02:24 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

You've probably heard about T-Mobile's exclusive celebrity-laden launch party for the Danger Sidekick 2 which took place in August this year. Tony Hawk, Shannon Elizabeth, Paris Hilton, and other luminaries in young Hollywood traveled the red carpet to receive the trendy new gadget for free before anyone else did.

Today (three months after the party), while skimming the entertainment news, I found a link to a hi-res photo of Paris at the Cadillac R&R Spring 05 Fashion Show. Look here and here at what she is holding in her lap.... doesn't this crystal encrusted gadget look familiar to you?

This was definitely a great marketing idea! I think T-Mobile, among all mobile gadgets suppliers, should receive the Best Marketing Award 2004

01:07 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

iNUSTRY Entertainment offers a great 20% discount for everyone who is interested in purchasing their hit game 'Jack or 100 Ways to Barbecue'. The game, which is available for PalmOS, PocketPC and Smartphone, now costs $11.95 (was $14.95).

Game description: Jack or 100 Ways to Barbecue is a platform game containing all the perfection of a great game - fun, original ideas, interesting task, great graphics, pleasant music, eagerness to play it over and over again.

09:56 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Someone hacked into computer system of NYC's subway yesterday and changed the LED message at the West Fourth Station to read "PRETTY GIRLS DON'T RIDE THE SUBWAY." The new message appeared for several hours before it was removed. New York Daily News has the scoop:

Some riders at the busy hub that serves seven lines took offense, while others laughed it off. "It's a vicious lie," said Rachel Russell, 37, an East Village arts-program coordinator, mostly in jest. "I think someone is trying to be clever." Lucia Morales, 31, a social worker from East New York, Brooklyn, was waiting for a downtown A train to take her home from celebrating a promotion. "That's horrible," she said of the sign. "I'm pretty, and I take the subway every day."

03:54 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Mobile Sites

To test-drive a new automated system I've been working on, I am going to share with you new mobile links to (highly demanded) web pages that don't offer native mobile support. Those mobile links can be used with any offline and online browser. So... Avantgo, iSilo, Plucker & Co users, please enjoy Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Today's links: Slate Mobile, The Inquirer Mobile
Link-Depth: 1

Slate
The Inquirer

03:49 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Dell Home has the new Dell Axim X50v 624MHz VGA PDA for $499 - automatic 10% off - $45 off $425 code GCBMDDS79ZD?F8 [Exp 11/12, 11:59pm CST] = $404 with free shipping. That is almost as good as the deal which you would get if you call Deal reps directly and ask for a discount

Via BestPrice.

07:50 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

This is the second time that eBay first did some changes to eBay US, then waited two weeks, and then applied the same changes to all other local eBays on this planet. Anyways, you are advised to upgrade to eBayFeed 1.12 for a fix.

source code: here and here.

full package, zipped: here.

You can still see the script in action at halted.de (make sure to copy it on your own server as this server is only for temporary demonstration purposes!)

If you want to give it a quick try, use this feed link with your favorite feed reader like Bloglines, FeedDemon, etc.

About:
eBayFeed/1.12 allows you to create customized RSS 2.0 feeds of your favorite eBay searches. Compared to other eBay-to-RSS solutions, ebayFeed has the following advantages: it is fully customizable and extensible (open-source), it supports eBay platforms of other countries (take a look at config.inc), you can run it on your own server, it doesn't log your clicks on items, nor does it advertise your search habits to others (such as qksrv.net), and it allows you to fully utilize eBay's advanced search forms. It currently supports eBay USA, eBay UK, eBay Germany, eBay France, eBay Italy.

06:03 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Iambic has released a first of beta of Agendus Pro 9.0 with lots of new features.

You can find the download here, the necessary demo code here and screenshots here.

And as usual (cough, cough), upgrade fee from Agendus 8 Pro to 9 Pro will be US $9.95.

05:40 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Dell Home is currently selling its PDAs with an instant 10% discount. In other words, its current high-end model X50v would cost $449 instead of $499, including free shipping.