Low powered Bluetooth means smaller devices. Casio was showing off the Bluetooth via a watch. Not only will the watch tell time, it can also control your smartphone. No need to take the phone out of your pocket. If someone is calling, just look at your watch. If you have an appointment, just look at […]
Worth Avenue Group will insure your devices. Tablet, smartphone, notebook – Whatever you have, you can get it insured. They cover for multiple issues. If your best friend sits on your Kindle, that is insured. If you drop your iPhone, they’ll replace the broken glass. If you have a virus on your computer, they will […]
Screens inside phones like Samsung Galaxy S, are called “Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED)”. These flat screens give you a high quality in such a small device. The screen is so thin, it can be bent – if needed. At CES we saw the Super AMOLED screens outside the devices. You can touch, […]
Today I learned that the Librarian of Congress is required every three years to clarify requirements of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) (primarily, I gather, to take into account changes in technology). The latest update, issued today, included a ruling that copyright cannot be used to prevent purchasers of smartphones, including iPhones, from jailbreaking […]
When I got my T-Mobile Dash a couple of years ago, I toyed with getting an anti-virus program for it. After doing some research, I discarded the notion; although smartphone proof-of-concept viruses existed, there was no indication that there was anything in the wild for Windows or any other phone operating system. That is no […]
Ultimately, wires will be involved with your wireless devices. Bloomberg reports Time-Warner wants to provide some of them: The story goes on to say, without quoting any statistics, that iPhones use twice the capacity of other smartphone (I wonder how an iPhone compares to my Android) and that backhaul may ease congestion from one cell […]
You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…” Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just […]
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Bloomberg considers the effect of the new Apple iPhone OS 3.0 on the apps store and predicts more apps and fiercer competition amongst developers. Read the full story here. See the apps store here. Now, I do not have an iPhone and wouldn’t get one on a bet. I don’t like Apple’s walled garden. (Heck, […]
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Wow. What a great LIVE Show to end out the year. We had 2 great guests that are both in the Podcast range, therefore we talked a lot about Podcasting. Rob Greenlee is the Podcast Content Director at Zune, and Gary Leland runs the website PodcastPickle.com. We talked a lot about Podcasting, how Zune is […]
I saw you back in Comdex in 83 – You were a exciting new technology – a marvel to me with a touchscreen. Ohhhh, ohhh But times have changed and you are now put to the side – the integration with the phone makes it real nice – and you get tossed in the scrap […]
Show #4 Notes – 10/24/0 Whats New with Mac OS X Server IPods and IPhones Help in Mac Sales? Windows MINWIN Wireless SD Card Half CD, Half Vinyl Comcast BlocksBit Torrent Traffic Dot ComFever Part II A New Napster Make Office 2007 Look Like 2003 Law Firm Uses Copyright Claim to Deny Use of Source […]