The iPhone 3g

Research In Motion has adjusted its revenue and earnings guidance for the third quarter. The handset maker blamed an unfavorable foreign exchange rate and the sagging economy. People just aren’t willing to spend 500 bucks on a new crackberry anymore. And corporate sales of new phones have certainly dropped.

But RIM itself is partially to blame. The company’s two new phones, the Blackberry Bold and the Storm, were not released on time. And the latter, a supposed iPhone-killer, has gotten pretty lukewarm reviews.

There was some excitement today In the fledgling consumer market. The newest BlackBerry, the BlackBerry Storm, forced businessmen and early adopters into the cold at 6am this morning. Everyone wants a crack at the CrackBerry with a touch screen.

“People love touch screens, this touch screen is special. It’s a click screen, a continuation of a touch screen and a physical button that you touch down. That’s a brand new technology,” said Sasha Segan, a PC Magazine Analyst.

If you have the skills to develop an application for iTunes, you should probably do it. Hey, you could lose your job at any second…the economy is falling apart… While everyone else is trying to save enough money to go to Burger King at the end of the week, you could be counting your hundreds of thousands just like Steve Demeter.

Steve Demeter’s Trism game only costs 5 bucks on iTunes. You can do it in your spare time (which some of you have quite a bit of), and it really won’t cost you a thing. Well…it helps to have an iPhone…

The first Android-based phone was officially released today in T-Mobile stores throughout the country. Have you gotten yours yet?

Yeah, me neither.

I guess we’ll see how sales go for the HTC Dream, but since other phones will be using Android software soon, people might sit back for awhile to wait for the perfect Google phone. Reviews for this one have not been ecstatic so far.

Calm down! Steve Jobs is fine. A bogus report posted on the CNN community website iReport alleged that the CEO of Apple had had a heart attack. Apple’s stock took a hit, of course.

But it turned out that the claim wasn’t true, and the stock gained back most of the ground that it lost.

People have been questioning the increasingly thin and sickly Jobs for months now. But the famous CEO has assured everyone that though he has lost weight, his health has never been better.

It’s here. The newest smart phone on the block. The Google phone we’ve all been waiting for.

A couple of minutes ago, the first official Android phone was unveiled. It’s got a full QWERTY keyboard and a color touchscreen. Plus, there is an App store and (I think this one was a surprise) the phone connects directly to the Amazon MP3 store.

In the world of update 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and so on, one really must ask, “Is the new iPhone 2.1 update really better than the last?” We have seen from AOL — and their million and one service updates – that product upgrades are often used as branding devices to convince consumer that a company is innovative and constantly improving the quality of their products. While upgrades are typically useful, they sometimes do more good for a company’s brand than for consumers… Is Apple the new AOL of update versions?

Poor Treo. It’s getting lost in the iPhone and Blackberry shuffle, simply because the phones are inferior.

Palm’s new Treo Pro will be released without a carrier in the US. But you will be able to buy the unlocked phones for $549.00. And so Palm continues with their successful “don’t buy our phones” campaign.

Things didn’t go so well with the launch of the 3g, but admit it - now that the dust has settled, you’re loving your new iPhone.

We’re loving it too, because now you can watch Wallstrip on your coveted mobile device. Technically you can do that already, but we’ve just launched an iPhone friendly site that plays the latest Wallstrips with just two clicks (or taps).

Take it for a spin at i.wallstrip.com.

Services like Flipswap have existed for awhile, but I keep forgetting about them. Anyway, it’s a good way to get some quick cash for your old phone or ipod so you can buy that new iPhone 3g.

Sure, it takes a little extra work, but you’ll end up either with a warm fuzzy or a wad of cash in your pocket. Either way, it beats throwing your phone out with the trash.

It’s an iPhone…it’s a GPS device…it’s an app-tastic joy-ride for my fingers! It’s the new 3g iPhone!

Of course, my joy is a little damp because I’ve been sweating over the fact that I am the proud owner of what is now the “old” iPhone. You know, the one they’re not MAKING ANYMORE?! The one I paid $400 bucks for? The one that crawls whenever I have to use the “EDGE” network?