The Gift of Sound.. Priceless

Imagine what it could be like not hearing a sound, not being able to communicate with your new born baby. It is hard enough not to understand what a new born wants and I could not imagine adding the complication of not being able to hear. Here is an article of an 8month old that has Cochlear Implants and they were turned on for the first time. Just look at the expression on Mom and Baby, you can feel the love and excitement from both of them....

Check here for the full article..

Get a fan, a camera and a good story.. now you have a mini Movie

Fans most often have higher standards of what they would like to see in a movie. Take IRONMAN for instance. We want to see IRONMAN and Tony Stark do his thing his way, not so much the directors take on it. I think they did that with the first movie well. ( I have yet to see IRONMAN 2 but I hear it is good. ) Lets look at the HULK, the first big screen movie of it did not hit the mark. There were too many faults with the CG of the HULK and the story line was pretty bad. All they could do to try and save the HULK was a reboot in the follow up film.

Now check out a short fan film for Street Fighter below. It was done by fans with a low budget but with really good intentions. It looks like it has the makings of a potentially good movie or even a TV series. Maybe.. just maybe..

Andriod Market searches a bit easier with AppsStoreHQ

I have a Motorola CLIQ and I like Android. Outside of the battery getting drained quicker than my phone from years ago its not that bad, but then again it does sooo much more and I use it sooo much more. I have downloaded many apps and found some useful, and some not. Finding those apps hasn't always been easy. So I went looking for an easier way and came across AppsStoreHQ.

AppsStoreHQ has apps listed on the web that are in the Andriod Market. At first glance you will see it broken down to Category, Price Range, Rating and Relase Date.  If you know that name of the app, just type it in the search box and let them do the rest. I did a search for an SMS app I use called Handcent and I found it right awy. I was able to read a small discription of it, see pictures if there were any posted, check out some user reviews and even scan a QRcode to get the app from the store. Don't take my word for it, go and check it out for yourself at AppsStoreHQ.com

Movies Aren't Just for sitting there any more

I have been to a lot of movies. We have gone to Theater's and Drive-Ins locally and out of state just for the sake of going sometimes. Most of the time you sit and react to what your seeing but that hasn't always been the case. There was a time where a few movies came out that the audience chose how it ended. It could involve a device near your seat and at a preset time in the movie, those with the device could vote on the ending. Now there is a movie called Last Call that does a little more than that. When you go to see this movie you are asked to register your cell phone for an anticipated call. During the Last Call movie, someone from the audience is called and interacts with the actor. It looks like much fun to be had.

Check out the video below and article from Jawbone.tv here

Bullet 1, Blackberry Zero... and the young maiden was spared

Story.. Man carries gun into restaurant, gun goes off, blackberry saves girlfriend. Yes, you read that right, a unsuspecting Blackberry gave up its life for its user. One more reason, guns should be respected and not just be left to sit an a jacket pocket.

Read more at PhoneArena on what not to bring to a restaurant.

Quess who has a new Career.. Barbie

If ever there was someone that has done it all, its Barbie. If you ask a young girl who a doll looks like, most of the time you will hear the name Barbie before any other. Many kids have seen different careers for her over the years and that has also brought out more imagination in them as well. Now Barbie has taken one more career leap, she is now a Computer Engineer. This new career shows her sporting a smart phone, Bluetooth headset and a laptop as her accessories. Normally I don't right about Toys, except for Transformers, but this one is different. My girls are techno savvy and know what a smart phone is, what Bluetooth is and would love to have their own laptops. So if Barbie is looking to relate to you girls again, she has hit the mark..

For the full story, check out the article here at Gizmodo

Toy Story 3... Pixar Does it again

Seeing the Toy Story movies are a wonderful experience. It makes it even better when I see it through the eyes of my kids. They laugh when its funny ~ never prompted by a laugh track ~ they cry when its sad ~ original tears followed by a hug for my wife and I ~ they enjoy a good Pixar ending. I can honestly say that I liked each movie for different reasons. The first brought me back to my childhood experiences and I shared that with the little ones. The second one had more excitement and adventure and I saw the kids revel in it more. This third one shows just as much promise as the others.. I don't want to say more but I am sure you'll see what I mean when you check out the trailer below.. Enjoy.. I am watching it again.

Toy Story 3 Trailer 2 in HD

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T-Mobile and faster 3G goodness for its users

New phone (NEXUS ONE) and new speeds at T-Mobile as they announce an upgrade to their network. The T-Mobile network is now running at 7.2Mbps peek up from 3.6Mbps. AT&T is upgrading too but they are not there yet.

I ran a speed test on my Moto Cliq and see I got 2.22Mbps download where I only got .2Mbps before. It might not be in the upper digit but it does feel much faster.

Check here for more info.

Onstar + Chevy Volt + Smartphone = Cool Stuff

Onstar can be equipped on Chevrolet vehicles and it can help in sticky situations. Future Volt users will have on more assist in the form of an application for Android, iPhone and Blackberry platforms. This app will give them features like.. Charging Status, MPG display and Remote Starting capabilities. If you don't have a smart phone, you not going to be left out, there will be an mobile optimized site as well.

Check here and here for more information.

NEXUS ONE with a Keyboard...is this in our future

The is soo much talk about the NEXUS ONE. I for one have the Motorola CLIQ but the NEXUS ONE does look like something I could use, if it had a physical keyboard. Well, apparently it just might get one. Google Engineering VP talked of an enterprise version that could have a keyboard and longer battery life. .. and there could be more devices including a budget model.

Check here for more of the story and click here to see the NEXUS at google.