Tonight I finally had a chance to sit down and connect my iPhone to iTunes and back it up. Wow is all I can say. Back ups went from around 90 minutes down to around 10! Still kinda lengthy, but much better compared to what it’s been. Hopefully iPhone OS 2.1 further reduces the backup times. Ontop of the shorter backups, the “dramatically improved battery life” has me excited. I’d like to get back to living each day without planning my next move…

I don’t know about you but texting rates are getting outright ridiculous.  Texting prices have risen 100% in the last 3 years while the actual cost to the carriers of sending those messages has actually decreased slightly.  Prices have gone from around .10 cents up to .20 cents per message.  While .10 cents doesn’t seem like a whole lot, when you look at the average person sending several hundred a month, the cost adds up quick!  Prices have risen so…

  The “Peek” is a self proclaimed “back to basics” email device.  It lacks features such as a calendar, address book, browser, and basically…everything.  All it does is email, like good ‘ol blackberries used to do.  The makers of the Peek shun the “feature bloat” that many smartphones have today.  They take the approach of “less is more”….to the extreme less side.   All jokes aside, the peek does its…

Anyone following the blackberry camp already knows about RIM’s little answer to the iPhone…the Blackberry Storm.  It is RIM’s first touchscreen blackberry and direct competitor with Apple’s iPhone.  Early on, there have been reports of UI problems as well as the general consensus (from what I’ve gathered) that the virtual keyboard sucks.  Check the link below at crackberry which shows the elusive Storm at around the 2:55…

With all of the current hype about the iPhone other products tend to get left in it’s shadow.  Yesterday was apples day, with their “Let’s Rock” keynote announcing the fall lineup of new iPods, iPhone OS and some new headphones.  For HTC and windows mobile lovers…today is your day…kinda…at least you have something to read, look at, and hope for in the not to distant future.  So what does this sleek beauty have you ask?  Read…

Yesterday, Apple held their now annual “September iPod event”.  Much of what Apple announced on Tuesday had been leaked in the last few weeks leading up to the event, although, there were several surprises revealed yesterday.  A quick recap of announcements: iPod nano: New Colors Accelerometer from first gen iPod touches and iPhone Updated UI Slimmer case with rounded edges like the iPhone iPod Classic 160gig dropped in favor of slimmer 120gig for…