Mobile

Learn how mobility can bring out the true potential of conferencing, messaging, and collaboration.
This free white paper explains how increased mobility can be the catalyst that makes one-button conferencing, unified and instant messaging, rich presence, real-time collaboration, and other ROI-driven applications work harder. These Unified Communications (UC) applications are uniquely suited to be used in […]

I saw an interesting post yesterday (with a couple pics) indicating that Mono, the Open Source implementation of .NET, has been ported to the iPhone, or at least it’s been started. That’s pretty interesting, and it makes me wonder two things: First, are .NET apps realistic for the iPhone? And second, WWSHD?
It’s certainly interesting to […]

Although I’d worked with BlackBerries off and on since they were scarcely more than two-way pagers, I’d only come to own one of them in late 2003. And that was more or less by accident. One of my customers had gotten himself a Treo 650, so he gave me his BlackBerry 7290 device (it was […]

Guy Kawasaki discusses The Art of Customer Service. He offers ten tips for successful customer service. Unfortunately, all culture changes must have buy-in from the C-level executives and direct reports. And this doesn’t mean getting buy-in for earning a piece of paper that says you’re Six Sigma or CMM certified. It means living and breathing […]

Don Goncalves of Tiziani Whitmyre writes:
Thanks to the ongoing evolution of personal technology, magazine readers can now turn from the mailboxes on their doorsteps to their iPhones (and soon iPodTouches) to read the latest issues of “American Lawyer,” “Cottage Living,” “Popular Science,” “Rachael Ray,” “Taste of Home,” or “Vibe” — or a variety of other […]

I won’t be unlocking my own iPhone from the AT&T network simply because for me there is no benefit to doing so (although I probably will be messing with it from the standpoint of hacking in some third party apps). But, if you have a need or desire and you want to run down […]

I recently ran up against a self-induced application disaster on my BlackBerry 8800 (that’s what I get for messing with stuff I know will probably break), so I needed to do a clean reset of the device to its factory defaults and then start over again from scratch. I’m not too keen on the idea […]

Opera Software has announced plans to upgrade mobile Web browsing by developing Opera 9 for mobile phones in all major platforms. Opera 9 has enriched Web use on the PC with new technologies, and now the leading browser innovator will deliver the same groundbreaking functionality to mobile phones. The upcoming Opera Mobile edition includes the […]

Scientists can send a man to the moon, launch satellites into space, and clone life forms, but as of yet, no one has been able to develop a laptop battery that lasts a full working day. If Intel has its way, the eight-hour laptop battery will be available in two to four years. In the […]

I can usually be found documenting the latest and greatest Web sites in our Windows Fanatics channel, but I wanted to take some time out to focus on something that I know is going to be beneficial to the IT Professionals crowd.

If you’re like me and spend 50% or more of your life reading the Sky Mall and United Airlines magazines in the seat back pocket in front of you, and if you also happen to have a BlackBerry with a Web browser enabled, or some other SmartPhone-ish thing that lets you browse the web, be […]

Once in the air on a long flight, the attendant informed the passengers that the “use of electronic devices [was] no longer prohibited.” To pass the time, I decided to pull out my laptop to finish off some work. Normally, I like to use flights for catching up on some sleep, but this day I […]

If you’re a frenzied, gray-haired corporate IT-type like me, you’ve probably already been approached by a client inquiring about the fate of the BlackBerry. For those who haven’t heard, Research in Motion (RIM), BlackBerry’s manufacturer, has been fighting patent holding company NTP in NTP’s claims that RIM infringed a group of patents on the use […]

Like most members of modern society, I can’t imagine life without my cell phone. I estimate that I use it 60% for business and 40% for personal calls. I’ve had several Nokias over time, and I’ve had pretty good luck with most of them. During the summer of 2005, I had a customer give me […]

Today I saw this research about security and PDAs.
It seems that this is a big blind spot for the PDA users and IT Managers. This is not the first time I heard this warning; a month ago I attended a meeting about “Mobility and Security” and it addressed this problem, also.
The problem is that people […]

Well recently I had to break down and purchase a new laptop. So after debating the merits of the various styles and types of laptops, I was down to two that were at the far end of the spectrum from each other. One was a Tablet PC and the other a Compaq laptop. After thoughts […]

Laptop computers have leapt into the global sales arena with the force and flexibility of Bruce Lee, effortlessly dispatching their lumbering desktop opponents with nothing more than a ruthless, one-inch Sonoma punch.
With wireless technology blossoming around us, the popularity of laptops is only set to increase. The ability to play games, work, or casually surf […]

Soon, the cliched “But will it run Linux?” argument can begin spawning itself even more quickly in the fertile waters of the cell phone market, thanks to MontaVista Software. Its goal is to move Linux from the desktop and server realm to a stronger-than-current footing as embedded mobile phone technology.

Could your laptop be making you sterile? It’s well known that excess heat in goodies can lead to reduced sperm counts, but that portable computer packs a double-whammy. Not only does it generate more than its share of heat, but the closed-leg posture it forces you to maintain traps a larger portion of […]

What do you do when you have a great product, realize it could be made better, and end up making it fantastic? You tell other Gnomies about it, of course! Such was the case for me last week.
Since more than half of my end users are of the laptop-toting variety, we frequently use an […]