Who’s On Crack, NYC Shows Tough Love to TV Viewers, Oprah Gives Kindle the Thumbs Up

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Oprah Gives Kindle the Thumbs Up Read More

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Facebook Sabotage? Backups Online, Software Update for G1

Students Competing For Slots At Elite Colleges Resorting To “Facebook Sabotage”

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You Know About Backups. Now, Do It Online

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T-Mobile announces first software update for the G1

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T-Mobile G1 phone Is Here

Wednesday, October 22nd, marks the day the T-Mobile G1 phone will be available for sale at stores throughout the U.S. This phone runs on the Android operating system, developed by the people at Google. The phone is manufactured by the folks at HTC.

Reviews of the G1 have been mixed: http://is.gd/4a7g and http://is.gd/4am9

There will also be a store for Android apps: http://is.gd/4klr

AT&T Has New Phone, Flock 2.0, Do You Hulu?

AT&T brings the first 3G walkman phone to the US market; the Sony Ericsson W760a http://snurl.com/4duah

Flock 2.0 Launches: Adds MySpace, Media RSS, and More http://snurl.com/4dugc

Do you Hulu yet? Here are ten shows that make it worth it. http://snurl.com/4dujy

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Blackberry’s First Flip Phone, New MacBook

T-Mobile releases BlackBerry’s first flip phone, The Pearl Flip 8220 http://is.gd/40bR

Gizmodo has live updates of Apple’s Macbook release for Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008

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T-Mobile G1 Phone, All Things iPhone, Verizon Tests (Video)

The T-Mobile G1 phone is scheduled to enter the market sometime this month. Here is a slick ad for the G1 that I found intriguing:  http://www.t-mobileg1.com/

T-Mobile continues G1 pre-sale, but there’s a catch: http://is.gd/3XmK

All things iPhone: http://iphone.alltop.com/

Finally, here is a video about Verizon Wireless’ new test facility in Bedminster, NJ: http://is.gd/3Xsc

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iPhone Security Flaw, The INQ Cell Phone

Hutchinson Chief Frank Meehan

Serious iPhone Security Flaw. http://snurl.com/48mey

Can INQ Cell Phones Whack iPhone in the Knees? http://snurl.com/48ktd

ipHone Free Application – iTV

Good News: an i.TV application has been added to Apple’s iTunes Store. Details: http://twurl.nl/pwsq0k

Track Free and Price-Dropped iPhone Apps: http://lifehacker.com/5059912/

As always you can ask a question, give an answer, or express an opinion in the comment section of this post, or e-mail me at asktonyc @aoldotcom.

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Twitter and Fring

What is Twitter? Twitter is a community of micro bloggers who send out posts, or tweets, that tell others in the community what they they are doing. Read more here: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter

I really like Twitter. I have been a twitterer(tweeple) for a few months now, and I must say, I did not see any use for it. Why Do I need to tell a bunch of people what I’m doing? Do I care what all these guys are tweeting about? At first my posts, or tweets as the twitter community says, were few and far between. Now, they can’t get me to shut up! The twitter community has about two million users worldwide, with the majority living in the U.S.

Here is a link to a video that explains more on Twitter: http://current.com/items/89362068_twitter_tweeters

iPhone owners, how would you like to make free international calls via Wi-Fi? Well, now you can Fring http://www.fring.com/ just became available as a download from the iTunes store. Check Fring out.

iPhone pleases some; disappoints others

Tuaw, the unofficial iPhone magazine, reported earlier yesterday that the newest iPhone app from the iTunes app store, Fring, would be available for download. Fring brings VOIP(Voice Over the Internet Protocol) to the iPhone. Read more . . . http://is.gd/3uV9

Wired magazine has an interesting article: “Top 5 cell phone busts of 2008″. The iPhone made the list for underachievers! Check it out( I won’t spoil the rest of the article by telling which other highly touted newcomer was roughed up in the review.) Read on . . . http://is.gd/3vx5

Send Free Text Messages

The Statue of Liberty

Many people don’t know that they can send out free text messages from a computer. Let’s say I want to text my friend Joe. First, I need to know which wireless carrier Joe uses – - Verizon. Second, I compose a new email to Joe. In the “To” or address heading I type in Joe’s phone number – - 2125556789@vtext.com The Third thing I do is write my message to Joe. I am limited to a message length of 160 characters. Now all I have to do is click “send” on the email, and voila! Joe gets a text from me. It did not cost me anything – - not even a penny! What if I needed to send Joe a really long message? No problem; I simply type 2125556789@vzw.pix instead, and Joe will get a picture message which has a 1000 character limit. Once again, this was done at no cost to me.

I want to send a free text to Fran. Fran has AT&T. I address the email to 2015553647@txt.att.net Fran gets my message, and I get to spend 20 cents on something else. I don’t know what the character limit for Fran is. I also do not know how to send her a longer picture(MMS) message. Maybe one of you can let me know at asktonycdotcom, or, you can leave an answer or a question in the comments section of this page. Unfortunately I don’t know what the extensions are for the other major wireless service providers. I am not going to be able to tell you how to send a free text as an email to a friend who has a Sprint cell phone number(A little help?).

Presidential contender Barack Obama’s camp has come up with a novel feature: Obama ‘08: The Official iPhone Application. http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/iphone

If you are an information junkie like me, you can get your fix here: http://www.hotsheet.com/

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