Mobiles

The design team at Mobile Edge has outdone themselves with the upgrades they made to the new V-Load 2.0 Collection of briefcases made to carry your laptop. The material alone is light years above the competition. Made with 3360 Denier Double Ballistic Nylon, this collection of briefcases has to be one of the strongest most durable laptop bags on the market. Competitors use much lower denier (thread count) allowing their bags to easily rip, fray or simply break. I guess that is why Mobile Edge has a Lifetime Warranty because they know their products are made to last.

The new Bungee Comfort System adds comfort unlike any other bag on the market. The shock absorbing placement points made of flexible yet durable nylon ease the weight of the bag on your shoulder. This helps make traveling comfortable, not to mention help minimize back and shoulder pain.

The outer flap is held closed by low-frequency magnets alleviating the harsh ripping sound common laptop bags make. Once you get used to this sleek design option you will wonder why other manufacturers didn’t think of this.

Another exclusive feature the Mobile Edge design team added to the V-Load 2.0 Collection is the Wireless Security Shield accessories pocket. This pocket is made of a Zinc lined material which blocks out electromagnetic waves and radio frequencies. This helps keep your Bluetooth enabled phone or PDA from being hacked into. It also helps when you are in a meeting. Your phone will not ring, calls go straight to voice mail. Never worry about your phone interrupting a meeting again!

The V-Load Briefcases come in two sizes, one to accommodate wide-screened laptops up to 15.4”, and the larger version for 17” laptops. You have your choice of 3360 Denier Double Ballistic Nylon or Full-Grain Black Leather. Either way you can’t go wrong. Check them out on the Mobile Edge website.

John Laposky, Managing Editor at Twice Magazine featured the new Mobile Edge men’s line called Dig in a Case & Bags Roundup. The new line of designer laptop bags were unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Here is a brief overview of what John wrote about.

NEW YORK — The market for technology friendly carrying cases and bags continues to explode as sales of notebook PCs and portable devices such as digital cameras, portable audio and video players, GPS units and removable drives all remain in growth mode, according to Consumer Electronics Association forecasts.

Fashion and function options abound in TWICE’s semi-annual roundup of the category. Gathered here and on the next few pages are new designs and models making their debut in the first quarter or shortly thereafter.

Mobile Edge has expanded its selection of briefcases, bags and backpacks specifically targeting male consumers. The company has launched a men’s line of laptop bags called Dig, which was introduced at International CES. The collection features the 1,680-denier ballistic nylon messenger in navy, trimmed with burgundy (SRP $89.99) and the Dig Notebook Backpack made of canvas with leather trim ($99.99). Also new from Mobile Edge is an expansion of the company’s Maddie Powers line of bags for women, featuring vintage pulp images, to include men’s bags. Sunday’s Hero (Stadium Bag) is pictured at right.

To read the full review, click here to visit the Twice Magazine website.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Motorola's chief marketing officer resigned from his position on Friday of last week, amid ongoing problems at the mobile phone manufacturer.
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Today Apple announced that the next version of the iPhone firmware will include push email support, thanks to Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync. The company also announced details about its iPhone SDK, which will provide full API access to developers.
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According to a new study released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, Americans are now more reliant on their mobile phones than their landline phones. When the research firm mounted a similar study two years earlier, respondents still cited landline phones as the more essential technology.

"The preferences have flipped," said Pew Research associate director John Horrigan. "During that timeframe, people have gotten new devices that have more capabilities. People have more experience using cell phones for text messaging and other information tools. That has helped pushed cell phones as 'go to' devices."

Mobile handsets are now the technological tool Americans would be most reluctant to give up, surpassing the Internet and television; two years ago, landlines topped the Pew Research list, with television in second place and cell phones in third.

According to Pew Research, 58% of mobile users have now sent or received text messages, a 41% increase over April 2006 totals; on an average day, 31% of mobile subscribers employ text services and 15% turn to camera features, with about 8% playing mobile games. Another 8% rely on their phones for email.

General Mobile has unveiled its M500 watch phone at CeBIT 2008. The M500 sports a 1.5" OLED touchscreen display, comes clad in silver, and also has organizer functions such as a world clock, stopwatch, and calculator, among others.
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While not every phone getting released by the US telco, XPERIA X1 looks like on its way to AT&T from its windows mobile screenshot

Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched last month alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

Wireless customers can read their voice mail as email, exclusively from TELUS
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Twenty-three percent (58 million) of all U.S. mobile subscribers say they have been exposed to advertising on their phones in the past 30 days, according to a new report out today from The Nielsen Company. Half (51% or 28 million) of all data users who recall seeing mobile advertising in the previous 30 days say they responded to a mobile ad in some way.