Jun 21, 2006 | blog
RIMarkable has the scoop on this – it seems that in addition to the Video iPod, and the Sony PSP, the BlackBerry 8700 has been nominated in the “All That Rocks” promotion.
You can watch MTV2 on July 30th for the winners to this deal.
Jun 21, 2006 | blog
T-Mobile UK has released the MSFP ROM upgrades for the following devices:
- MDA Compact II
- MDA Vario
- MDA Pro
While the A2DP serio audio update is not included and there are no ROM releases for their Smartphone devices, these three Windows Mobile devices sold by T-Mobile UK can be upgraded to support push-mail from any corporate Exchange or hosted Exchange service on the Internet.
msmobiles.com has more details and links to the upgrades.
Jun 21, 2006 | blog
Engadget Mobile is reporting on a rumour that there will be a Motorola Q smartphone out by the end of the year supporting GSM networks and HSDPA data services!
From the post, it sounds like it might be launched in Europe first, but with quad band radios it may make its way to the US a little early. Neat stuff!
Jun 21, 2006 | blog
This post is for my friend Jerry Loss who is a U.S. Marine in the reserves and just got activated to go to Iraq for a second tour.
Jerry will be posting occasionally on his blog about his experiences and to keep in contact with friends and such. He’s a great example of the calibur of people in our armed forces; smart, honest, determined, a quick wit, and loyal. My best wishes travel with him, and we all are looking forward to seeing him back home in about a year.
To Jerry and everyone else serving for our country & our freedoms I simply want to say:
Thank you
Jun 19, 2006 | blog
Engadget is reporting that Cingular has posted the Messaging & Security Feature Pack (MSFP) on their site. The MSFP brings Microsoft’s push-mail solution to your Windows Mobile 5 device. Don’t worry if your IT department does not support Windows Mobile, or if you dont’ have access to a Microsoft Exchange server to supply your mobile device with email.
There are several internet Exchange email providers that have low or no cost account options to push email to your newly upgraded device. Personally, I use Mail2Web for sending email to my T-Mobile MDA!
Jun 19, 2006 | blog
Ugh… There has been a bit of discussion on blog design lately, and I’ll admit that its not easy. I’ve been working on getting two new blogs ready for launch and the layout, design scheme, etc… is the hardest part.
Yes I will eventually hire a professional to give them an overhaul sometime in the future, but the sites will have to pay for that themselves, right now I need to create a compelling design on my own. Now keep in mind that I’m at heart a computer geek – a Windows computer geek – and you get the idea of how easy a time I’m having. 🙂
So in addition to learning a little about Linux, some about MySQL, a bit more on PHP, and quite a bit on WordPress. I now need to really get to understand color combinations, graphic elements and the like. Of course the technical aspects of all this makes complete sense, but the technical part is only one of many aspects of blog (and web) design.
For this site, I’ve stuck with a freeware template that I found out on the ‘net, and I’m fairly happy with it. I’ll update the design on this site sometime in the near future, and it’ll probably be my main experimental site for design experimentation and learning.
I must say thank-you to Chris Pearson for a recent post on the topic of web design pricing – it was a real eye opener. I understand completely because every job has its complexities, and that is why we hire professionals – so things come out looking right!