Feb 23, 2007 | blog
Mark has a great post questioning the statistical consistency of various ranking sites. He points to a report by VentureBeat that details findings from Quantcast, Alexa, Google Analytics and Compete on how they track traffic patterns.
It really is detrimental to the growth (and the maturation) of the blogosphere to not have a consistently accurate method for tracking sites. Without a common reference, each tracking service is all over the map and anyone can simply pick the rank they prefer, rather than getting any kind of accurate data.
Via: Mark Evans – Let’s Have Some Statistical Consistency
Feb 22, 2007 | blog
According to the logon screen for my hosted GMail services, Google now has support for BlackBerry devices. If this supports push email from the GMail account it’ll be pretty cool.
Can’t wait for Google to come out with something like this for Windows Mobile. With Windows Mobile 6 supporting push email from Windows Live and Yahoo, it shouldn’t be too long for Google to come up with a push method for GMail. (I Hope).
Feb 14, 2007 | blog
Looks like there is some new services coming from T-Mobile this year. More community services for mobile users, and a consumer version of their push-mail service that is currently offered for business users.
Via: Yahoo! News – T-Mobile to Offer Consumer Push E-Mail
Jan 25, 2007 | blog
Some question why I stick with T-Mobile when there are so many other choices. Many mobile service providers have better phone selections or provide faster mobile data services.
One of the reasons is that the service I get from their support teams is unmatched. The other big reason is the very competitive pricing compared to the other national carriers. 3G will come along in due time – I have no desire (or the pocketbook) to pay bleeding-edge prices for mobile data. I’ve also got the phone that I had been waiting nearly 5 years for.
Though, 2007 seems like it will be a great year for T-Mobile again as they have the wireless spectrum to roll out 3G services. They are also focusing on bringing the best phones in price/performance to their lineup. Their work on getting the BlackBerry Pearl, and the Windows Mobile based Dash are examples of this. Affordable phones that fit the needs of their customers, not just the 1% that want’s the latest phone to hit the FCC website.
My T-Mobile MDA will be a year old in March, though I have been using one since Oct. 2005. It has been everything that I’d ever wanted in a phone since PDAs started morphing into the phone category. And with T-Mobile’s continued effort in customer satisfaction, I’ll remain a Tmo customer with their upcoming network upgrades and phone selection.
Via: Wireless Week – T-Mobile Ranks Highest in Customer Service. Again.
Jan 25, 2007 | blog
Ah, finally have the full skinny on the free T-Mobile WiFi Hotspot offer for new Windows Vista Users. The offer is for 3 months of service only starting this Friday. While the rumor of this news was spreading around the web this morning, there was no additional information on the length of the offer.
Even for 3 months this is a great chance to try out the hotspot service at your favorite coffee shop.
Via: Information Week – T-Mobile Offers Three Months Free Hotspot Access To Vista Users
