Archive for January, 2005

Jeff Pulver knows how to get attention. So when he announced his newest product, Bellster, it very quickly became the darling of the blogsphere. Wall Street Journal weighed in with a nice article, and so did tons of other publications. Martin had suggested something similar last… Read More »

Mac Mini Musing?

There is a lot of news coming out about Mac Mini. Now I know I suggested that it could be a PVR. Another random thought – can we daisy chain two of these Mac Minis together, and get better power output than a G5 machine? I… Read More »

Verizon Bulks Up

Remember the geek in Verizon Wireless commercials, repeating – can you hear me now? ad nauseam. Well, its not fancy selling. Verizon Wireless takes its voice quality claims seriously and has been spending tons of money trying to fill out any holes in its network. On… Read More »

I am going to be moving apartments shortly and have a few items to sell, if anyone of you are interested. Apple Aluminum Powerbook 15 inch, 1.25 GHz with DVD burner, bluetooth, wifi, 1.25 GB of memory and 80 GB hard drive is the top item… Read More »

Business 2.0 Telecom Report: The news of the SBC/AT&T marriage is going to spark a new wave of couplings in the telecom industry. Telecom watchers have been waiting for the industry consolidation for some time because the telecom business is once again going through a realignment… Read More »

Tom Evslin, co-founder of ITXC Corp, and one time head honcho of AT&T’s dial-up business has joined the ranks of IP bloggers. In case you did not know, he was also responsible for Microsoft Exchange’s precursor, MS Mail. Seriously smart guy, with opinions. Now that’s what… Read More »

The deal is barely a day old and Consumer Union has come out with a statement saying this is bad for the consumers. From a consumer perspective, I think this deal is not that much of a problem. AT&T has pulled back from consumer business and… Read More »

My month with Treo 650

* Cingular has just released Treo 650 Business 2.0: Like many other Treo fans, had been looking forward to the new 650. It boasted Bluetooth wireless, a much-improved screen, and a keyboard that was a delight to type on. Would it be worth dropping $600 less than… Read More »

Ma Bell, SBC deal may hit WiMAX

First it was the Sprint+Nextel merger that put the WiMAX ready spectrum out of reach, and now we have a situation where one of the most ardent supporters of the technology in the carrier space going straight into the arms of a company which owns a… Read More »

AT&T SBC deal is done

WSJ broke the news that two companies have reached a tentative deal and it could be announced pretty soon. According to the report, AT&T CEO David Dorman will become the president of the joint company, while SBC Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre is going to retain… Read More »

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