Yesterday, I followed the Apple WWDC keynote online via Engadget, gdgt,
and other online geek news outlets. While FY 2009 is probably not going to see any
new hardware upgrades in my home office, I was enthused about the
announcement of Snow Leopard and the next generation of the iPhone.
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I took my Amazon Kindle with me to provide reading material when I was taking the Amtrak Acela on my recent trip to New York City.
My Kindle was a Christmas present last year and it has taken me a long time to get used to the device because ever since I was a kid, I've found comfort in print books. Reading books was also a big part of my life when I was an English Major in college.
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I had multiple sightings of the iPhone 3g
in the wild while I was out and about in New York City during my last
visit. In fact more than once, I felt like I was in an iPhone 3g
commercial. As an early adopter, I began to wonder why I have yet to
surrender to the iPhone.
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It's all over the news that the Census Bureau is killing their plan to automate the 2010 census using wireless handhelds due to technical glitches and obviously poor project management and requirements gathering.
Census Back to Pen and Paper (from Washingtonpost.com)
The government is dropping plans to use handheld computers to count
millions of people, citing problems with a contract that was intended
to make the 2010 Census the nation's first high-tech head count.
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In 2007, I parted ways with the Palm OS and the Treo platform altogether. Migrating to the Blackberry 8800 was a productivity boon as I spent more time mobile between my home office and client sites. I lost faith in Cingular/AT&T and needed push email that my Cingular Treo 650 couldn't provide me.
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NTP: We sue the (wireless) world by ZDNet's Larry Dignan -- NTP is back for more patent goodies. And this time the patent-holding company is suing a lot more than just RIM. NTP is suing AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel. The claims are similar to what were made in NTP’s RIM suit, which was a long, drawn out affair that led to a $612.5 million [...]
No True Product (NTP) is at it again with their litigation as a business model strategy but now they are going after AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Spring Nextel over
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The iPhone launch day came and past and I've yet to see an iPhone in the wild. While I am a big Apple fan and followed the news leading up to the launch of the iPhone, I can't count myself as an early adopter of the phone.
Yes, I geeked out over the specs and was a long time Cingular (now AT&T) customer. However, I recenly migrated over to T-Mobile and purchased a Blackberry 8800. Thus far the Blackberry 8800 has been an excellent device, push email has been a real productivity tool, and I have yet to regret taking my old Treo 650 out behind the barn and putting it out of its misery even though my contract with Cingular wasn't even up.
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I was a longtime Palm and Treo user and with all the changes at Cingular and I must say the launch of the Palm Foleo -- it was time to move on. So I traded in my old school Cingular Treo 650 (a holdover due to a LT Cingular contract) for a T-Mobile Blackberry 8800.
My history as a PDA and later a SmartPhone user started back in the day when you could walk into a meeting and a minority had such devices on the table besides their laptop, drink, notepad, and pens.
Here are my initial thoughts about moving over to the T-Mobile Blackberry 8800:
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Linksys Launches Wi-Fi VoIP Phones (from TechWeb.com)
Specifically, the company, which is a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, said
it has released two phones that are designed both for home and office
networks and public hotspots. Unlike most Wi-Fi VoIP phones, Linksys
said its new phones support use with any VoIP service provider. By
contrast, most existing wireless VoIP phones are designed to work with
specific VoIP vendors such as Skype or Vonage.
Linksys is a natural competitor in this space with D-Link and Netgear launching VoIP WiFi phones. While these VoIP WiFi phones are still in the domain of the early adopters, the future could be bright for this technology with the rise of municipal WiFi, Mesh Networking, WiFi hotspots, and wireless networking.
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Because I often write about mobile computing topics, I was especially interested to see mobile computing in Europe. While in London it was quite obvious that Europe is way ahead of the United States in mobile computing and infrastructure. For example, the London Tube was peppered with Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 advertisements and billboards asking, Is that an Office in your Pocket?. I saw a lot of folks on the tube with Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.
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My iPod has become a constant companion with my metro commute and life on a client site cube farm. In fact, I recently upgraded to a 5G iPod for my upcoming Paris trip.
While I am not looking forward to the long plane flight, I picked up an external battery for my iPod in hopes of keeping myself entertained. Here are the technical specs:
External Battery Pack: Compatible with all Apple iPods with dock
connection, Lithium-ion cell battery pack will last 40~48hrs on a full
charge, Chemistry: Lithium-ion cell, Capacity: 3200mAh, Input: 5~12V,
Output Voltage: 5V, Output Current: 1000mA max, Charge Time: 5-7hrs
(travel charger) included, Charge Time: 9-11hrs (USB data dock cable)
not included, Cycle Life: 500 times, Operating Temperature: -10C~40C,
Storage and Transportation Temperature: -20C~50C, Dimension: 101x60x16
mm, Weight: 136g
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