Aug 11
25
J.D. Power and Associates Recognizes Verizon Wireless for “Highest Network Quality” in the Southeast
Being a Sprint customer in Louisville, I can say I’m envious of this award VZW has received!
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Verizon Wireless ranked highest among all other national wireless providers in the Southeast in the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Wireless Network Quality Performance StudySM, Volume 2, issued today. The Southeast includes Kentucky and eight other states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
“The great Verizon Wireless lineup of devices, from smartphones and tablets to netbooks and hotspots, are all powered and backed by our network,” said John Granby, president–Kentucky/Indiana/Michigan Region, Verizon Wireless. “This study and other third-party studies are why our customers in Kentucky and the Southeast have the confidence to rely on the Verizon Wireless network to stay connected when they need it the most. We are committed to providing our customers with the best wireless experience through ongoing network investments designed to meet their wireless demands.”
At our August 23 meetup, we streamed the event via Ustream as usual, but we opted to use a Google + Huddle as the chat room, and it worked great!
When the meeting began, I simply went to my Circles, chose my Mobile Circle and initiated a Huddle. Those folks in that circle who have the mobile G+ app installed on their Android or iOS device received an alert, and BAM! they were participating in the meetup!
Some later said they had totally forgotten about the meetup, but then the Huddle popped up and reminded them! Some joined the Ustream channel to watch the meetup via video, and others simply continued on with what they were doing (one was giving his kids a bath!), and stayed connected to the meetup via the Huddle!
I’m not certain if folks who I’ve added to that circle (but have not yet joined G+) received an email notification about the huddle, but if they did, that would serve as a great reminder to join! There is a lot of potential for us to use Google + in future meetups!
If you want to be included in the Huddle for future meetups, add me (Matt Coddington) to one of your circles on G+ and I’ll add you to my Mobile Circle!
Along with the Hangout on phones and tablets, we also had the meetup presentation broadcasting via Ustream, and many were taking advantage of watching that stream on their phone or tablet as well, including Samantha and Oliver, who were tuned in from South Florida! How cool is that?! You can see my EVO 3D on her screen, as I was in the middle of a demo!
It’s a lot of fun pulling all this technology together for the meetups! Who knows what we’ll do next?! Stay tuned!
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Griffin Technology has released a very cool new AppPowered accessory - the HELO TC, a remote-controlled helicopter that you control with your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch! The HELO TC app transforms the Multi-Touch display of any iOS device into a remote control for HELO TC.
HELO TC is a twin-rotored, indoor helicopter built on a lightweight metal frame with a black polycarbonate body. It comes with a Flight Deck infrared module, which plugs into an iOS device to transmit control signals to the helicopter. Two modes of flight are available: Touch Control, using the Multi-Touch display to control HELO TC’s throttle and joystick; and Tilt to Steer mode, which uses the iOS device’s accelerometers: tilting the iOS device moves the helicopter forward, back, and side to side. The app can record and store up to three Flight Plans so you, or another pilot, can repeat a favorite flight pattern easily.
“HELO TC reflects Griffin’s passion for creating captivating products that keep consumers engaged and entertained,” said Mark Rowan, President of Griffin Technology. “We’re confident it will be one of our most popular items this holiday season.”
HELO TC’s built-in battery recharges from any USB power source, including your computer’s USB port. The Flight Deck module, powered by 4 AAA batteries, plugs into the iOS device’s headphone jack.
HELO TC, $49.99, is currently available at www.griffintechnology.com and will be at retailers nationwide for the holiday season.
To learn more visit www.griffintechnology.com/
The HELO TC app can be downloaded for free from the App Store at www.itunes.com/appstore
Today, Verizon Wireless announced the Compaq™ Mini CQ10-688nr, which has built-in 4G LTE capability. It will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com on August 4.
There are those who think the netbook has been upstaged by iPads and other tablets, but there are still a great number of people who want and need the functionality of a netbook – particularly one that will operate on the blazing speeds of Verizon’s 4G LTE network! The one downside I can see is the steep price ($499) – but it’s apparent this is aimed more at business users and frequent travelers, so convenience & size might outweigh the price…
Key features:
- 4G LTE – customers can expect download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G Mobile Broadband coverage areas
- Windows 7 Home Starter (32-bit)
- 10.1” WSVGA Anti-glare LED Display (1024 x 600)
- 1.66 GHz Intel ® Atom ™ Processor N455
- 250 GB hard drive
- Memory: 1 GB DDR3 RAM
- VGA webcam with integrated digital microphone
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Multi-format digital media card reader for SD cards, multimedia cards, memory stick and memory stick pro
- Weight: 3.10 lbs
Pricing and availability:
- The Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com on August 4 for $499.99.
- Customers will be able to choose one of the following Mobile Broadband plans:
- $30 monthly access for 2 GB monthly allowance
- $50 monthly access for 5 GB monthly allowance
- $80 monthly access for 10 GB monthly allowance
Jul 11
25
MyMobileVille meetup – Tues July 26!
We’ve got lots in store as usual for our monthly meetup! We’ll be discussing Google+, alternative keyboards, GPS stuff, new & updated apps and much more!
Remember, we now meet across the street at the other Peak 10 location. See details on the Meetings page.
And if you can’t physically make it to the meeting, join us via Ustream! There’s a chat room where you can ask questions and suggest topics for discussion!
First 100 store visitors have chance to find golden ticket to win 4G Smartphone
Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network launches across much of Louisville next week. To celebrate its new, blazing fast network coming to Louisville, Verizon Wireless is handing out 4G chocolate bars at its Breckenridge Lane store to the first 100 visitors. Four of the bars will have a “golden ticket” inside that will award the recipient a Verizon Wireless DROID Charge by Samsung.
The Verizon Wireless store is at 982 Breckenridge Lane, and the event is at 10 a.m., Friday, July 22.
Jul 11
15
REVIEW of Out Of Milk by HTCfanatic
Andy over at HTCfanatic wrote up a great review about Out Of Milk – an app we covered in last month’s meetup. Check out his review over at his site!
Hint hint, there is a giveaway taking place as well! See details at the end of the review!
Today marks the one-year anniversary for SwiftKey beta on the Android Market.
To mark the occasion, they’re launching two new apps out of beta — SwiftKey X, for Android phones, and SwiftKey Tablet X, for Android tablets. And to celebrate SwiftKey’s ‘first birthday’, they’re giving SwiftKey X for phones away as a free upgrade to folks who bought SwiftKey on the Android Market in the last year.
They’re also making SwiftKey X and SwiftKey Tablet X available for just $1.99 to new customers — over half off each app — until Saturday at 9am EDT. To get the deal, use this link http://skx.me/apps
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Jul 11
12
An Angel Saved My Butt On Vacation!
My wife and I went on a week long vacation/family get-together in North Myrtle Beach. While we intended to be as disconnected as possible, I promised my wife that she would have the ability to get online as needed, because she has a major event she’s directing in early August. I took along my netbook, with the intention of using the Hotspot sharing feature of my new HTC EVO 3D. She would remote in to her PC back here, and all would be well.
Not so. The moment we neared the Myrtle area, the first thing I noticed was that I lost contact with my data for Google Maps. We ended up using my wife’s Garmin GPS to get us the last 10 miles or so to our condo. No big deal, I thought. Just an anomaly.
BUT, once in our place right on the beach, my phone began going into roaming mode! Neither of us could even get text messages to go through. It was bad. At this point, my wife asked how this would affect her connecting to her PC at home to check on things. I broke the news to her – our only option was to go somewhere that had open WiFi, or to a location where I had a signal. That did not go over well…!
Here is a recap of what we discussed at our meetup on June 28, 2011. If I missed something, please contact us and we’ll update the post!
SHOPPING LISTS
- Out Of Milk – we gave away door prize copies of the pro version of this app!
- Mighty Grocery – unfortunately, no door prize copies…
We had some great discussion on the benefits of using a shopping list app that syncs to the cloud, making it easy to access from anywhere, as well as share lists with other folks. Both of the main apps we demoed and discussed had some similar features, and are both recommended as a viable solution. There are others in the market as well (Grocery King, etc), but we just didn’t have time to cover them all!
We also had some discussion about the “dedicated” shopping apps such as the one Target and other stores have. They offer a very robust experience for that particular store, which might be what some folks prefer. It all depends on your specific needs! Me, I am sticking with Out of Milk, as my wife and I are already in a groove working with it together. And if you knew how tough it was to get her to use a digital shopping list, you’d appreciate it even more! 
CLOUD MUSIC
For Cloud Music, or what some are referring to as a “music locker” in the cloud, this is just the beginning. Yes, there have been numerous streaming solutions for quite a while, from Pandora to Slacker Radio and apps on the PC such as Orb, HomePipe and the like, but truly having your entire music library in the cloud is something people are only just now beginning to understand and experience.
- Amazon Cloud Music – Amazon was the first major player to enter the cloud music arena. Lately, Amazon has been doing a lot of very cool things, and this is one of them. Definitely worth checking out – 5GB of storage is free, and if you purchase an entire album, you’re bumped up to 20GB for a year.
- Google Music – Still quite new, by invite only, and the very cool part: up to 20,000 songs may be uploaded for free! That is, free for now – Google is expected to charge for this at some point, but perhaps they are waiting to see how things pan out. The app on the Android device is still pretty basic, and needs some more functionality, but if you get an invite, we highly recommend giving it a try. It’s pretty cool to have your entire library available on any device!
- iCloud – Go to iCloud.com to learn all the details about what Apple is about to unleash on the world, but suffice it to say, it IS going to be a game changer in many ways! Enough said about that!
- Other options (Facebook, Best Buy) – Best Buy just announced a music service as well as Sony, and rumor has it, Facebook is entertaining something too! Everyone wants in the game, because they see it as the next big trend!
- Subsonic – We didn’t dive into this at the meeting, but it was brought up by one of the meetup attendees, and they love it! Check it out! We’re going to!
- Lastly, here is an interesting read: Streaming vs. having a “music locker” in the cloud?
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