Smartphone Powered Motorola Lapdock 500 Pro
Posted on 27. Apr, 2012 by dfloyd in Android, Equipment, Wireless Equipment
Motorola has introduced a dock for your Motorola smartphone. Ideal for on the go, you can use the lapdock to work online, create and edit documents, access your apps, and participate in video conferencing–all powered via your Motorola Smartphone.
This lapdock comes with a 14″ display, full-size keyboard, built-in webcam, 2 USB 2.0 ports, an SD card reader, headphone jack, Ethernet, and a Kensington lock slot.
A large trackpad supports two-finger scrolling for easy navigation (on the web, your documents and navigating your phone screens). Plus it comes with VGA output, so you can connect it to an office projector or monitor to share presentations, videos or a website with a broader group. It weighs around 2 pounds and offers a seven hour battery life, so it’s perfect taking on the road, in the coffee shop or just using around the office.
Connects to 4G LTE Network via Smartphone.
The Smartphone plugs into the back of the lapdock (there is even a phone cradle for portability), and then you can utilize the Smartphone’s 4G LTE connection or WIFI for online access from anywhere you go.
Compatible with Motorola Smartphones.
The Droid RAZR, Droid RAZR MAXX, Droid Bionic and Droid 4 are all compatible with this new lapdock. Plus, the lapdock charges your phone while docked.
Supports Smartphone and Lapdock Multi-tasking.
Even as you are surfing the web, working on documents or accessing various apps, they can still text or take a call on the Smartphone. The lapdock comes with a full Firefox® browser and Adobe®Flash®.
The Future of ChromeOS?
Jason Hiner (TechRepublic/CNET) thinks this could be the strategic future of the Google Chrome, giving the Android community a device that Apple will not have any time soon. While it is initially aimed at business consumers, this could offer appeal to people wanting to replace an old PC but not wanting to spend the money on a new.
Tablet Showdown!
Posted on 24. May, 2011 by Scott Sutton in Wireless Equipment
Final Round of the Tablet Playoffs: iPad 2 vs. Galaxy Tab 10.1
Welcome to Round 3 of Pyxis Mobile’s Tablet Playoffs. In this three part blog series we will be putting the most talked about tablets up against each other to find out which one holds the most value for enterprise users.
Read on here.
iPad 2 is Announced
Posted on 08. Mar, 2011 by Scott Sutton in Equipment, Events, Wireless Equipment
Apple iPad 2 is officially announced. The update includes a 1GHz dual-core A5 chip as well as two cameras. One camera will be in the rear of the device as well as, the highly anticipated, front facing camera. The updates will allow the iPad to run up to nine times faster than the original iPad. All these changes and Apple is still able to keep the battery life at 10 hours. Pricing is left unchanged at $499 for a 16GB WiFi-only iPad 2 and all the way up to $829 for a WiFi/3G capable device with 64GB of storage. Apple is going outside of its usual boundaries and including an HDMI port that will be capable of 1080p. However, you’ll need to purchase a $39 dongle entitled Apple Digital AV Adapter. The iPad 2’s resolution is unchanged from the iPad at 1024 x 768. For a closer look check out this hands on by Engadget.
One Benefactor of LTE Technology: Telemedicine
Posted on 14. Jan, 2011 by Jay Witherspoon in 4G LTE, Wireless Equipment
Rural America will benefit from Verizon’s LTE network. Network speeds and increased wireless penetration will enable doctors and surgeons to reach into more remote areas with faster connections than ever before, to apply expertise wherever it’s needed, via live video. It will save lives, time, and money.
At CES, Verizon and BL Healthcare showed off an LTE-enabled telemedicine terminal.
Just a friendly reminder that a 4G network is not all about gaming and socializing.
Garmin Ponders Future in Smartphones
Posted on 13. Sep, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Wireless Equipment, Wireless Industry
Garmin stepped gingerly into the world of smartphone production after it saw the writing on the wall that smartphones would soon replace the need for most handheld GPS units.
Here’s an interview from Reuters with the CFO of Garmin on the company’s future in the smartphone industry:
Garmin mulls future of smartphone unit
Motorola Droid X, HTC Incredible Supply Problems Are Not Intentional.
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Wireless Equipment, Wireless Industry
The Droid X (far right) is big figuratively and literally. At this moment, they're sold out. Photo courtesy Dan Thompson, Claris Networks. Click photo for device review.
I’ve heard several otherwise intelligent folks speculating that the supply shortages of the Motorola Droid X and the HTC Incredible are somehow intentional.
Let me reassure you, dear reader, that this is not the case. No conspiracy theory is logical. Right now, Verizon and the Android device manufacturers want to snag as much of the iPhone demographic as possible before the iPhone is available on the Verizon network! Otherwise, those customers will go to AT&T and the iPhone, despite AT&T network shortcomings. Droid-OS manufacturers will never have a better time to sell their products on the Verizon network than right now, when they are not competing with the iPhone.
Verizon could have sold dozens of thousands more Motorola Droid X’s in the device launch this past weekend. We’re unsure what exactly the supply issue is with the Droid X, although it may simply be poor sales forecasting and that would be a shame. The HTC Incredible, though several months out of the gate, is still working through supply issues with its AMOLED screen produced by Samsung (right now, if you order an Incredible from Verizon’s website, your device will ship on 8/3, although we’ve heard Verizon recently okayed a new Super-LCD version of the Incredible that will not have the supply issues… more coming soon).
So, assuming that Verizon and the device manufacturers have half a brain and a functioning brain stem between them, they would not have decided to reduce supply intentionally. I’m willing to make that assumption.
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In related news, our friends at Claris Networks have reviewed the Droid X. As always, Dan Thompson’s thoughts are insightful and well-stated.
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising, Cellular Sales
RIP: Microsoft Kins
Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Wireless Equipment
Paris Hilton, advisor for Microsoft
Microsoft has decided to scrap the Kin project. Washington Post writer Rob Pegoraro gives an interesting account of the history of Microsoft and Danger Inc., makers of the Sidekick.
One interesting point about the Kin that I will say was a good idea: it offloaded a lot of the social media processing that would normally have been done on the phone. So a server in Microsoft’s hay barn would do the Twitter/Facebook/Foursquare/etc checks, and then send a flat file to the phone with the updates, greatly reducing the battery drain on the handset. Not bad, Microsoft! Just keep trying, and we’re sure you can come up with a good mobile phone!
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising, Cellular Sales
BlackBerry: Remember Those Guys?
Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Wireless Equipment, Wireless Industry
Seems like iPhone (Apple) and Android (Google/Verizon) are hogging all the headlines, and meanwhile, BlackBerry (RIM) continues its reign as the #1 smartphone in the country. But RIM feels the heat. BlackBerry’s devices have always been incredibly useful, especially to business users, but not always so user-friendly. User-interface is one of the most attractive features of both the Droid and iPhone platforms, so RIM is nearing its next move, and anticipates a big splash with its new BlackBerry OS 6 (coming in “a few weeks” according to RIM), for which a goofy promo video is embedded below.
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising, Cellular Sales
Track The Gulf Oil Spill With Your HTC Droid Incredible
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Service Features, Wireless Equipment
I know I’ve been posting a lot about Google and Android handsets lately. Today is no exception. Here’s a way for folks interested in tracking the developing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico on their HTC Droid Incredible using Twitter and an Android app called “Peep”:
Track the oil spill with your Verizon Wireless, HTC Droid Incredible.
By the way, we do still sell LOTS of other phones, including BlackBerry’s and non-smartphones. But it’s hard not to talk about one of the best handsets that the industry has ever seen.
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising
Cellular Sales Can Make You A Wi-Fi Hotspot
Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by Cellular Sales in Service Features, Wireless Equipment
Cellular Sales now has one of the most revolutionary devices to hit the wireless market in years — the Verizon Wireless Intelligent Mobile Hotspot. With a profile about the size of a credit card, the MiFi2200 connects multiple users and provides access to up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices including notebooks, netbooks, MP3 players, smartphones, cameras, PDAs, portable gaming systems and more.
To read the full story click here.
New BlackBerry and Android Smartphones Coming to Verizon Wireless
Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Cellular Sales in Equipment, Wireless Equipment, Wireless Industry
Verizon Wireless has announced that a number of new smart phones will be offered in the near future. Cellular Sales is excited to continue bringing the latest technology to its customers!
“Over the next six months or so, you will see devices like the Palm Pre and the Cousin on our network from Palm. You will see a second-generation [BlackBerry] Storm. You will see a new device we call the Tour from BlackBerry as well,” McAdam said at the recent Barclays Capital conference in New York City.
Verizon MiFi 2200 Review
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Cellular Sales in Wireless Equipment, Wireless Industry
Chris Ziegler, posted May 13th 2009 /www.engadgetmobile.com
www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/05/13/verizon-mifi-review/
We’ve been following Novatel’s MiFi with bated breath since its December Annoucement, and the totally pocketable 3G / WiFi router has finally graced a US carrier. Though it’ll ultimately come in a variety of physical designs, bands, and radio technologies for different carriers and parts of the world, the MiFi 2200 for Verizon naturally packs CDMA with EV-DO Rev. A, which means uplink speeds should be reasonably speedy to go along with your 1Mbps-plus downloads.
Put simply, our hats go off to Novatel and Verizon on this one. The MiFi is drop-dead awesome in basically every meaningful way, and we’d be shocked if every top-tier carrier in the world wasn’t actively looking into adding it — or a device very similar to it — into their lineup. Unless you have a very specific, compelling reason that you require an ExpressCard or a USB stick style modem, the MiFi’s simplicity, flexibility, tethering capability, and no-compromise performance make it the way to go for your mobile data needs.
cellular sales releases the storm
Posted on 24. Nov, 2008 by Cellular Sales in Cellular Sales News, Equipment, Phone Review, Wireless Equipment
The much anticipated release of the Blackberry Storm swept across the United States like… well, a storm. Cellular Sales brought Blackberry’s first touchscreen to customers starting November 21,2008 just in time for the holiday season.
Cellular Sales Set To Release Blackberry Storm
Posted on 19. Nov, 2008 by Cellular Sales in Cellular Sales News, Phone Review, Wireless Equipment
Here are a few reasons why the Storm may outperform the iPhone:
Better camera.
The iPhone has a 2 megapixel camera and doesn’t offer video capture. The BlackBerry Storm features a 3.2 megapixel camera with video capabilities, variable zoom, auto focus and a flash that can provide continuous lighting while recording video.
BlackBerry set the gold standard for e-mail
While the iPhone is capable of making e-mail look and work pretty much exactly as it does on a home computer, it’s BlackBerry that takes the biggest piece of the e-mail pie.
The Storm continues Blackberry’s 10 year legacy of mobile e-mail, working with BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise. It also allows e-mail access for consumers with most popular personal e-mail services.
BlackBerry’s easy access to view/edit corporate documents.
The BlackBerry Storm comes preloaded with the DataViz Documents to Go suite for editing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files from the handset.The iPhone, however, offers document viewing, but not editing for Microsoft Office applications, though there are downloads available that will enable editing.
Having that capability out of the box puts the BlackBerry Storm one more notch above the Apple iPhone 3G.
The Storm’s touch screen is “clickable.”
The clickable display responds like a physical keyboard and supports single-touch, multitouch and gestures. The BlackBerry Storm’s clickable touch screen depresses slightly when the screen is pressed, allowing users to feel the motion, and is released with a click, similar to that of a physical keyboard.
Check your nearest Cellular Sales location for the Blackberry Storm and any other wireless related needs you may have.
Cellular Sales Adds Blitz™ to Verizon Wireless Lineup
Posted on 11. Sep, 2008 by Cellular Sales in Cellular Sales News, Phone Review, Wireless Equipment
The Verizon Wireless Blitz™
The Verizon Wireless Blitz™ is the latest handset to hit the shelves at Verizon Wireless’ largest Authorized Retailer. It’s a slide phone with a QWERTY keyboard inside, built for folks who text a lot. The large screen is also good for web browsing, and the stereo bluetooth capabilities make the Blitz™ a sure bet for music-lovers. Jose Ordonez, Regional Director, said, “The Blitz™ is a great addition to our lineup of qwerty keyboard phones.”
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