2005 January

Has Fido gone wireless? It certainly appears that way at first glance, doesn’t it? It reality, this article is discussing the latest in ‘ RFID-Equipped Robots’ that would be used by guide dogs. I must say, it undoubtly seems like a great idea on the surface, but how practical is this really?

As the mobile phone revolution continues to sweep through India, the demand for mobile gaming is most certainly going to continue to grow as well. According to The Feature, there are currently games available in India for mobile users. But for now at least, they are pretty simplistic.

Never really thought of picking up a phone as a social ‘contract’ of sorts, but I have to say that this article at The Feature certainly makes me think it could be. It turns out that researchers at the Palo Alto Research Center are working on software that will be able to take an active […]

“Apple and Microsoft have something in common after all — both are attempting to stop bloggers from publishing information about upcoming technology.
“Peter Rojas, editor and co-founder of the popular technology blog Engadget.com, said there is an ‘ongoing situation’ over a post that went on his site Jan. 5. The article detailed some upcoming features rumored […]

Steve Jobs may have mixed feelings about Brandchannel’s just released most influential brand list. While winning top honors as the world’s most recognized brand, Apple also shares the list with Arabic media channel Al Jazeera, which terrorists have used as their platform for announcements and highlights of their gruesome activities. A mixed bag, […]

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If you’re new to the process, the way that it works is pretty simple.

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PC World is reporting that Yahoo! has gone mobile. In an effort to attract the eyes and fingers of more mobile users to their services, Yahoo! has launched their new mobile service which will send you queried results via a text message sent to your mobile phone.

As Microsoft continues on their quest to bring the Tablet PC into the mainstream, they have taken a new approach will likely prove to be more effective than simply adding more bells and whistles to the existing models. Cheaper. By making the Tablet PC more cost effective for the average person, they are hoping to […]

Looks like some Dell Axim ROM upgrades are out on the Dell Support site for you X50 and X50v owners. The updates are 22 and 24 MB respectively. Here are the features for the X50 ROM upgrade:
1. Improved SD and CF read performance.
2. Updated wireless button usage scenario to avoid enabling / disabling wireless accidentally.
3. […]

Looks like I’m not the only one that loves iTunes and has a PocketPC with Wi-Fi. What two perfect pieces to stream your music from your iTunes player, right? Well AspectoSoftware has developed WiFiTunes and while only in alpha, it already looks very promising. The PocketPC application will sniff your local network […]

You knew this was coming, viruses in automobiles. Seems like there’s a pesky one going around nabbing Lexus LX470’s and LS430’s. They are spread via Bluetooth phones into the vehicle and then infect it’s operating system. “If infected mobile devices are scary, just thinking about an infected onboard computer,” head of anti-virus […]

Just because a school has been around for a number of years does not mean that they’re not hip to the latest in mobile technology. One such example that proves this point is the Avery Coonley School in Illinois. Both teachers and students each have Zire 71 PDAs that allow them take teaching into the […]

Have to admit that it has been sometime since Yahoo did anything that really impressed me. Having said this, their newest tool called ‘local search‘ could prove to be quite nice for those mobile users out there needing directions, a person’s name, etc.

I am still out to lunch on this whole thing with P2P mobile phones and similar devices. The idea is sound enough, but will it really ever fly to the point of standard mobile technologies being used today? At risk of setting myself up to be wrong, I am going to say no. Well, at […]

Another deep, informative discussion with WiMax at the base of it - again! It would seem that WiMax is quite frankly here to stay regardless of what I or anyone else happens to think about. Boy, I hate it when I totally mis-guide myself on a tech trend!

I remember once having a conversation with my friend about three years ago about wireless data and how it’s speeds would never eclipse wired speeds. While I still stand by that notion, I never thought about it in the sense of broadband. With Wi-Fi and 3G networks, that may all change and the […]

Love them or hate them, the move by Verizon to have Microsoft head up the realm of establishing a mobile TV setup actually makes sense. Besides having the financial resources to make this happen, they have also been wanting to develop this for some time, it really is a good match everything considered.

What good is all of those potential 3G networks without a cool new phone to enjoy them with! No worries, Verizon has the new CDM8940 handset to appease you 3G rabid mobile fanatics out there. Best of all, it is the only mobile boasted to have ‘a built-in 1.3 mega pixel camera/camcorder and memory expansion […]

What’s wrong with this picture? You’re offered 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi setup that’s both faster and has more range than 802.11g, is both 802.11g- and 802.11b-compatible and doesn’t interfere with conventional 802.11b/802.11g, a la Atheros Communications Inc.’s Super-G. You’d jump at this deal, right?
Not so fast. Belkin Corp. is offering this deal with its Wireless Pre-N […]

While Apple is basking in the sun with their success of the iPod shuffle, it seems there is a Japanese company that has also put a face on an MP3 player of their own. I’m sure many of you techno-geeks out there are familiar with the number one cat brand imported from the land […]