Margret Sloan

Samsung has taken the bull by the horns and released a new phone to compete with Apple’s iPhone. The new Samsung 3G Instinct looks a lot like the iPhone - it is shaped very similar and has the same polished black case and smooth touchscreen. But it has some features that iPhone didn’t think of.

The best one that caught my interest is that the battery is removable and replaceable. Batteries are the bane of my existence and recharging them always seems to be an issue with me.

The Instinct has 3G access for fast downloads and pageviews. It also has expandable memory - aka spend more money to keep more stuff (like video clips and tons of tunes) stored on your phone. And a really nice feature is the “haptic feedback” for the touch screen. Just like your normal keyboard keys click when you type so you know you actually hit the keys, when you touch the Instinct phone’s flatscreen keypad, the keys vibrate slightly. Very cool.

If you travel a lot, the GPS navigation combined with voice commands will be very helpful.

Already in production and revealed at this week’s big CTIA show in Las Vegas, you should be able to find this new phone in stores mid-June.

This morning, Motorola CEO Greg Brown said he will break Motorola into two separate companies: one company for mobile phones, and another for everything else, which includes set-top boxes, police radio systems and tools to run wireless networks.Iits troubled mobile devices business will become an individual publicly traded entity under a new management team.

This will be a strategic move to try to regain Motorola’s #2 position in world-wide sales. Multi-faceted Samsung holds the #1 spot and LG is currently in #2.

For years I have been blessed with many friends who share my interest in boating. I have friends that like to take powerboats out on the lake and run fast, pulling waterskiers and waveriders. Other friends have sailboats that they take out into the Bay and some even join sailboat races or regattas.

The two most important things to have on a boat are a compass and a communications device, such as a walkie talkie, marine radio, or preferably a satellite phone. If you count on a satellite phone for your marine communications, chances are the the service provider is Mackay.

Mackay has been an important communications provider for marine, offshore and land-mobile industries for over 100 years. This type of experience gives the customer a high comfort level of the services he will need and expect for his marine and off-shore communications.

Mackay sells and rents all kinds of satellite equipment and Satellite Phones, including Globalstar, BGAN Hughes, Nera, Thrane & Thrane, JRC and Iridium. If you are looking for a company that knows their stuff and can deliver not only the satellite service you need by the customer care that you deserve, call on Mackay.

Went to put the clothes into the dryer and noticed my cellphone in the bottom of the washing machine, I pulled it out and of course it did not turn on . So i left it on top of some shelves hoping it would dry out and then work again but two days later it still did not turn on. So I called the company I use for phone service and told them my problem and they said that they would send me another phone for free because I had insurance on it so i was very happy to hear that because I looked everywhere for my phone online and could not find it anywhere cheaper than $200 without having to sign a contract which I already have with my broke phone. So if you have tried to reach me on my mobile and I did not answer it or call you back do not be offended it is just because I am waiting on a new phone so call me at home.

Motoraola has signed an agreement with Microvisions to put projectors in Motorola phones, as if the Razor did not have enough going for it already now it gets a projection screen as well. The timing on this release is sure to hurt the Apple IPhone sales, as  is some early problems the IPhone is having with customers. Ofcourse price will be a key factor but I imagine one day you will be able to get this type of phone free as long as you sign a agreement to use that providers services.