March, 2005 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for March 2005

Nero ShowTime Mobile announced at CeBIT

Nero announced the availability of their new mobile device media player, Nero ShowTime Mobile, and it looks to be a promising cross-platform player.  NSM will be available for the Windows Mobile, … Read More »

hp4200 Tablet PC review

Christopher James of tc-one-thousand has been playing with the new hp4200 convertible Tablet PC and has published an extensive review with tons of photos.  The hp4200 is hp’s first convertible Tablet and … Read More »

 
 

New techADDICTION Show up!

This edition of the techADDICTION Show is all about mobile technology and productivity and listeners should have no problem finding topics of particular interest. Kevin Tofel and I discuss everything from ebook readers to the iPod Shuffle in the ranging discussion of mobile goodness. We hope … Read More »

How broadband is broadband voice?

I admit, codecs are something I don’t pay much attention to. But Aswath does, and today he points out that one of the reason why SkypeOut doesn’t sound as good as Skype-pure, is because the gateway makers don’t support wideband codecs which Skype uses. What … Read More »

Another Customer Database Compromised

MemoryToGo’s customer database is exposed to the world, allowing for all sorts of mischief. Read More »

Tivo on PC? Bad Idea Dudes

TiVo is trying to move its experience to the PC, which is an inherently a bad idea. Thomas Hawk: I have suggested in the past that TiVo needs to offer a software solution to run on the PC. They did not elaborate on what form this … Read More »

End of the ATA

Analog Telephone Adapter aka ATA, the little box which plug into the broadband modem on one side and a plain old phone on the other is going to do a vanishing act, especially now that the market is soon going to be flooded with IP … Read More »

Qwest to offer more cash for MCI

Yahoo! News: Looks like Qwest is ready to sweeten the pot and offer more cash for MCI, according to Reuters. The new bid for MCI would value MCI at $24.60 a share, and the bid will be offered to the MCI board next week. Enough … Read More »

Mobile mini, Take Two

The second round of Mac mini car installations is a huge step up from the first. Read More »

Threedef Music Player introduced

I received a press release about the Threedef Music Player and have been checking this unique audio player out.  It uses an interesting interface that makes it very easy to browse the music library using a 9-key pad such as those on cell phones.  It’s … Read More »

Hello Moto, Huawei Calling

Looks like there is a new gun in wireless town – Huawei. The Chinese equipment maker has just launched a series of 3G phones and is targeting the European and Asian markets with their handsets. Initial offerings include two W-CDMA/GPRS phones and a data card. Entry … Read More »

Camera phone with 7 megapixels

Read this slowly to make sure it sinks in- the Samsung SCH-V770 is a camera phone with a removal optical zoom lens that gives you 7 megapixels.  Be sure and remove the lens … Read More »

More Must Reads

Hard to believe that in America in 2005 there exist entire towns whose citizens have yet to make or receive their first telephone call. Rural Shaw, Louisiana, is one such a place. Where it it? Damn if I know, though I am told it is … Read More »

The entire South by Southwest 2005 Music Festival is available for download thanks to CitizenPod and is available in two sizes.  The full song version is 2.6 Gigs and contains the entire showcase of free music that is totally legal for personal use.  The … Read More »

Hampton C. Adams III, IRG Research Senior Analyst believes that Covad’s future hinges closely on VoIP and if all goes to plan, then the company could end up with about $150 million in VoIP related revenues alone. Covad had entered the VoIP business via an acquisition. … Read More »

Taiwanese OEM Tatung is showing a new Tablet PC at CeBIT that is running the newest Intel processor, the Sonoma.  The Tablet PC has a 12.1 inch screen and has WiFi (a/b/g) … Read More »

Take a Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000, remove the 4 GB hard drive, and you have what Sharp is calling the SL-C1000.  No word on pricing and it should only be available in Japan, of … Read More »

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