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Archive for September, 2007
Google Maps Mobile Available Customized For Treo / Palm OS Cell Phones
Sep 14th
I’ve been quite happy with my Google Maps Mobile running on my Samsung Blackjack.
And I was a Treo fan before my current cell phone. Now Google Maps is available with a custom version for the Palm OS / Treo smart phones.
You can download the free PRC file to install on the Treo from Google directly if you are running Palm 5 OS or higher. Read the rest of this entry »
Vonage Deal: Unlimited International Calling to 17 Countries for $6/month
Sep 12th
Talk is cheap these days. You don’t really even care about switching to save money on Long Distance within the USA anymore.
But for international callers, it’s still worth it to look around and find the best deals to pay less and talk more.
Especially for those with family overseas, this is a great time to try VoIP calling plans that offer rates like UNLIMITED talk time to various countries for less than a quarter a day. . .
It’s Official: You’re 1 In a Million
Sep 10th
Wow. It took all of just 74 days. Now you have to wonder if Steve Jobs really needed to cut the price of that iPhone a whopping $200.
Apple has sold over 1,000,000 iPhones to date. That’s 13,500+ iPhones a day! If you’ve bought one already, you’re now a part of the crowd. A number. Just 1 in a million.
Does that make you special or nutin’ special at all??
Top 7 Shopping Comparison Sites I Use
Sep 10th
This coming Christmas may be renamed e-Christmas, because holiday shopping starts as early as August now and more and more people are using their credit cards online to order gifts for the ones they love.
If you’re shopping online without doing any comparison before you checkout, you’re missing the power of the internet. Having instant access to a multitude of merchants offering the same exact thing gives rise to opportunistic shopping deals all the time. No reason why you shouldn’t enjoy some leverage when going to online stores for your purchases.
Where you go to look for better pricing or offers depends on what type of product you’re buying of course, but here are the Top 7 Shopping Comparison Sites I frequest the most: Read the rest of this entry »
DivShare.com Up Again & Apology
Sep 9th
Earlier this week, many of the images, audio and video files on essistme.com disappeared because Divshare.com went down in a big way. We’re talking major outage. Major downtime.
500 Server errors, 404 errors. Not good stuff at all.
Apparently now it’s back and an apology has been publicly made with a promise that it won’t happen again. . .which is the least they can do. I have enjoyed the service to date and Dave who always answers support emails relatively quickly has the right attitude when helping me figure out any issues with my account.
Whew….for now.
Do you use DivShare, MediaFire or any other free image/file hosting service? I just read that Yahoo!’s Flickr integration just boosted their share of market to #2, although a distant 2nd to PhotoBucket (which claims over 5 billion files hosted)
Free mp3 Music Download Today – No Strings Attached
Sep 9th
Guess what. Whether you have a Sansa, Creative, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone or any other brand mp3 player, this deal is for you. TODAY, you can download an mp3 music track from eMusic completely free that will work with ANY mp3 player or for playback on your computer, pda, etc. Here’s the scoop. . .
Blockbuster Total Access Cost
Sep 8th
The DVD rental wars are getting really confusing, isn’t it?
Pricing plans change. . . benefits change. . . All I want is to rent movies when I want to at a decent price!
Here’s a list of actual Blockbuster Total Access cost across all their various plans:
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