Vito Technologies has updated their popular SMS messenger for Windows Mobile that organizes SMS correspondence into threaded SMS conversations. It allows you to have a separate chat for each contact that you text with.

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The newest trend among the wireless providers is to subsidize the cost of a netbook, provided you sign up for a two-year data plan. AT&T Wireless and Verizon are either doing it already, or have released information on it. Best Buy has a mobile division designed to promote these items and Radio Shack is offering an Asus with AT&T wireless service at www.radioshack.com. Sound familiar?

This is how the cell phone industry was built.

On its face it seems like a great deal, save a couple of hundred dollars and all is well. But things to consider are that it will tie you to a specific carrier for two years,  it cots upwards of $1400.00 in data airtime, and it may or may not be a good deal depending on your personal needs.

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Why does it seem like talking about something jinxes it. I know that you can jinx a no-hitter by talking about it, but kill your favorite gadget? Unheard of.

I did Dan’s Gear-Libs the other day, singing the praises of my HTC Advantage 7501. Last night it passed on to gadget heaven. It had been fine except for the micro-drive which stopped working a few months ago. Continue Reading