BluePhoneElite + OSX = Nirvana!

Finallly! Finally! FINE UH LEE!!

BluePhoneElite beta 2 is exactly what I have been seeking all these many long months. I don’t need no stinking iPhone! 🙂 (I probably do actually… just ’cause). There were only two things I wasn’t thrilled with in the release version and beta 2 gives me pause.

• I said I wanted talk through. Got it! Called my office land line. Left a message and it’s most definitely passable.
• I said I wanted the ability to record conversations. Haven’t quite figured out the finer points but I think with SoundFlowerBed + my audio recording apps I’m going to have a serious shot at making podcast recordings VERY easily no matter where I might be (London, Bahrain, Tulsa, Houston… wherever really).

This is so cool!

Now I have to contact those wacky folks at Mira and arrange an interview!

Helio for TMobile? Nope.

Guy Kawasaki just made my eyebrows go up, caused a click through or two and now I think, if Apple doesn’t squeeze out some official word on their iPhone soon I may just become a new Helio owner. My Moto A630 is just about through after two years of faithful service. But, that won’t happen… I’m really liking GSM and not real keen on going CDMA.

That and the Helio seems to have a lot of stuff I’m just not too jazzed about: MySpace, etc. But, 3G coverage I can get excited about. MP3 and Video I can get excited about. Looks like the interface is hot too. Still…

Apple, listening? Hustle it up!

Samsung t509

Thinking of sticking with tMobile but going from the Motorola a630 to the Samsung t509.

Saw the phone and thought it might fit my needs a little better. Anyone out there have any first hand experience with it and Macs? The iSync page says it’s on the list of approved devices. Which would be nice for a change.

Hey RD!…

MacNN | Mac compatible Sprint EVDO card

RD… what do you know about the Aircard 595U? Looks like it’s got it all… EVDO, EGDE, GPRS, Rev A and Rev 0 compatible. Do tell…

Power Outages in Tulsa

Winds came sweeping cross the plains last night and knocked our power offline. We’re going on an hour now.

I’m writing this via the GC89 cellular modem and the PowerBook…

iPhone Concepts

If Apple ever does come out with an iPhone I hope they come out with something akin to some of these. I think I’d actually buy the

Motorola A630 and my Mac (update)

The A630 is still my phone of choice. Not because of the clarity. Not because of ringtones. And, not because it’s the sexiest little number out there (No, that spot’s reserved for my video iPod!) Sure, there are lots of other swank little units available. The RAZR and a couple of the Ericsson phones come to mind.

But, for pure helpful connectivity to my Mac I’m sure proud to have this little gem and the OnSync application.

Man, if only the built in Sync on 10.4.5 worked like I wished, OnSync wouldn’t even be necessary. But, alas.

Macintosh, EVDO, Ericsson GC89 & EDGE

OK, so I took possession of the GC89 card before lunch. Short of it… It works!
Installation was anything but straight forward. I didn’t keep track of how much time I spent trying to get in touch with just the right tier of support at T-Mobile (but, I did eventually). Probably close to an hour.

I’ll post my trials/tribulations in the hopes it will help some folks out there.

EVDO for my Mac… VERY Cool!

Just got off the phone with Bill at WirelessBuy.com and got one hell of a deal on the GC89 Erricson EVDO card.

Here’s the deal – $0 for the card and the standard $49.99/mo data plan + $35 activation! Holy throughput man! AND NO EXTENSION OF MY TMOBILE CONTRACT NEEDED!!! Can’t beat that with a stick!
Since Mr. Scoble was railing on the lack of merits for WiFi in favor of EVDO… I just had to try it