September, 2004 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for September 2004

UNE-P’s first victim, ZTel

Supreme court decision that put the stake through the UNE-P, has all but taken toll on Z-Tel Technologies, a small CLEC based in Florida. The company announced that it is going to cut its head count by 150. The company has been delisted from … Read More »

Rio Carbon better than IPod?

Rio Carbon (5GB) according to CNET Reviews is better than IPod Mini. Ouch! Well my initial impression of Rio Carbon – it does not feel as plush as IPod Mini, is a bit on the flimsy side, and yes has signs of being poorly crafted. … Read More »

 
 

Nortel delays results …. again!

It is like the story of the little boy who cried wolf. Nortel keeps saying well now we are all okay, no more surprises and we will soon release complete and honest results and earnings. And then it doesn’t. Now it is saying, it will delay … Read More »

The Daily Camera’s VoIP Snapshot

The Daily Camera has an astonishingly good, detailed and comprehensive report on the state of VoIP, and who are the real players in the business. “Will Stofega, a senior analyst on VoIP services for IDC, another research firm, says the companies that provide hosting VoIP … Read More »

Japan’s The Super Phone

Forbes has a fascinating look at NTT DoCoMo and the changes inside the company, and its decision to embrace open standards. The story is about Kei-Ichi Enoki, an executive vice president at the company and how he is pushing I-Mode into new markets. “Consumers … Read More »

Nortel should buy Juniper

Mark Evans suggests that Nortel should buy Juniper and become an IP tour de force. “If Nortel had the financial resources, strategic courage and senior management focus, it should take a serious run at Juniper Networks Inc. With a market capitalization of US$12.5-billion, Juniper would … Read More »

HagakiPC – postcard from Japan

There’s never a shortage of interesting gadgets coming from Japan and the HagakiPC is no exception. This little device is only 135 x 109 x 18mm (5.31 x 4.x29 x .71″), making it small enough to easily carry around. The HagakiPC has … Read More »

Good review of OneNote

If you are not using Microsoft OneNote because you don’t know what it can do for you, be sure and catch this article. The author gives a fair overview of this great program and it’s refreshing to see an article from someone who “gets it”. Read More »

MSN Music- iTunes clone?

With all the hoopla that’s been going around about Microsoft’s forthcoming entry into the online music retail world I thought you might be interested to see what the beta site looks like. It’s a preview so it will probably change before going official … Read More »

Radio’s not dead after all

Radio’s Death is Greatly Exaggerated says Fred, in response to this which was in response to the cover article about radio in last week’s Barron’s. Fred thinks that the next big thing in radio is HD Radio. HD Radio is the answer to … Read More »

09/01/2004 Random Bits

Qualcomm signed a multi-million dollar licensing and royalty agreement with a large Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, Amoi Mobile; another addition demonstrating how QCOM is becoming more and more like a CDMA royalty play er. Nokia announces shipment of one millionth N-Gage unit. Plus there are rumors that … Read More »

3G arrives in Dallas and San Diego

Fans of Dallas Cowboys and San Diego Chargers can read about their teams’ dismal failure on their mobile phones, a tad faster, thanks to AT&T Wireless’ UMTS service, which was launched today in those markets. In July, AT&T Wireless began offering customers in Detroit, Phoenix, San … Read More »

More Must Reads

We have all seen Mirra, the connected storage drive, and some of us have liked it as well. And that despite the fact that it works only with Windows. I complained about this to the company’s senior executives recently. Actually badgered them about why … Read More »

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