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Hurricane Dolly has landed, fortunately much to the south of Houston to the delight of those of us here.  Hurricanes are a way of life for those on the Texas Coast and … Read More »

Have we finally come to the conclusion that we already knew? I’m speaking of the on-again, off-again trials and tribulations of included hotspot access for iPhones. Like bad prequels, people saw it and then it went away earlier this year. A few times, in fact. … Read More »

 
 

I promised I wouldn’t say anything but since AVING has the scoop it’s fair game now.  HP is refreshing the 2710p, my choice for best convertible Tablet PC on the market today, later this year.  The new 2730p will have the same thin and light … Read More »

Afternoon Update To This Post: Shortly after we posted this, late in the afternoon on Wednesday, Mozilla did issue the 3.0.1 fix for Firefox that is discussed here. It is available if you have Firefox 3, by clicking on Check for Updates in the browser’s Help … Read More »

Something’s coming to Mobile Tech Manor that will be the first FedEx appearance at the new place.  Don’t get too excited, think accessories and think iPhone. Read More »

The big news today is the official release by Intel of the Centrino 2 platform.  That’s why Lenovo, HP and many others are all announcing bunches of new laptops today as they all are sporting the new Centrino 2.  So what exactly is the Centrino 2 … Read More »

As the iPhone hoopla slowly dies down, there’s an interesting question I have to ask before we get back to a wider range of mobile tech coverage. Mainly, I’m looking … Read More »

iPhone AT&T pricing

This is not news but I just received some official pricing from AT&T on what the iPhone 3G will run you based on your situation: Read More »

Working from home is something I do a lot and there is one thing I have to make sure I don’t forget to do regularly for my mental health.  Working from home is … Read More »

MobileMe Transition: July 9th

If you have .Mac already, you are no doubt familiar with the .Mac status page which lists services that are available. (Hopefully, you won’t have to be familiar with the page when MobileMe takes over because there won’t be as much downtime.) Just below … Read More »

I don’t think this news bodes well for the Readius from Polymer Vision, but we’ll have to see how it pans out. The New York Times has info … Read More »

How can I turn a old iPhone into a Wi-Fi iPod?

July 11, 2008 is a significant date for those planning to purchase one of the hottest mobile phones available. The iPhone 3G officially goes on sale. If you are a current iPhone user who will be upgrading to the iPhone 3G you might have wondered … Read More »

More Must Reads

The mini-notebook space is heating up with the first Tablet-capable gadget getting ready for release.  The Gigabyte M912V was first announced earlier this year at Computex and according to … Read More »

The move took place less than a week ago and I am pretty much settled in my new office.  The new Mobile Tech Manor is almost fully done as far as setting up and unpacking goes and since I have been getting questioned as to when … Read More »

A lot of folks are anxiously awaiting the iPhone 3G and taking advantage of the AT&T 3G network but as Gear Diary points out unless you’re in a fairly top market area you might not get 3G coverage.  The AT&T coverage map they produced got … Read More »

Although the speculation was rampant when Apple bought PA Semi earlier this year, Intel made it official: there will not be Intel processors in the iPhone. Intel is preparing more x86 versions of their processors for mobile devices, and “Apple chose not to take that road map … Read More »

One of the improvements in the latest version of Firefox is that the browser cleans out it’s cache more frequently. That alone should free up memory as you let … Read More »

Many business deals depend so much on networking. This may sound unfair, but sometimes our success in business is more about who you know than how good you really are. It also usually follows that the more varied your contacts are, the more insights and opportunities … Read More »

Viral videos from giant corporations are a bit like a middle-aged vinyl salesman with a comb-over unsuccessfully trying to pick up 20-something babes at the club — then angrily denying that he’s embarrassed himself, even as they scatter. The Wall Street Journal has a nice post-mortem … Read More »

We’ve all been following Kevin’s attempt to embrace the cloud (those suckers are hard to hold) and from my frequent conversations with him it’s going overall pretty well.  His posts on the cloud have demonstrated that quite a few folks are interested in keeping their … Read More »

My life continues in the browser as it it’s now day 19 without using client applications for any length of time. (You can check what I’ve used Read More »

We’ve looked with some skepticism on OpenID in the past. Nevertheless, as more sites accept OpenID for login, it’s worth knowing about advances in the field. One recent change is the introduction of Emailtoid (that’s email-to-id, not some sort … Read More »

As if Google’s experience with Android wasn’t getting them frazzled enough Nokia has fired a warning shot across Google’s bow with the announcement they are buying out all of the partners behind the popular phone OS, Symbian.  Nokia has 91% of the ownership locked up … Read More »

I’m trying a new WiFi venue today, here at the Panera Bread in Wayne, PA with Mari Silbey. She’s enjoying one of the comfy chairs while I have a small … Read More »

We’ve all gone gaga over the cheap new US pricing of the iPhone 3G and rightly so.  Given the original price of the iPhone, $199/ $299 is downright cheap … Read More »

Nokia has unleashed two new phones today aimed squarely at the business market and both the E66 and the E71 have features designed for the mobile professional.  The E66 is a slider phone that auto-rotates between portrait and landscape orientations when the phone is turned, not … Read More »

So today becomes the sixth full day in row where I’ve lived in nothing but a browser on my UMPC. I had planned to talk today about Snipshot, a … Read More »

Earlier today, we posted an item written by one of our freelance contributors about little-used features of Gmail. What we did not realize was that the post lifted from an item published three days earlier on MakeUseOf.com. Giga Omni Media considers such behavior unacceptable. As soon … Read More »

I find it sad that in the time past since the keynote very few bloggers or news have really understood what 10.6 promises. From what I know inside of Apple, they’re not kidding about improving OS X. Let’s take a quick inventory of the IT industry … Read More »

So you’ve got precious few seconds in between tasks and you want to check out some online video to clear your head, get entertained or maybe even learn something? Don’t waste your time mindlessly clicking around YouTube. Instead, head over to our sister site’s new baby (does … Read More »

So the big Apple product announcements are over and by now you’ve already seen all of the details of the 3G iPhone that becomes available on … Read More »

What would the night before XMAS WWDC be without a broken embargo, right? We were holding on to this news until midnight tonight but the cat’s out of … Read More »

I have been watching Kevin’s "working in the cloud" experiment with great interest as it’s an area that has the potential to benefit a great many mobile professionals.  Equally as … Read More »

Update: TR Daily reports that the vote will be delayed because of “misunderstanding” which loosely translates into lobbyists did their job and got FCC to back up. FCC has taken the vote off the website. I will report more tomorrow as I get the details. (Original … Read More »

Steven Woods, co-founder and CTO of Eloqua, leads the company’s product strategy and technology vision while working with hundreds of today’s leading marketers. Mr. Woods has gained a reputation as a leading thinker on the transition of marketing as a discipline. … Read More »

Here’s a simple utility for Windows-using web workers who have trouble remembering what they were doing when the last few instant messages and emails arrived: NextAction. The idea of NextAction is simple: it gives you a floating, editable window that … Read More »

As I was flying through feeds, I saw this picture of a Solid State Disk module and figured it was the Intel model we just saw … Read More »

As if converting the spoken word into e-mail, text messages, appointments and reminders wasn’t enough, Jott can keep you updated on your latest RSS feeds for free too. Read More »

We’ve looked before at one of the major problems with web account management: it’s most secure to use different passwords for every service, but it’s easiest to use one password everywhere. A new service from PageOnce wants to let you … Read More »

Looking for a small form-factor Solid State Disk for that UMPC, sub-notebook or mobile thingamajig? SuperTalent has the goods and the prices are way down from what they were … Read More »

Kudos to HP as they continue their Technology for Teaching Grant initiative. Teams of five teachers at 110 K-12 schools each receive a package worth $38,000 and … Read More »

Since we were just discussing Palm and their smartphone market share increase, now’s a good time to share the news about StyleTap. Back in February, we saw video of … Read More »

Pocket Tunes, arguably one of the best digital audio player applications for the Palm OS, is now available for Windows Mobile devices. Pocket Tunes 4.1 is supported on both Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices, but only a handful of handsets have … Read More »

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