2004

“Someday someone is going to get one of these digital camera/binocular hybrids right and have a hit product on their hands, but manufacturers’ continual insistance to make the camera lens seperate from the binoculars really futzes up what could otherwise be a fantastic product. Take these Bushnell Instant Replay binocs, for instance, as reviewed by [...]

Success with mobile TV Malaysia? According to The Feature, the constant claims of mobile TV success by companies in Malaysia do not seem to hold much water with most folks. I too have to ponder, how can a country with so many issues possibly have much success with technology that has not taken off in [...]

Learning English via your mobile phone? That is the approach they are taking in China. In addition to using the radio to learn, those that have access to mobile phones can use them also to quickly improve their English skills.

Ever loose everything on your PDA all at once? Hey, it can happen. The key thing to remember however is that it does not have to end this way. If you employ the use of back-up software like BackupBuddy for Palm, you might just save yourself a major stroke as you discover your PDA decided [...]

Looking for a growth company to drop some investment money in? Perhaps you ought to investigate the manufacturers of cell phone towers. Take SpectraSite for instance. With cell phone usage so high that even people with little or no money using them, the demand for quality towers has never been so huge.

There is a new service for mobile phone users that allows you to locate Wi-Fi hotspots with relative ease. According to the BBC, the options vary a little, but for the most part the service allows you to either send a text message to line of code or access a directory of spots depending on [...]

I love to read and have probably bought several hundred ebooks over the last two or three years. I switched totally over to ebooks back on the Palm Xv and have never gone back to paper books. The convenience of carrying over 50 books around in my PDA is mind-boggling and I’ve never wanted for [...]

A technology partnership between Viewsonic and Creston has produced an interesting internet appliance that has been demonstrated at the CEDIA 2004 exhibition. The TPMC-10 can do a little bit of everything and is so innovative it was chosen as the best new product of the exhibition. The TPMC-10 is basically a 10.4″ touchscreen that has [...]

Welcome to the WiMax Forum Cisco! News.com reports that Cisco has officially joined up with full membership to the WiMax Forum. This is a logical move since Cisco is already so involved in the 802.11 standards movement.

Looks like the University of Texas finally called a truce in its all out ban on Wi-Fi. This was not done out of good nature mind you. No, it took the FCC to make it clear that the University was clearly not allowed to implement this type of ban.

Wireless control of your camera sounds too good to be true. Lucky for us, it is not. This could really add a whole new dimension to taking snapshots as well as improving professional photography in general.

ZDNet reports that Silicon Valley start-up Airespace, has won IBM approval to help them with their Wi-Fi endeavors. To be honest, it sounds like a pretty sweet licensing deal to me. The deal allows Airespace to offer their services to as many of IBM’s clients as they wish. Not too shabby.

InfoSyncWorld does a great review of the Samsung SPH-i700 Windows Mobile Communicator. Much more than a standard PDA, this bad-boy has everything but the kitchen sink installed into it.

Did you know that your cell phone could become a replacement for a compass? It’s true, according to Mark Frauenfelder. GPS is not always enough, hence the continued use of magnets. Today’s compasses are so small that they can even fit into your mobile devices. The possibilities here are limited only by your imagination. Just [...]

The UK’s first mobile only online classifieds have been launched for all to visit today. In the truest spirit of mobility, the service works with a mobile phone payment system and offers SMS alerts as well.

According to the Monterey Herald, cell phones in Mexico prisons are quickly becoming a real problem. Mexico’s top cell provider Telcel, has a real problem with this and is not going to take it standing still.

Well T-Mobile users, the SDA Music handset is here! More computer than phone, this baby comes with all of the features you would expect from a higher end cell phone. The real feature to this phone is the ability for real digital music playback, cool but is it worth it?

Well folks, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided that cell phone use by public bus drivers is no longer allowed in his state. At first I felt that this was a little harsh, but after seeing his reasons, I can understand where he is coming from.

Socket Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCKT), the Mobile Connection(TM) Company, today announced its WLAN Tools Mobile Edition software for its Low Power CompactFlash and SDIO Wireless LAN cards for Pocket PCs. The software provides a new easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) with advanced network monitoring capabilities for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system as well as support for [...]

Reports are coming in stating that there is a plug-in box that will allow users to send and receive SMS messages directly from their home PCs using a land-line telephone line. Seems cool, I guess, but most wireless providers already have this set up for easy access from their respective Web sites.