2005 March

Let’s be realistic here. Designing content for a mobile phone takes careful planning. If you are totally lost and are looking to get yourself grounded in this area, take a look at this article that IBM has thrown together.

Cool, but do I really need it? After reading this review, I am thinking it could be pretty handy. Small, not in the way, the Brando LED Micro Torch might just be the light that have been missing in all of our lives!

What’s better than two mobile technology addicts talking about Windows Mobile devices? Simple: THREE mobile tech addicts talking about Windows Mobile devices!
Lockergnome contributors James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel get the chance to interview Dave Ciccone, the founder of the long running and highly popular site Dave’s iPAQ. During the 45 minute techADDICTION podcast, […]

I always love these claims of faster web browsing from Internet providers when nothings been done to the actual “pipe” (your connection.) It always comes down to software tricks which usually means compression and proxy servers. Well, there’s a company in London claiming that PocketPC users will now get to view the Royal […]

From Bargain PDA:
PocketNow has taken advantage of the leaked beta version of Windows Mobile 2005 to post a lengthy preview of the upcoming operating system. Among the highlights are new, much improved versions of Excel, Word, and Internet Explorer; a PowerPoint viewer; new dialing program for PocketPC phones, interface tweaks, and a new memory […]

If you are someone that is into Answers.com at all, you might find this interesting. PDA Today is reporting that Answers.com is now accessible from your favorite mobile device. While this is cool I suppose, you need to remember that this is still in Beta. So if there are any bugs to be had, this […]

Eh, I am still not that convinced. To be fair though, I have no experience with the Tablet PC. So it could do as some are claiming; even being healthier for your wrists and such. Still, I would have to try it before I can swallow that pill I’m afraid.

Unless it is free, I am just not interested in paying for any sort of video on my mobile. No really, I just don’t care! While I think it is great that some companies want to travel down this road, I am just not that convinced that it is going to really motivate me to […]

Mobile porn. Man, the directions I could take this if we were not a family friendly site. Anyway…yes, I think there is some interest there. While the whole thing escapes me personally, I can only imagine the young men of the world sitting there on a….oh yes, I can’t go there. I almost forgot.

Wow, I can’t believe there now is a 500GB hard drive in existence. While based on IBM technology, AdStar, bought by Hitachi last year, just the same, this drive is BIG! At a half a terra, this puppy will only work on the SATA II connector since IDE will be way too slow […]

So MCI is really no longer MCI. As Verizon follows through with the buyout, I am wondering if that stigma that MCI has had over recent years as being one of the most annoying carriers on Earth will eventually subdue some.

OK, this is nuts! Apparently Cingular is all excited about their new mobile chat room designed for fans of that annoying (sorry, but it is) show called American Idol. This would all be fine and good if they were truly using a cost effective chat room. The cold and quite frankly; expensive reality is that […]

Who would have ever thought that text messaging could be so powerful. When it comes to a protest for Women’s voting rights in Kuwait, you might be surprised. Now, keep in mind that this could be seen as an expensive way to do this. But as we already know from Flash mobs, text is effective!

Looks like Verizon has finally got around to the V710 update to fix some of the Bluetooth issues. But don’t get too excited, OBEX is still retarded and the fix isn’t much. Basically it now works with more car kits (I have n0ne), syncs your Phonebook and Calendar via Bluetooth using Phone Tools […]

While low on CPU power and memory, you still have to admit, getting a Linux install on the size of a RJ-45 jack is just short of amazing. You’re not going to be running your business on this, but hey, think of what hackers can do if they get inside a building and just […]

Wow! Talk about re-branding yourself! Apparently Xirrus is going to be getting into the wireless game. While it may strike me as strange, I guess that to them it made total sense after all.

Now here is an excellent point. As I mentioned once before, nobody in my town is likely to use a notebook with wireless in our city outside of an Internet cafe for fear of having it stolen. With a soaring crime rate and no place left to put criminals, our city is not the best […]

Personally, I think that letting the entertainment industry set the pace in the mobile world is a mistake. Then again, I suppose it will hardly be the first nor the last time that a major industry allowed this to happen.

I feel like a broken record here, but I wish that money for this would become a reality where I live! I can’t tell you how many times I have been downtown watching the local thugs eyeing my notebook as I wander around looking for am open access point. Well, it seems that the folks […]

I’ve been there and you’ve been there. You’re in the office and an important call comes in and your cell phone rings with noooo problem, but when you answer it, you’re hard pressed to make out one complete sentence. You rush to a window but in your race to the gateway to better […]