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No Changes in Mobile

June 24, 2008

Today’s announce­ment by Nokia that it would acquire all of Sym­bian rep­re­sents an impor­tant move in the upcom­ing bat­tle for next gen­er­a­tion mobile devices (to call them phone seems unfair as they tend to do more than just make calls). In this entry, I’ll take a quick look at how the dif­fer­ent play­ers are cur­rently approaching […]

Palm responds, Part 2

January 12, 2008

In part 2 of a 2 part inter­view, John Moses, global Vice Pres­i­dent of Cus­tomer Sup­port for Palm, answers ques­tions about Palm’s unit replace­ment pro­gram and about other issues relat­ing to Palm’s tech­ni­cal support.

Palm responds, Part 1

In part 1 of a 2 part inter­view, John Moses, global Vice Pres­i­dent of Cus­tomer Sup­port for Palm, answers ques­tions about Palm’s call cen­ters and about my own expe­ri­ence with them.

Could Tech Support Undo Palm?

December 27, 2007

I’ve been a sup­porter of Palm for a very long time (in fact, I’ve been a sup­porter of Palm for longer than the com­pany itself has existed as I sup­ported it through the first iter­a­tion of the com­pany, its sub­se­quent acqui­si­tion by US Robot­ics, then 3COM, then its return to a new com­pany base, its merger with Hand­spring and its […]

The iPhone is here

January 9, 2007

So it’s offi­cial: Apple now is a phone man­u­fac­turer. With the announce­ment of the Apple iPhone, we can now finally assess that new prod­uct and I have to say, color me impressed. The com­pany has man­aged to over­come a lot of the prob­lems sur­round­ing exist­ing mobile phones and cre­ated a device that is close to what geeks like myself […]

Going wireless with the Palm V

April 22, 2000

For the past few weeks, I’ve been exper­i­ment­ing with OmniSky’s new wire­less ser­vice for the Palm V and I have to admit that it has affected my wire­less usage. Run­ning over AT&T’s CDPD net­work, the ser­vice allows Palm V users to get full access to the net at speeds of up to 19.2kbps. Priced at $300 for the […]

Wireless: A confusing Landscape

March 4, 2000

The lack of clear stan­dard­iza­tion and leader is imped­ing the progress of mobile inter­net technology.

Transmeta Changes the Landscape

January 19, 2000

Mor­ph­ing soft­ware could allow com­puter chips to change based on soft­ware upgrades. A new com­pany, Trans­meta, enters the space and could rede­fine how chips are produced.