I can’t tell you how much I love it when I find positive reviews of our beloved MoGo Mouse line anywhere online.  I don’t know what it is, but it seriously makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, like watching my kid that I don’t have sing well in his/her children’s Christmas concert they aren’t in.

Wow, that was a scary opening sentence; nevertheless, the fact remains, I just love finding people that are digging the mouse as much as I am.  I just found a review over VNuNet.com that had some pretty great things to say.  Here’s a snippit of their review:

“The X54 fits in the Expresscard slot on the side of the computer for charging and storage, and the stand pops out when the mouse is in use. It uses Bluetooth to connect to the computer - no other software is required but of course you’ll need a notebook with Bluetooth in order to use it…The auto-off switch saves on battery life, and you should be able to work for a day without charging it. This innovative mouse is a real space-saver, and it’s not overly expensive either. “

I agree Anthony.  I agree completely.  Head over, check out the review, then come back and get one for yourself!

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I really rely on my iPod (and my iTunes on my laptop) when I’m on the road. Probably another reason I’m so eagerly awaiting MoGo’s headset!

Here are some fun iPod tricks for those of you also on the go:

1) Listen to Wikipedia articles via your iPod. I recently refreshed my memory on the King Henry’s wives via Wikipedia.  There’s a service called Pediaphon that will automatically convert any Wiki article into a robotic podcast - which is actually way cooler than it sounds.

2) Catch up on NPR. My family has a strange addiction to Car Talk. You know, Click and Clack - the Tappit brothers? No? Oh, well you GOT to try them out. A lot of the shows are available only for a week after broadcast, which is a shame because Terry Gross’ interview with Gene Simmons was legendary.

3) Download YouTube to your iPod (or, even easier, use Vixy).  Although this takes longer than watching in a livestream from the site, some of these videos become as favorite as songs and are definitely worth having along to provide a well needed chuckle while on the road.

4) Catch up on your favorite blogs (like this one!).  If you have a corporate laptop and are concerned about loading it up with personal data - like the RSS feeds from the blogs you follow, never fear: there’s a way to actually bring those feeds into your video iPod.

5)  Catch up on your favorite authors or learn a new language. As much as I’m not one to endorse a commercial site, I recently got addicted to ‘Books on Tape’, by which I mean ‘AudioBooks on my iPod’ - a growing selection of which is now available at iTunes. My significant other, meanwhile, has been brushing up on his trigonometry while on the treadmill.

Either way? It’s all good.

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I said it yesterday, and I’m saying it today:  Verizon opened some doors baby.  Looks like those doors are opening pretty darn rapidly as AT&T AND T-Mobile are also now offering Unlimited Plans to their cell phone service customers!

This, my friends is great news.  The more open everything becomes, the more standardized the pricing, the better all of us are.  Looks like T-Mobile is shaking things up by putting their price point at $99/month and tossing in ALL forms of Messaging (voice, sms, mms, AND IM) while AT&T’s entry level unlimited plan is also $99, you’re looking at an additional $35 a month to toss in all messaging and web use.  No word yet on an unlimited plan for the much heralded iPhone, any Blackberries, or PDA’s.  An oversight I’m sure will be remedied quicker than slower.

Bottom line my friends, this is good news.  I want to hear your thoughts:  Sound off on what this means to you, to the industry, and what service provider you use!

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If you were to ask a whole gaggle of Mobile Warriors, what their number one pet peeve is about their cell phone service provider, I’d be willing to bet that a great deal of them would come together and agree its’ the limitations on their plans that bugs them the most.  Whether it’s how long they can talk, how much data they can transmit or receive or just how much it’d cost to do more, it bugs us all.

That said, it looks like one of the Biggest service providers in the country has heard our feeble cries and decided to do something about it.  That’s right friends, Verizon is now unveiling a series of UNLIMITED plans!  The entry-level Unlimited Voice plan, with no long distance or roaming fees, ever, will be at $99.99 a month and will step up incrementally as users decide whether or not to add unlimited SMS or MMS messaging, web use, VCast and the likes.  Bottom line, this is pretty freaking cool and will make things a whole lot easier for everyone to understand.  Believe it.

The greatest thing about this, in my humble opinion, is that it will open the door for everyone else to follow suit and offer their own version of the Unlimited plan.  Rumor has it, and according to the article I just read, Sprint has their own $119.99/month Unlimited Plan that tosses in web use, email and messaging.  The only problem, it’s not Nationwide…yet.

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A controversial new study done in England suggests that 1 in 3 Britons are “addicted to technology”.

Professor Nada Kakabadse of Northampton University in the U.K. published results stating that up to a third of of the individuals they researched feel deprived if they are separated from internet access or the devices that provide it.

“You would be surprised how many people keep their PDA or BlackBerry next to their beds,” she told the BBC.

“Technology has become much more interesting over the past 10 years with the internet and everything. It is much simpler and much more portable which makes it more accessible.”

The study drew from a pool of 360 people, which is not statistically a broad enough reach to satisfy many critics. Otehrs, like the folks at Gartner (a mega-research corporation) say that the study doesn’t dig deep enough into what the Internet represents - is it the technology? Or the conduit it provides to the world?

However, most experts agree that the growing need of individuals to be ‘plugged in’ has become a widespread psychological phenomena.

So the next time your significant other insists you’re addicted to your new iPhone, you can point out you’re in good company!

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This is just my opinion, but…

The biggest wow at MacWorld had to be the “Air” - that new, tragically slim laptop that Apple unveiled. It could be argued that it’s the only other product out there that gives as good as the MoGo in the low-profile department.

But Air’s critics have been mounting. Primarily that it doesn’t come with a CD/DVD Drive (external one costs $99).

It was a bigger issue that Slate’s Harry McCracken came up with that has been ringing around in my head for a couple of weeks.

Now I’m going to put it in front of you.

Why is the Air a step backward from the iPhone?

No, Seriously.

The reason the iPhone (And its non-Apple cousins) blew us all off our feet was because that little device gets it.

The Future is Less Stuff that Does More.

We, the People, do not want to keep marching to the future wearing a superhero utility belt holding our 2 dozen gadgets.

This is why the MoGo rocks - because it is not only cool AND functional, but it stores in the device it augments. One fewer thing to worry about.

The plain truth is that phones and laptops (and computers and televisions) are converging. The iPhone was the standard-bearer of that reality. Internet + MP3 + Phone. That was 3 devices plucked from the utility belt and tossed in the bin, replaced by a single wicked multi-tasker.

The next tick in the evolution should not only have been a thin big dog laptop, but one that does more.  For example, when MoGo rolled out the next gen of its product, it had more functionality.

The Air should have, too. It should be touchscreen, it should have cell-hookup capabilities, it should act like -in fact - an iPhone with a whole lot more memory and display and applications. After all, this is Apple. If they don’t get it, then who will?

So, what do YOU think?

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Looks like the good folks at Google and the other good folks at Nokia are officially getting official. News has it that Nokia handsets are going to be launching Nokia handsets that are fully integrated with Google Search on them!

This, to me, is exciting. I love Nokia products, and I love Google search, and so having the two join together in a happy marriage makes me feel like their giggling adopted son. According to the article I just read,

“This plan was released at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Google search will be available in more than 100 countries on a variety of handsets. The first Nokia products to be loaded with Google will be the Nokia N96, N78, 6210 Navigator and 6330 classic.”

Looks like folks at Nokia realize just how valuable tossing Google’s amazing search capabilities onto their handsets is. The entire user experience, in my humble opinion, will go way, way up. Kudos Google, Kudos Nokia…well played.

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One of the biggest challenges on the road can be getting something printed out. There’s two problems: first, finding a printer. This usually means finding one you can piggyback on. And second, getting what you want onto the paper you got.

For the second problem, there is now a really cool piece of freeware called GreenPrint.  This nifty piece of software allows you to pick out just what you want to print.

For example - say you’ve got a webpage with a ton of information about the convention you’re attending. A straight Control-P is going to get you something like 6 pages. With GreenPrint, you can condense the parts that you really want onto a single page or two. Nifty, no?

And because GreenPrint is an environmental initiative, it also tracks for you how many pages you don’t print over time - and converts that into real-life statistics that demonstrate what that equals in trees, resources, and waste.

If you’ve got your page all lined up but still need a printer, there’s a great how-to over at HowStuffWorks. One of my common fall-backs is printing by emailing my documents to a local fax machine. Reality is that I am more likely to find WiFi than an open printer on most days. But most places have a fax, and there’s a ton of services that will do it for you for free or very low cost.

Good luck!

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How about we start today with a moment of silence…………….Ok, we’re back.  That brief pause was for our dear friend, the Analog Cell Network.  Think of this post as an obituary of sorts, as the service is officially off as of today.

That’s right, the FCC, according to articles, “will allow wireless network operators to shut down their old analog networks. These networks, built in the 1980s and called Advanced Mobile Phone Systems (AMPS) were some of the first used in the U.S. Network operators can also turn off their first-generation TDMA digital networks.”  Sad?  No. Not really.  Looks like Verizon Wireless and AT&T are both scheduled do hit the big “Abort” switch today, and others will most likely follow suit in and around today.  Will your service be compromised, you might be asking?  Truthfully, not likely.

The number of services still using these as broad methods of providing connections is low enough that most wireless customers won’t even notice at all.  So, as we move further and further into this digital world, tip your cap, and say farewell to our analog forefathers.  Adieu kind sir.

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The CES interview with MoGo’s own Jack Corrao is getting some hot attention over at MetaCafe!

Check it out for yourself.

You gotta love watching Dave attempting to pronounce Jack’s name.  But it’s all cool ‘cuz Jack’s all about the product. They get into all the details, especially the laser pointer. Watch them have fun talking about everyone’s #1 upgrade wish after the first MoGo shipped… a scroll wheel!

(Which of course is standard on the X54).

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