many of the modern games being derivative of Mortal Kombat or or you know first person shooter games there's definitely have their place but being able. The play those games that got me excited about the games the first place and getting that carried them around like this. It's just really really cool and and the fact that it's open source it's free as in in speech it's not free isn't here yet but the fact that that it's got back on board as well is really exciting to me and eventually I think that it's going to turn into something that could rival traditional hand. Adults like playstations and you know the yes."

" Oh well you gamers -- also -- that on the horizon -- Even more advantages when it comes yourself I just want to see -- okay and it they at this convention which was. Economy with the hair you know and I have a desolate. But still really cool stuff especially on looking -- things things that you can do it yourself. That."

" And here at CT I eight wireless IT and entertainment it's it's a dedicated to all things that we do it yourself on any. The show and it's a little mellow right now we're gonna peruse the largest see what shouts and that's."

" Okay so a lot of things are available now on your cell phone. Even voted to discount like dance dance revolution is available on yourself. My question is carried and that."

" And there are lots of applications like movies need that allow me watching live television. On my cellphone. Now they have a subscription service for broadband which for 1999 -- I can get mobile TV on my computer. Isn't it just cable television check out this high definition movie TV -- over WiMax. Summer audience social networking and blogging codes check out -- cast your media box -- is why. You can upload pictures and video from mobile phones to use cast -- dot com and gets posted to all the sites in the media box. That means it appears on your MySpace Friendster and your own personal sites all at the same time. And then there's the heart so we have this cool Motorola phone. This is more -- MTV generation. On -- theater related to -- right very confused right Philly you -- that then you have this touch screen say you're wondering. Can I diet well elegant -- if you live in mainland China has -- Probably the the best stuff I found was that mobile focus a press only event and yeah that's a bar made of ice and consumer wrestling journalist. Motorola showed off the craze or a slimmed down version of that -- popular Razr but with plenty of upgrades there's a two MP camera expendable memory with my -- as he and that music player to start. I guess it's time to -- my Razr. And it splits are two passe then check out the -- a thin and slim slider phone. Like it's crazier it plays tunes has it to MP camera and expendable memory. What more powerful cell phone take a look at the Nokia N 93 the next generation of the cam -- inspired and ninety. This puppy has a three point two megapixel camera a larger tilt and swivel display and wife. Plug rose -- hair and size it feel smaller than in nineteen. Check of the Samsung black carpet it plays music and has a three megapixel camera. But what caught my eye is the unique dialing screen complete with the sound of in the writing and it's amazingly."

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" So high Def dvd -- It was okay this is TiVo interface is still a lot better but this -- twenty which is only on DirecTV right now you know they had to go make their own. It actually was not that I -- it it was the you know it's still my -- I love TiVo. You you you you don't you don't like it now I use a one from the cable right you."

" I do not -- media. I'm I'm I'm the guy Alaska left I don't know it DVR because. Most of because they don't want to be the -- don't watch much television back if I could. Whenever I wanted to watch survivor man or turn on Mythbusters we're seeing -- drama or anything like that. I would be up all night yeah tell yeah. Honestly what they use that that's sort of what keeps me."

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" The other things that -- just just watching grass on television I don't know. If if I had access to it and my kids have access to whatever -- want -- right now I think that we would just get that statement. I really don't get my hands really can't work out into. -- Well it's separate. One team or the Internet is sitting on the Internet 16%. Of people who like this may not say that the Internet isn't much better way way."

" I I'll be honest thought so I TiVo. I don't actually watch a -- I just -- recorded and you're like you're. -- regarded team collector yell at people yeah yeah actually never played well yeah exactly. Few within the unit which is yet to be back I used to like west crazy that's gone now. Accuracy -- sixty grates on the TiVo that you well watch it I'm gonna TiVo yet this kind collection goes in one day I'll get to it."

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