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Work at home & on the move? Twitter is my Virtual Water Cooler

todd — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:32:49 +0000

I’ve been a full-time blogger for 3 months now (check out my day job blog MobileAppsToday.com). I’m pretty happy to be working alone and uninterrupted most of the time. But, it is nice to interact with real people now and then too. Although I used Twitter before making this job-lifestyle change, it has become invaluable [...]

T-Mobile G1 == Zune == Rodney Dangerfield?

todd — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:10:44 +0000

Ha! I noticed Michael Gartenberg, who is my blog-neighbor MobileDevicesToday (I edit MobileAppsToday), asked… Is the Zune the Rodney Dangerfield of technology? Then, Roy Furchgott on The New York Times said… Google Phone Is the New Zune So, I guess… T-Mobile G1 == Zune == Rodney Dangerfield

Celio Redfly Makes More Sense Now: But Still Not Worth It

todd — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:27:29 +0000

I was just reading a good review of the new Celio Redfly C8N terminal companion for Windows Mobile smartphones over on Brighthand… Celio Redfly C8N Review It looks like Celio listened to potential customers who told them their $500 price for the original model was way too high for a dumb terminal. The new C8N comes in [...]

HTC, Motorola, Palm Below Average in J.D. Powers Smartphone Satisfaction Survey

todd — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:39:02 +0000

Apple, RIM (Blackberry), and Samsung are above the J.D. Powers industry average score for smartphone satisfaction… J.D. Power: Apple’s iPhone top dog in customer satisfaction …but Windows Mobile device manufacturers HTC, Motorola, and Palm are all below the average. Samsung also makes WiMo devices. There are a couple of interesting findings reported in the J.D. Powers press release… J.D. [...]

Recommendations Request for MobileAppsToday Mobile App of the Week

todd — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:37:05 +0000

I launched a new weekly feature over on my day-job-blog: MobileAppsToday.com called App of the Week. The recognition cuts across all the major mobile smartphone platforms. You can find the announcement and the first App of the Week, Ilium Software’s eWallet, at… MobileAppsToday App of the Week Category I think I can do a pretty good job [...]

T-Mobile Dash Batteries Seem to Have Short Lifespans

todd — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:40:53 +0000

My first T-Mobile Dash battery went bad after about a year of use. This was around last March or April (2007). I bought a new replacement battery through T-Mobile around that time. Today, I noticed that my battery was at 2% charge after turning it on. I had fully charged the battery the night before [...]

Belkin Mini Surge Protector Dual USB Charger: USB Charger is Useless

todd — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:00:24 +0000

I bought this Belkin Mini Surge Protector Dual USB Charger recently hoping it would solve two problems at once. First, it is smaller than the power strip I’ve been carrying on trips for years. So, it would reduce luggage volume and weight slightly (every ounce counts). Second, it also has two USB charging ports. [...]

Testing ScribeFire with MobileViews Blog

todd — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:29:42 +0000

Just testing the Firefox ScribeFire plugin with this blog. Hope it works.

4th Generation iPod nano Spoken Menus (video demo)

todd — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:52:24 +0000

I posted this item over on my MobileAppsToday.com blog but thought it was interesting enough to repost to my personal mobile tech blog too.

Great Spin Control by HTC :-)

todd — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:57:38 +0000

Great spin control by HTC who has made the, IMHO, the best Windows Mobile devices for years now and now produces the first Google Android based phone - the T-Mobile G1 Android and Windows Mobile smartphones are complementary, says HTC Given their track record in producing very appealing Windows Mobile hardware, I can’t see Microsoft turning their [...]

Asus Eee PC 1000H 802.11n WiFi Works

todd — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:38:07 +0000

I’ve found two wireless access points (WAP) that Asus Eee PC 1000H will not connect to so far. I have not ID-ed the hardware. My Acer Aspire One connected to both of these WAPs. So, if WiFi compatibility is important, I would stick with the Aspire One. That said, I’m enjoying use the Eee PC [...]

Acer Aspire One Runs Cooler Than Lenovo IdeaPad S10

todd — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:47:37 +0000

Engadget reports that the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 (not yet available) runs what looks like an average keyboard-side surface temperature of 104 degrees F. If accurate, this is incredibly uncomfortable to use. My old Dell Latitude D600 notebook used to run about 100F on the palmrest area over the hard drive. It was so uncomfortable at [...]

CNN: Bosses worry if telecommuters are really working

todd — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:33:56 +0000

CNN asks… Bosses worry if telecommuters are really working This is the question that always came up in discussions over years and different employers. I actually telecommuted one-day per week when my child was an infant. That was great. But, the technology to work effectively from home wasn’t in place in my office or my home back [...]

A Different Kind (but important) Mobile Device: My Contigo Mug

todd — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:46:27 +0000

I’ve been office-less since my old day job ended on June 30. I just work wherever I have a decent data connection for my new job as Editor of MobileAppsToday.com. I carry around an assortment of mobile gadgets depending on what I am doing while wandering around. But, the three items that are always with [...]

U.S. Sites Need to Become More Mobile Browser Friendly

todd — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:41:24 +0000

David: Yes, U.S. sites have a long way to go in terms of creating mobile friendly sites. However, I think that if mobile platform designers provided better mobile browsers, we’d have an easier time to “meet in the middle”. The Apple iPhone Safari browser demonstrated that people in the US will browse the web from [...]

Mobile Tech Info Related to Hurricane Gustav

todd — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:52:58 +0000

FYI: I’ve been collecting and posting information related to hurricane Gustav on MobileAppsToday.com for the past couple of days. Here are the links to these posts: T-Mobile HotSpots Available Free of Charge in Areas Affected by Hurricane Gustav Mobile Phone Carriers Announcements for People in US Gulf Area Affected by Hurricane Gustav Small Screen Friendly Hurricane Information Site

The Case of the Vanishing Starbucks Hotspots - SOLVED

todd — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:43:45 +0000

Well, I finally learned why I could not see a T-Mobile SSID and connect to T-Mobile hotspots in local Starbucks locations. See my MobileAppsToday blog for the details. The short answer: Although T-Mobile hotspot tech support says their SSIDs are visible, they are, in fact, invisible. So, I had to manually create WiFi profiles for [...]

Testing ShoZu with an iPod touch

todd — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:47:38 +0000

Hope this works Everything above the line above this sentence was created and sent from the ShoZu photo and video web service that claims to add value by being able to post media from mobile devices to numerous other media web services and blogs. It half-worked posting a photo from my iPod touch to this blog. [...]

The Case of the Vanishing Starbucks Hotspots

todd — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:53:42 +0000

I from home now. And, I’m too cheap (poor) to buy EVDO or HSDPA service for my notebooks since I can get WiFi service at most of the places I go to when running around. Or, so I thought… One of the places I depend on for broadband connectivity is Starbucks. It is air conditioned [...]

New Job; New Direction for this Blog

todd — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:08:30 +0000

Post to my blog here have been light lately because I have a new job that is really a lot of fun I’m the new (and first) Editor for JupiterMedia/MediaBistro’s… MobileAppsToday.com site that focuses on, you guessed it, applications for mobile devices. This blog is NOT going away though. I’m just going to change its focus [...]