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Happy Rosh Hashanah to my Jewish readers

To my Palm Addict Jewish community, Happy Rosh Hashanah to all who celebrate the Jewish New Year.

I'm happy using the coolest phone around.

As we near iPhone 5 day or whatever the new device will consist of I'm evaluating how I have used my iPhone over the last year and how I am using my 4 now.

My regular readers know that I have been using the iOS5 and I'm really happy with it. Saying that I've been very pleased with it and despite the fact that it's a beta I have been able to use it without any issues or problems.

I couldn't live without my iPhone, its my diary, my email, my twitter communicator, and of course my phone. Saying that I also use Skype on my iPhone to stay in contact with my friends and family. That is something that I did today, spoke to my friends using Skype'ing on my iPhone.

The point is is that I've used so many mobile devices and gadgets over the last ten years or so and my iPhone is the best at what I need it to do. Its also probably the coolest device I know. Most of my friends use the iPhone, many of my fronds were blackberry or android users and they made the jump to iPhone. We all agree the device does what if needs both efficiently and effectively. That's how I see my iPhone 4, a device that helps me undertake my tasks daily with the added bonus that it's a cool device too.

So I'm glad that iOS5 will be announced next week and look forward to whatever Apple have to announce. I'm hoping that they announce the iPhone 5.

I hope that you are having a great Friday. In the meantime enjoy the below picture that I took on my iPhone 4 earlier of Blackpool where I spent the day today.

Motorcycle Handlebar Mount for iPhone 4

[From Thomas at USBFever] Hi Sammy, Just an email to you that we've just launched a new product for iPhone 4 as
follows:

Motorcycle Handlebar Mount for iPhone 4

Motorcycle Handlebar Mount for Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 SII

With this mount, you can ride your motorcycle while at the same time record the road situation. It is available now at our shop.

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Wow, Nokia is passing over Symbian to Accenture.

Wow, Nokia is passing over Symbian to Accenture. "After placing all bets on Windows Phone, Stephen Elop announced that Nokia would slowly phase out its OG operating system, Symbian. Today, it's officially passed the torch, handing over all Symbian-related duties to Accenture, a consulting and outsourcing firm. 2,300 former Nokia employees will also be repurposed, getting a new name on their paycheck as they tend to the ill-fated OS. "

iPhone 5 review

[From Eric Mann] Interesting read this afternoon, iPhone 5 review. It may not be accurate but the think it will be close. "What's the point of waiting for the same few people to write the same single glowing review of Apple's new phone? There is none. So we didn't. We had our intern make a mock-up of the new phone using specs from the leaked cases; we found other devices that made use of some of the iPhone's components; and we carried the foam core iDevice for a couple weeks, loaded up our actual phones with iOS5 and iCloud and got down to business. This is the first review of the iPhone 5. Sure, it's a little, uhm, hacked-together, but I'll bet you it's not going to differ significantly from the officially sanctioned reviews that come out next week." Read in full.

Tracy and Matt get hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Tracy and Matt get hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. "It seems we have been waiting for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for ages. With a market that is now saturated with Tablets can the Galaxy 10.1 get a slice of the Apple pie? I am not a huge Android fan but my first impressions of the Tab are really positive. It feels great, is lightweight and Android Honeycomb seems much better than when I reviewed the Motorola XOOM some time back." Read in full.

This is what the iPhone 5 is supposed to look like

[From Hans] This is what the iPhone 5 is supposed to look like.

Interesting editorial at Forbes on how Apple needs the iPhone 5 to fend off Android.

[From Hans] Interesting editorial at Forbes on how Apple needs the iPhone 5 to fend off Android. "According to a recent survey by Nielsen, 43% of all U.S. smartphone owners have a Google Android phone while 28% of them own an Apple iPhone. [1] This gap is certainly large enough for Apple to start worrying about. The most interesting aspect is that this gap has increased over the last 3 months with 56% of smartphone users picking Android phone over just 28% for Apple." Read in full

First Nokia Windows Phones announced

[From Stephen Trew] Let's hope Nokia can release quality products pretty soon. "The first Nokia Windows Phones will be the Nokia Sabre and Nokia Searay. That's according to a slip of the keyboard from Microsoft, which accidentally revealed the names of the Sabre and Searay -- or Sea Ray? -- as well as phones to be named the Samsung Yukon and Samsung Wembley."