CES: Android Phones and Palm Pre

The yearly Las Vegas, Nevada spectacle, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), was held last week. Announcements included great news from Google, Motorola and Palm.

Google launched their first phone, the Nexus One. It runs the latest version of the Android OS on wicked fast hardware. What makes it fairly unique from other phones offered in North America is that it is unlocked - not locked to any particular carrier. Google hopes to offer customers the option of choosing from a number of carriers. So far, T-Mobile offers a plan. In the spring, Verizon and Vodafone will welcome Nexus One owners, too.
Motorola introduced another Android phone. The Motorola BackFlip touts a hands-free video player, music player, digital picture frame and alarm clock. The screen folds backward to meet up with the keyboard, for social networking, email, web browsing, etc.

Palm announced that Verizon will carry updated versions of the Pre and Pixi, the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus. Palm doubled the internal storage to 16GB, and improved the keyboard. Both models will have Wi-Fi.

The Missing Sync provides sync support for all these new phones - the Nexus One, BlackFlip, Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus - for contacts syncing, music, photos and more.

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GoGadget for Nokia N900

GoGadget for Nokia N900 is now available to sync music, photos, ringtones, video and documents from a Mac to an N900 mobile computer.

• Sync with iTunes to transfer whole playlists of music, with album art, genre and artist info.
• Create ringtones with the built-in ringtone editor.
• Save photos you snap with your phone to your Mac, into iPhoto. Transfer iPhoto albums to your N900, too.
• Drag a video to GoGadget and it is converted to fit the phone's screen size for a great viewing experience on the N900's large screen.
• Sync folders of documents and files to view on-the-go.

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Wireless PowerPoint with BlackBerry Presenter

RIM announced a slick new gadget that let's you show and control Microsoft PowerPoint presentations stored on a BlackBerry phone.

BlackBerry Presenter can be connected to a projector, display or other video display device using VGA or S-Video. PowerPoint presos are transferred wirelessly, from a BlackBerry phone. Use the phone to control the presentation, as well.

The BlackBerry Presenter device is quite small, measuring 3.4 by 2.4 inches, and 0.9 inches tall - roughly the size of a deck of playing cards. So, without having to use a laptop, you'll quite literally have a presentation in your pocket.

The Missing Sync for BlackBerry makes is easy to transfer PowerPoint presentations to your phone. Plus, it can sync contacts, calendars, music and much more.

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Surfing the Web More with Windows Mobile 6.5

Since the introduction of Windows Mobile 6.5 in October, 2009, web usage on WinMo devices has increased 50%, according to a report from Net Application's Market Share.

Windows Mobile 6.5 devices, such as the Samsung Omnia II and the HTC HD2, have large displays. Plus, 6.5 sports a new version of Internet Explorer that displays web pages just as you would see them on a desktop computer.

Sync Safari bookmarks from a Mac to a WinMo phone with The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile. Plus, sync contacts, Microsoft documents, music and lots more.

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