Diss that EDGE data plan for your iPhone

The people over at TUAW.com have discovered something that may make you a very happy person. Now you can save $240 a year off that expensive iPhone plan by dropping the EDGE data plan. This is great news for those of you who are consistantly using WiFi and do not mind losing the visual voicemail service. Just jump on over to manage your account and remove that data plan. Regardless, this is a great option to be made available to the masses.

[via TUAW.com]

iPods now capable of DRM free video thanks to RealPlayer

Thanks to the guys over at RealPlayer we are now able to use a source other than iTunes for our iPod video desires. After spending half a year in beta, for $40 you can now buy the RealPlayer Plus package. It is in beta still for Mac users but now it seems that our iTunes DRM limitations have finally been lifted. Hop on over to http://www.realplayer.com/ and start downloading your little heart out.

[via RealPlayer]

Google Notebook goes mobile

Google may not have created a single stand alone app for all their services (yet) but they have been getting close. Over the past year or so they have been regularly adding to their mobile suite. With a very healthy Google Docs, Google Calendar, GMail, Google Maps. Yesterday they made it one step closer by releasing one more mobile site. Google Notes for mobile www.google.com/notebook/m is a very helpful and convenient platform for writing and storing thoughts while on the go. One of the best features is how perfectly the notes syncs with your Google account. It is one of Google's simpler web apps but it a nice addition. Let us know what you think.

Ultraportable PC running OS X

So, the possibility of an ultraportable Macbook leaked earlier this week and it seems some enterprising techie took it upon himself to jump the gun. Modding $399 Eee PC and installing Leopard sounds great. It actually is not too difficult either, requiring not much more than a PC ready version of OS X (found in BitTorrent land) and a desire to thumb your nose at The Man.

[via Gizmodo]

The NSA is watching, listening and reading everything

If you are still a bit hazy as to what the NSA does, after you read this there won't be any question. Whistle-blower Mike Klein recently said that he witnessed and help set up a secret NSA room at an AT&T switching center in San Francisco. While that in itself is not that disconcerting, what he said he noticed while wiring the room was that the equipment being installed was unable to do the specific filtering tasks the government claimed it wanted to do. Instead of filtering, Mr. Klein claims the only capabilities the equipment had was of sending duplicates of all Web, e-mail, and phone activity. This is all probably not news, just a friendly reminder to think twice about the government. There is some real scary stuff over at DailyTech: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9620 Check it out.

Samsung's newest 8 megapixel sensor

Samsung has taken over a bit of Motorola's marketshare in the past year and become the world's second largest handset maker. Motorola used to be the biggest innovator in miniture technology, making the RAZR and jump starting the slim phone craze. The 3 megapixel sensor is slowly becoming standard fair, but if Samsung has anything to say they intend on jumping directly to 8 megapixels.

According to Samsung they have done this without sacrificing any bulk in the process. This is great news if they can manage to get the price down. Maybe you will wake up one day soon and the next new phone will have the ability to take the photos your fancy camera can.

Bell Canada and the HTC Touch for $149

The HTC Touch is a fantastic phone and we are jealous of the people up north for continually getting mind boggling plans. Signing a 3 year contract will get you a Touch for only $149 or $400 off contract. That alone is a good deal but the real motivation is the T-Mobile like price of $7 for unlimited web and e-mail access. I have never wanted to live in Canada more. This will no doubt start a lot of buzz for Bell Canada, and a lot of contract signing. Check out Bell Canada's website fo more info.