June, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for June 2006

Quake 4

Quake 4 is a new offering from our friends at Aspyr, and offers a lot of what we saw from Doom 3, but the technical improvements help to make the game much more enjoyable, and a cleaner experience on the Mac, where previously only our… Read More »

Ben Franklin prefers the Tablet PC

Allegiance Technology Partners recently exhibited at a FEMA flood conference in Philadelphia to demonstrate how Tablet PCs could be used to great advantage in the field by their adjusters.  Lo and behold Ben Franklin was attending the conference and once he got a look at… Read More »

 
 

Just when you got into a productivity rhythm with your Tablet PC along comes InkDoku and brings it to a standstill.  InkDoku is a version of Sudoku, that addictive and even maddeningly simple game that makes time fly by.  InkDoku is a product of GFL… Read More »

I’m not certain on the price, but I’d say the size and crammed components have to put it in "more than you think" category. The E319 is the Swiss Army equivalent of a GPS navigation system for your vehicle. Yup, you can navigate… Read More »

FIM Revenues – $500 million in 2007

A couple of days ago, a post by Robert Young prompted many to point out that MySpace was not that big a revenue opportunity. It is hard to break down the numbers – analysts estimate about $200 million in the current fiscal year – but… Read More »

WWDC 2006: You going? What are you taking?

I’m starting my preparations to head to this year’s WWDC and, like last year, I’m working on my list of stuff to jam into the Brenthaven backpack. Since I’m going to be hauling this across the country, as well as through a week’s worth of… Read More »

Add USB ports with a Brando USB mini-mouse

I’m all for a small mouse when traveling and this one actually has a nice bonus. The Brando USB mouse is a small 75×37x25mm yet adds two extra USB ports along the way to your mobile device. You can retract or pull cable as… Read More »

Over past few weeks, many new location based services (LBS) that leverage the WiFi networks have come to the forefront, and many of them have exciting enough offerings to give mobile phone networks-based LBS a run for their money – not that it would take… Read More »

Streaming video to a PDA or phone is all the rage and MobiTV has extended its service to devices running Windows Mobile 5.0.  The new Windows Mobile version of MobiTV is available through the company directly and through Handango, which reports it runs on the following… Read More »

Getting telemarketer calls on your SmartPhone? Is that pesky neighbor calling you to complain about your lawn again? (Actually, we’ve seen it and it could use a cutting; you know who we’re talking… Read More »

Just how does DirectPush e-mail work anyway?

I always thought there were little Oompa-Loompas with text pagers in the Exchange servers; boy, was I wrong! This article is a few months old, but it’s fresher than the newest MSFP upgrade that Verizon just added to the XV6700, so that’s gotta count… Read More »

Nokia N80 reviewed- nice 3 MP camera

There are so many cool features on the Nokia N80 that it is hard to know where to start.  There’s the 3 megapixel camera for starters which is really powerful for… Read More »

More Must Reads

Over at the Origami Project, one of the forum readers replied to one of my posts with some interesting info for those down under (Hugo & Craig: this means you mates!). Jonathan brings news of a new UMPC device called the… Read More »

This post is not about mobile tech but since we often touch upon subjects of interest in the education field I think this article on CNN is worth mentioning.  Paul Edelman founded TeachersPayTeachers.com in April and the premise of the site is pretty cool. … Read More »

Our friend Uli Suratos is back with more information about using the Samsung Q1 and this time he’s using GPS with Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006.  The GPS receiver is a CF receiver from Haicom, finally showing Kevin what you can do with… Read More »

Angela has a new (OK, used) Motion LE1600 and she is loving it and writing all about it on her blog.  It’s always fun to see a new Tablet owner writing about the discoveries that are made about the inking, Tablet-specific software, and especially how… Read More »

The Gnomedex conference, started by head Gnomie Chris Pirillo, kicks off tonight with a reception, followed by several days of roundtables by top bloggers. I don’t see any info on a live feed or .mp3′s for later listening, but we’ll keep an eye open. You… Read More »

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