2005 February

While it must seem like the world of ringtones will continue to be around forever, there is a very likely possibility that the popularity will eventually begin to dwindle a bit. Speaking for myself, I get mine for free as wavs files converted with software. I only use non-copyrighted material of course, but just cannot […]

This is just weird. Apparently Australia has decided that in order to give job seekers the edge that they need, mobile phones will be lent to those in need. A novel idea, but isn’t this going just a little overboard perhaps? I think it is and bet there are other programs that the same money […]

The Feature is reporting that paid searches have made their way over to the mobile arena. Great, it is not enough that I have to try and type on those super small buttons, but now I have to navigate through all of the stupid search results that more than likely have little to do with […]

When Apple announce their new iPod photo pricing, many were floored by the $150 price savings on the 60GB version. But at closer inspection, it was clear Apple was pulling an old Republican Party trade secret and making cuts left and right. Gone was the dock. Gone was the case. Gone […]

Yet another non-story about a mobile virus, following last week’s non-story about the US.
ZDNet reports an “infestation” in Australia now.
But, it was only on one phone. In my book, “infestation” normally implies at least several occurrences, but let’s let that go, for now.
However, the guy who spotted it is the CEO of a software company, […]

One of the reasons I want some voicemail capability in Skype is to use the messages for my podcasts. What a great way to get questions and comments that can be played back in a podcast for the listeners. At least that’s the theory! In practice, it’s not as cut and dried […]

An Indiana state bill that would have made it hard for cities to build their own broadband networks was killed on Wednesday after the proposal failed to reach a vote in the state’s House of Representatives.
The decision to block Indiana’s House Bill 1148 highlights a growing clash between cities looking to build their own […]

Geez, just how fast do mobile networks have to be in order to deliver the sort of content you might expect from a high speed mobile network of the 21st century? At this point, I guess speeds will have to continue to push forward in order to meet the demand. My question is, at what […]

Oh man, here is a company that I have not thought about in a longtime. CallWave. Remember now? Yes, it may seemed like they dropped off the face of the planet for a time, but they are still around and kicking. As a matter of fact, they just named their new marketing head. With any […]

OK, this criteria may not be the firmest point for the success of the Tablet PC in today’s marketplace. But I have to point out, some of these ideas are not half bad! While a number of the points made in this article from DevX.com are pretty obvious, a number of them would quite likely […]

Well, things don’t look good for XM Satellite radio as it lost one of its largest draws to Sirius this week. If it wasn’t bad enough that the struggling competitor got Howard Stern on its doggy network, now yanking XM’s bread-and-butter NASCAR contract will surely make XM clutch tightly to the last grand sport […]

palmOne has announced that they will be discontinuing their HotSync in favor for the more hotter, and free, SyncML synchronization protocol instead. This is a strong indicator that palmOne is moving more away from the standard PDA camp and headed over the hills and into the valley of the smartphones. SyncML is a […]

We heard about it on The Chris Pirillo show and we have read about it in the print media. The folks that brought us Linspire have done it again with their newest MP3 appliance. From what I understand, this ‘beamer’ allows you to access your music from just about any wireless device. Sounds cool, but […]

This article goes to show you that in some cases, even a branding strategy using colors needs to be investigated first before being implemented. It seems that the color orange is a hot topic among to different entities and one of them is seeing red over it!

When you sit down for a cup of Joe and a quick frolic on a Wi-Fi hotspot, are you sure that you are not being fooled? 9 times out 10, you are likely to be just fine. But the reality is that there is a distinct possibility you might be having your notebook taken for […]

After selling out of the PodBrix in just ten minutes, I didn’t waste any time in getting Tomi’s follow up, Keynote. Based on the same Lego Minifig concept, Tomi created a familiar looking face on the Lego figure and gave him two iPod’s to hold. If you’re one of the lucky 300 people […]

I don’t know how many times I tell people, don’t use children’s names, birth dates, home addresses, or pet names for their passwords. But time and time again, I find friends and family doing this. They’re not alone in this, either. I’m sure everyone’s heard about Paris Hilton’s Sidekick II getting “hacked” […]

One of my predictions for 2005 was that
More and more mobile virus stories will hit the headlines. Only for the real story to emerge that to catch one you’d have to be as unlucky as to get struck by lightening on a clear day while standing in a rubber suit at the bottom of […]

Don’t waste time trying to find the ‘perfect’ wallpaper for your mobile! Create your own with Mobile Logo 123. With the roll your own approach, you are in total control. I believe you will find that creating the look you want for your phone will be a lot easier than trying to locate something that […]

So much for ‘unmentionables’ being, well, unmentionable! The Industry Standard is reporting that lingerie will now contain RFID tags at the the UK retailer, Marks & Spencer PLC. While the benefits of using these tags are surely great from an inventory standpoint, it has to a little strange from the shoppers point of view I […]