Archive for ‘Mobile Phones’

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Aug06

Back to Basics: The Mobile Browsing Experience

by todd on August 6th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Posted In: Apple, Mobile Devices, Back to Basics, Apple, iPod, Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Netbook, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Most web pages are designed to be viewed on a desktop or notebook computer. Looking at these pages on a small screen phone is like looking at a mountain range through a pinhole. It is not a good viewing experience. Some web site owners and designers now understand that many people look at their pages […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul31

Digg Mobile Site Redesigned

by todd on July 31st, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones

Digg.com’s redesigned mobile site… m.digg.com …was launched today. It is supposed to render faster and provides more media type information.

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Jul08

Why it is Hard to ID the “Best” Mobile Device

by todd on July 8th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Posted In: Apple, Apple, iPod, Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Just for fun I decided to score my iPod touch, TyTn Windows Mobile 6 Pocket PC, and Dash Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone on 10 features. The highest possible score is 3 and the lowest is 1. So, a higher total is theoretically better than a lower one. If you look at the scores, you might […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul01

Wait Until Aug. 29 If You Want to Break Your T-Mobile USA Contract

by todd on July 1st, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones

As I’ve mentioned in the past, US mobile carriers really seem to dislike texting. T-Mobile is raising its rates fro 15 cents/text to 20 cents/text. It was as little as 10 cents/text about 18 months or so ago. However, it might be a good thing for T-Mobile subscribers who want to break their contract to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun28

Want to Try out the QIK Streaming Software? I Have 500 Invitations

by todd on June 28th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Have a Samsung or Motorola Windows Mobile phone and want to try out the QIK streaming video service? I have 500 invitations to give away. Here’s how to get one. Check the QIK phone compatibility list before asking for an invitation though… QIK sign-up and compatible phone list After you sign-up at the link above, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun24

Symbian, S60, and UIQ Team Up and Go Open Source

by todd on June 24th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones

I usually get all kinds of UIQ press releases that I don’t care about. The one time there is a UIQ related news item I DO care about, I don’t get anything. Figures. I read this on Brighthand and went over to Nokia’s site to find the press release. Mobile leaders to unify the Symbian […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun21

My Pocket PC Camera Has Macro Setting?

by todd on June 21st, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Posted In: Digital Photography, Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I think I noticed the macro switch on my TyTn Pocket PC Phone Edition (aka Professional Edition) when I got it last year. But, I never tested it out until this week. While the TyTn’s digital camera is better than most Windows Mobile device cameras I’ve tried, it is still hampered by a cheap lens. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun19

Windows Mobile and Google Android: Who Is the Customer?

by todd on June 19th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Yesterday I said that Windows Mobile’s real competitor is Google Android. WiMo has already conceded defeat to Apple’s iPhone in the consumer space. Why? How? You and I, as individual consumers, have not been the target Windows Mobile customer since 2003. As soon as Microsoft’s marketing became phone-centric, the target customers became enterprises running Exchange […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun08

Mobile.FlightStats.com

by todd on June 8th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones

Air travel used to a relatively pleasant experience decades ago. It has become a darn right onerous task in recent years. I’m expecting airlines to install pay toilets on flights any day now Airlines are merging, shutting down, reducing flights, and all kinds of other activities that make catching a flight a statistical probability rather […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May25

Alton Towers Theme Park: PDA’s Banished To Oblivion This Half Term

by todd on May 25th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, PDA

Just read about this on Slashdot and went to see the site myself… PDA’s Banished To Oblivion This Half Term While I can appreciate the reason for the apparently opt-in ban, it doesn’t make sense to me. I think it is a good idea for kids and parents to all carry phones to keep in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May22

So, How is Craigslist Mobile Mobile-Friendly?

by todd on May 22nd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones

I just read somewhere (sorry, I can’t recall the reference) that Craigslist is the most viewed site on mobile devices. From what I can figure, this is the address for their mobile site… mobile.craigslist.org The image at the top of this blog is pretty much what this site looked like on my iPod touch. Clicking […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May15

kwiry: Text or Email a Topic to it and Retrieve Search Results on the Desktop

by todd on May 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, PDA

I usually don’t mention a service I haven’t tried yet. But, I’m almost ready to hit the sack and don’t want to start playing with anything just now. And, yet, this service seemed interesting enough to blog it as a kind of reminder to myself to try it out tomorrow. kwiry (which I suppose is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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