http://loo-lee.com/blog Your 21st Century Cell Phone Directory Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:38:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The SMS message is a very popular way of communicating, as it’s quick, easy and best of all, cheap.  If you’re a serial texter but aren’t using templates yet, then you’re only halfway to becoming a Tocco Lite power-user!  Not only is it really easy, but if you find you’re ... http://blog.dialaphone-blog.co.uk/blog/2010/03/10/how-to-create-an-sms-template-on-your-samsung-tocco-lite/ Digging up a phone we have heard little about since it appeared on a leaked roadmap, is the rumour that Toshiba will be launching a WinPho7 phone before the end of the year.  The phone in question is the TG03, which according to the 2009 leak is a similar beast ... http://blog.dialaphone-blog.co.uk/blog/2010/03/10/will-the-toshiba-tg03-carry-windows-phone-7/ The LG Pop is a great little phone. One of the fun things about it is that it is capable of using mp3 files to play sounds for a variety of different actions on your phone. You can choose different sounds for your ringtone, message tones, start up and shut ... http://blog.dialaphone-blog.co.uk/blog/2010/03/10/how-to-change-lg-pop-ringtones-message-tones-and-sounds/   As I explained in last week's column, I'm using the HTC Droid Eris utilizing HTC's Sense UI with the Android operating system (currently Android version 1.5).  This week, I'll focus on customization options with Android vs. other operating systems that I've used, as well as the apps and widgets that ... http://feeds.phonedog.com/~r/phonedog_cellphoneblog/~3/VBUDkfINGtU/nate-s-straight-talk-express-android-apps-widgets.aspx Uhhhh… Oh, my aching head. Sorry. Don’t know what’s wrong with me. I know I’m not sick. I was even out and about yesterday, enjoying some unseasonably warm weather. Now I’m at home, multitasking a phone call and rocking some work on the laptop… and… Oh crap. Maybe I should ... http://feeds.phonedog.com/~r/phonedog_cellphoneblog/~3/a9Qhovwm2Vk/is-your-cell-phone-making-you-sick.aspx Let's see ... CLIQ, Droid, Devour, Backflip, and now CLIQ XT. I've been seeing A LOT of the Motorola PR people over the past few months. In the past few weeks, even, Devour, Backflip and CLIQ XT have dropped in rapid sequence, establishing Motorola and Motoblur as the first on ... http://feeds.phonedog.com/~r/phonedog_cellphoneblog/~3/GCawTNfTOmY/motorola-cliq-xt-t-mobile-day-one-impressions.aspx Noah gets hands-on with the newest MotoBlur phone, the CLIQ XT for T-Mobile. Full touchscreen with multitouch, new connected music app and more. http://feeds.phonedog.com/~r/phonedog_cellphoneblog/~3/aaefC_Hjrs8/motorola-cliq-xt-t-mobile-unboxing-and-hands-on.aspx Like games?  Then webOS might be the place to be (assuming you're not an Apple fan).  Palm today announced the Plug-In Development Kit (PDK) for webOS.  According to the "Overview" section of the PDK, "the Plug-In Development Kit (PDK) is a new component of the webOS SDK that lets developers ... http://feeds.phonedog.com/~r/phonedog_cellphoneblog/~3/hJtRvpzc5ss/palm-releases-webos-pdk-public-beta.aspx Thanks to the internet (and/or tipsters), unboxing shots of T-Mobile's HTC HD2 have surfaced on the internet.  Looking good with the T-Mobile branding and stylish box, there's not a great deal of new information here.  But hey, pictures are worth a thousand words!  On that note, check out the pictures ... http://feeds.phonedog.com/~r/phonedog_cellphoneblog/~3/WJRrCvs4K5Y/t-mobile-htc-hd2-unboxing-shots-emerge.aspx If you were undecided about the Plus versions of the Palm Pre or Pixi, here’s some news that might tip the scales for you: Various retailers are practically giving away these phones, in an effort to bolster sluggish sales. First, Verizon ditched the mail-in rebates and is offering a BOGO ... http://feeds.phonedog.com/~r/phonedog_cellphoneblog/~3/IZjJXftekEc/retailers-slash-prices-on-palm-pre-pixi-plus.aspx