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Mobile Real Estate Tagging: Interactive 2D Barcode Reader

Mobile Real Estate Tagging: Interactive 2D Barcode Reader

I wanted to share something with you today that is really, really cool. It’s Mobile Tagging: the Interactive 2D Barcode Reader from Microsoft. What if your potential customers (both buyers and sellers) were walking around with a 2D barcode scanner in their pocket? Well, they…

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Line2, the First Dual Mode Cell/VoIP Calling App for iPhone

Line2, the First Dual Mode Cell/VoIP Calling App for iPhone

Perfect for busy, on the move real estate agents – Line2.com adds a second line to your iphone and allows you to make calls over 3G, Wifi and Cellular. From their website: “Line2 adds a second number to your iPhone that works over 3G, WiFi…

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A Conduit Toolbar for Internet Browsers

A Conduit Toolbar for Internet Browsers

Creating A Conduit Toolbar for Internet Browsers Conduit.com is a site that allows you to create a “custom” toolbar that works with popular Internet browsers like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari.  The toolbar can be custom created from scratch, then offered as an…

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Nikon Releases New CoolPix Digital Cameras

Nikon Releases New CoolPix Digital Cameras

Nikon USA recently announced a new line up of CoolPix cameras. Advances in technology and ease of use in digital cameras could have you taking better listing photos right out of the box. Some of the new point and shoot cameras now include the one…

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Social Media's "Top 10" Human Aggregators!

Social Media's "Top 10" Human Aggregators!

You might remember just a few short weeks ago I wrote a post, here on GEB, coining the phrase “Human Aggregators”, entitled “Kiss Your RSS Good-Bye”. It was about how, using an application like Tweetdeck (Though Hootsuite and others would work as well), you could essentially…

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Just A Few Ways To Use The iPad For Real Estate

Just A Few Ways To Use The iPad For Real Estate

Michael Price had a great post the other day providing an overview on the new Apple iPad. Seeing as this blog has the word geek in the title, and seeing as I’m a geek myself, I thought I’d build off that post with a few…

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Check out Apple's Pad

Check out Apple's Pad

Say hello to iPad. Today was the long awaited day that the Apple “tablet” device was unveiled. It’s being touted as magical and revolutionary. The jury is out on those statements but I have to say that with exception of one big glaring omission, I…

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4 Useful Real Estate Applications for Blackberry

4 Useful Real Estate Applications for Blackberry

I was searching the Geek Estate repository recently and saw the significant number of iPhone application reviews for real estate professionals on the market.   I’m salivating over them as I write this and often wish my Blackberry would magically turn into an iPhone.  I haven’t…

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Palm Pre Apps For Real Estate

Palm Pre Apps For Real Estate

After 10 years of using the old Palm OS on my Treo, I’ve switched over to this year’s new Palm Pre. It’s a beautiful little phone, much smaller than the iPhone but with some pretty great features and capabilities.  I’ve had about 3 months on…

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iPhone App Review: Mortgage Calculator Pro

iPhone App Review: Mortgage Calculator Pro

Back in July of this year I wrote a post about the 10 most useful iPhone apps for real estate pros in which I recommended a mortgage calculator titled “Loan Calculator – What If?” Since then Apple’s App Store has grown significantly and the number…

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