Interesting…
Mobile Gadget News has a post on some information about discussions on leaving WiFi out of phones, and moving forward on WCDMA/UMTS “picocells”. Carefull though, some of this info came from The Register, so take it with a grain of salt. Could be interesting if it all works out.
But I still like WiFi 🙂
Is next week the week? Will it really happen? Is it really a BlackBerry ‘killer’? Can I stop asking silly questions?* According to Engadget Mobile, Motorola has announced that the Q will be released next week.
I’m really excited to finally see a slim & trim Windows Mobile Smartphone-based phone with a QWERTY keyboard and landscape QVGA screen. Yes, this is the CDMA/EVDO version, so it’ll be available on Verizon (and later Sprint) right away, but we’ll have to wait until the end of the year for the GSM/UMTS version – or so they say. Go check out Engadget’s post on the latest Q news.
* No, ask my wife
Yesterday, Ilium Software announced on their blog that they will be producing UMPC versions of all their software in future releases. This marks the first Teir 1 vendor of Windows Mobile software to support the new platform.
“The UMPC is a natural evolution for users seeking a comprehensive mobile experience,†stated Marc Tassin, Senior Product Manager for Ilium Software. “We’re very excited about the prospects for this new platform.â€
I’ve used several of Ilium Software’s products. My favorites are currently eWallet and ListPro, but their new RSS reader (NewsBreak) has gotten a number of great reviews, and I guess I’ll evenually give it a try – I’ve not had a real need for a mobile RSS reader yet.
So, along with the Windows CE 6.0 announcement, Microsoft announced the .NET Micro Framework. This article over at msmobile.com, gives a good overview of what the Micro Framework is.
Darren Rowse talks about Maintaining Momentum in Blogging today. This is a welcome discussion as I have been having trouble finding time and energy to get past a ‘bloggers block’ I’m having. Its inspirational enough that I’m actually getting a bit more excited trying to work through some of the site issues I’m having with Snowmoblog – RSS XML generated by WordPress won’t verify, my graphic work is as lame as I expected (Dave H. I may give you a call), and I need to upgrade the hosting service – to name a few.
Not to mention that its been hard to find time to properly review the BlackBerry units I’m working on at work. See this is the real issue – I’ve got some good plans for larger posts, but am having trouble finding the time to commit to writing them. Work is a real drain right now – and it may be because of th weather, I’m not really sure.
Anyhoo, enough of these sorry excuses, I’ve got a lot of work to do and it needs to be done. The family and I are taking a few days out of the week and heading north for a quick getaway – just a little ‘pine time’ as the saying goes around here.
Just as I was posting, Darren posted part II in this series. In this post he posits several good tips on maintaining the focus needed for building a good blogging rythum. After reading the entire post, I can really see where I’ve made a few ‘classic’ mistakes in following some good advice. More opportunity to regain focus and move forward. Thank you Darren!
Did anyone else get an email message from Skype this afternoon indicating that a number of calls were going to be free through the end of this year. If the call originates in the US/Canada and is directed to any US/Canada Landline, Wireless, or Skype number, that it is free.
Calls to friends and family on Skype have always been free. Now we’ve made calls within the US and Canada to all phones totally free till the end of the year.
Starting from today it doesn’t matter if it’s a Skype-to-Skype call or a call to landline or mobile phone – it’s free as long as you’re calling from within the US or Canada to US or Canadian phone number.
How can we do this? Well, we hope our customers will support us by using Skype to make international calls at incredibly cheap rates, or by buying stuff from our store – like Skype Voicemail, perhaps an accessory like headphones to make using Skype even easier, or even a cool ringtone to personalize your Skype.
Very cool!
This is the same thing American leftists want to do in our nation. Heavily regulate speech and control who gets to do what and when they can do it. They think our Bill of Rights are a "living breathing document". They're not, they're God given rights recognized by the document.
“I’m a criminal because you didn’t stop me from being one. It’s all your fault.” 🤣
