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This year’s Grammy Awards offered some big surprises and a huge night for Amy Winehouse. Get ringtones from the night’s big winners:

Amy Winehouse: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist
Alicia Keys: Best R&B Song
Rihanna: Rap/Sung Collaboration
Kanye West: Best Rap Album
Foo Fighters: Best Rock Album
Herbie Hancock: Album of the Year
Justin Timberlake: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Carrie Underwood: Best Country Song

This holiday season there are lots of great options. LG’s new Voyager and Venus are getting a fair amount of attention; as are the iPhone, Sidekick Slide, and Blackberry Curve.

There will be millions of cell phones purchased in the month of December, with many of them being activated on December 25th.

If you are one of the many looking to upgrade or are thinking of surprising a loved one at the last minute with a new phone, check out the LetsTalk site for some advice. You carry your phone almost everywhere, so it’s important that you find the model that’s right for you and works with your carrier.

And keep in mind as you shop… US carriers have now changed their policies on termination fees making it less expensive to upgrade in many cases. So if you really want that iPhone, it may be worth it to terminate and move to AT&T.

Happy Shopping!

Can you believe that Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader sold out last week? Reportedly, within 5 ½ hours of hitting the shelves they were gone. Amazon hasn’t revealed how many it had in stock at launch, so maybe they didn’t have very many in the first place.

Does anyone else think the Kindle is a joke? This is 2007 - the year of the iPhone. Whatever you say about the iPhone it is a product that screams “Buy Me”. Its industrial design is second to none; it is an object of desire. The pictures of the Kindle (where did that name come from) remind us of something out of a 1980’s low budget science fiction TV show. And could some please explain why you need a tacky-looking QWERTY keyboard to read a book? The sad thing is that the e-ink display is very cool, and that Amazon has the distribution power to be able to make a product like this a huge success (but really guys, forget charging for blogs that you can read on the internet for free).

In short, despite the fact that the concept is appealing, we have never wanted a new technology product less in our lives. We would be embarrassed to show our friends, which isn’t quite the point of the supposedly latest technology marvel!

Speaking of iPhones and e-books, the Mobicious site has a large number of iPhone web sites and applications, as well as more than a few e-books available for your lowly mobile phone (could be a lot less expensive than the Kindle, especially if you have a high end phone with a great screen).

Yes, you can microwave a turkey! Get some last minute Thanksgiving help on your phone.

If you are like many of us at the Mobicious office, you may need some help in the kitchen Thursday. Compliments of our friends at 5min.com, you can download some quick tutorials to get you through the holiday.

Scrumptious Sides
Don’t settle for cranberry concentrate out of a can or jarred gravy! Learn how to prepare your own cranberry sauce from scratch and make easy, yummy homemade gravy.

Marvelous Main
Totally clueless in the kitchen? Learn how to cook a holiday turkey in the microwave (we promise not to tell)! And then carve it up, in a few easy steps.

Happy Turkey Day! Let us know how it all comes out.

Halloween is here. Looking for last-minute do-it-yourself costume ideas? Or want to get in the Halloween spirit with scary Halloween ringtones or downloadable games. Use Mobicious to put Halloween fun on your phone.

Halloween Fun Facts

• Halloween is recognized as the third biggest party day after New Year’s and Super Bowl Sunday.

• A pumpkin is really a squash, and comes from the same family as the cucumber.

• The biggest pumpkin in the world tipped the scales at a whopping 1,446 pounds.

• 26 pounds is the per capita consumption of candy by Americans in 2006; it is believed a large portion is consumed around Halloween.

• 90% of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their kids’ Halloween trick-or-treat bags.

• Over 10% of pet owners dress their pets in Halloween costumes.