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Hi Engadget Mobile and thank you for the opportunity to apply for your position. And yes, I find myself visiting Engadget/Engadget Mobile all the time for my hourly fix of everthing cool and sometimes bizarre. I also visit many other tech blogs to keep myself updated on everything tech. I've read your posts for a long time now and I want to give back. I look forward to being part of the team and contributing to the mobile world in typical "engadget" style.

I added my backgound info to my Blogger profile for your convenience. [bn]I also added an extra non-cell phone post since I felt like doing a little more. [/brown nose] Please also find the link to my Engadget Blog and my personal blog about the condo community I live in.

I am available to Engadget Mobile both weekdays and weekends. I'm a free man!

A tribute to the first cell phone. The Brick

Ok, it had a real name. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, designed in 1984 by Rudy Krolopp for the fire sale price of $3,995. The brick was a loving name for its size and shape, and there was nothing wrong with placing it in your pant's pocket. It was a great new way to show the world your cellular "package". Too bad it took an additional 10 years before this phone became available.

Thank you first cell phone for sterilizing the early adopters and for providing us with many years of buggy software and brain tumors.

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V710...A Moto and VZW joint blunder

The Motorola V710 was one of the most hotly anticipated phones in recent memory. A quick look at HowardForums confirms that. The big deal was that everyone was waiting for a VZW phone that supported Bluetooth. Out came the phone and guess what? Many of the Bluetooth profiles were disabled and you know what happens when people don't get what they were told. It's lawsuit time! Only a short while after the phone was released came a lawsuit that forced VZW to replace all the phones, give owners their money back and give people the option to leave without paying the dreaded ETF. What's the message sent to VZW? Don't cripple phones! They must have listened since they released the RAZR with BT profiles intact.

Flip it

Got a flip phone? Might as well have a flip BT headset. The HS-810 from Motorola has been as much of a staple as rice in Asia (the food, not the car mods). It's small, it's intuitive and you know when it's on or off with a simple flip.

Only bad thing with BT headsets is that you look like a major geek if you wear one where ever you go. My message to all is to use your headset when you need it, else you've virtually guaranteed no play from the ones you're trying to impress.

RAZR, an icon remade

I remember when my friend picked up a starTAC and I had nothing. That Motorola looked like a Star Trek Communicator and I loved it. Boy, was I jealous. Alas, it was gone by the time I picked up my first cell. Flash foward to the 21st Century and here I am with my modern day starTAC. The RAZR has made Motorola "cool" again.

Cool is relative I guess since everyone and their sister seems to have one. The slim factor is undeniable and is perfect for not creating the "bulge effect".