Archive for February, 2006

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

Early January I posted that Slingbox developed a PocketPC client for their media streaming device. It now appears that Microsoft has one of their own which will be built into future versions of Windows MCE. Microsoft is far enough into their home streaming media server development that they're showing working demos ...

City of London gets Wi-Fi

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

I work in the greatest city in the world. With this news, London is looking greater. The project will go live within the next few months with full coverage within six months. Equipment will be installed in lamp posts and street signs in the Square Mile, giving City workers and visitors ...

Mobile Skype and MS Skype Knockoff

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

Thought I would share the two significant posts from Gizmodo. The first is Skype running on a Series 60 Nokia (without a PC). The other is an announcement from Microsoft touting a Skype-like service for WindowsMobile. Just another step closer to never having to pay for minutes (of talk time.)

02/21/06 Top 10 Ringtone Roundup

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

Yawns to the Billboard. What I really need to do is find myself a brand new ringtone. (DOA is back!) Billboard (Issue date 02/25/06) Grillz, Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp My Humps, The Black Eyed Peas Super Mario Brothers Theme, Koji Kondo Gold ...

MegaSIM - One SIM to Rule them All

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

It's no secret that flash memory is getting cheaper and smaller. Given all this new mobile digital content it only makes sense to increase the capacity of GSM's existing removeable memory chips (SIMs). Enter the MegaSIM. The device on show today was not just vastly bigger in terms of capacity at ...

The Low-Down on Pherotones.com

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

A few weeks ago I posted about Pherotones.com... a ringtone spoof site. The NYT has the details on this viral campaign launched by YA another mobile content provider. The real client is Oasys Mobile, a little-known cellphone content provider that sells games, cellphone wallpaper and ring tones that can be ...

Sprint’s Power Vision + Samsung MM-A920: Initial Impressions (Impressed)

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Earlier this week, much to my delight, a Samsung MM-A920 from Sprint. I must say that (from my initial experience) I would be happy to have this as my primary phone. Sprint and Samsung combined for the first US MP3 phone release. It was way before we had any DRM ...

Sony’s new Bluetooth Stereo Headset Pendant (with remote and callerid)

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

It sure didn't take long for me to post something from Engadget. But this is what I've been talking about. The pendant alone looks like an MP3 player. It's Shuffle/Nano sized... hmmm... Hey Apple! Let's get it started already! Link: Engadget Mobile

Engadget Mobile Launches

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Engadget Mobile launched Sunday; and what better way to promote it than to give away a cellphone a day for the next 30 days; (so that people like me blog about it.) I figure it's the least I can do given that I will be linking to them constantly.

02/14/06 Top 10 Ringtone Roundup

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Not much movement on the Billboard. Beyonce and Kanye still holding strong. Hip Hop rules the American ringtones. Billboard (Issue date 02/18/06) Grillz, Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp My Humps, The Black Eyed Peas Super Mario Brothers Theme, Koji Kondo Gold Digger, Kanye ...