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As usual, a lot of crap gets backed up into my email. Here’s a few of the more interesting bits. I have a few more that I’ll post later.

Callpod Fueltank Uno: As my portable iPhone charger I bought …

In a few months, I am planning to give a presentation to the West Sound Technology Association on choosing a Smartphone. The audience is not entirely technical, and I’ve only got an hour, so I want to avoid overly …

Right now, I’m on vacation. Not because I necessarily want to be, but because I will lose the vacation time if I don’t.

When you work in a normal office setting, disconnecting from work is relatively easy. You don’t go into …

Ok, I was suckered into something I said I wouldn’t do: I actually jaikbroke and unlocked my iPhone. George Hotz, a.k.a. geohot make it so easy with blackra1n. It …

T-Mobile USA‘s new rate plans were announced today: Even More and Even More Plus. The Even More plans look like a rather traditional plan with a subsidized handset and 2-year contract with unlimited voice …

Since I’ve joined Check Point Software, I’ve done a fair bit of traveling–moreso than I’ve done in quite some time. Since I am ending up more random places, and have had the joy of going through airport security in Tel …

A little more than a week ago, l met with Chris Guttman-McCabe, Amy Storey, and David Redl of CTIA. This time around, the subject was net neutrality and how it should apply …

Imagine if you will, a VoIP service hooked into Apple’s Push Notification Service (APNS). An inbound call comes in on your VoIP service. The notification is pushed to your handset. From that notification, you can launch a VoIP app that …

I got the opportunity to talk with Chris Guttman-McCabe, Amy Storey, and David Redl of CTIA on Monday. After giving them a bad time on my blog over the years, it was nice to have an actual conversation with the CTIA. I give them credit for engaging me in conversation.

Having had this conversation, I understand where they are coming from. I appreciate that they are trying to bring some facts to an otherwise emotionally charged debate about the state of the mobile telephony industry in the US.

With that in mind, here are the areas we talked about:

Here is some feedback I have sent to Apple regarding the latest issues related to Apple killing “Google Voice” type applications in the App Store and Apple’s statements that jailbreaking your …