Orb

Dec 23, 2005 | blog

I’ve been using Orb for about 6 months now, and finally have gotten around to posting about it here! I’ve been able to access my personal media from many remote systems including: at work through the corporate firewall, Pocket PC, and Smartphone! Great concept that is well executed. Check out their services – its free, so have fun! Also, with a compatible TV tuner you can actually control channel selection and viewing over the Internet using your favorite media player! Great Stuff!

Windows Live

Dec 23, 2005 | blog

I’ve been using Windows Live as my start page for some time now. The neet thing that keeps me there is quite simply how cool the site is, how it keeps expanding, growing and having more interesting tools & technology added. If you are looking for a customizable start page that has many, many add-in options, check out Windows Live at www.live.com!

Technorati

Dec 21, 2005 | blog

OK, I’ve “claimed” my blog over at Technorati, don’t know if it will generate much traffic, but thought it may be interesting to do (I’m ranked 1,033,836th by the way). Interesting feature being able to search a blog directly from the Technorati site.

T-Mobile Catching Up On 3G

Dec 19, 2005 | blog

Techdirt Wireless has a post about how T-Mobile USA is now committing to 3G, hoping to launch 3G services by the end of 2006. They also mention that it may be to T-Mobile’s benefit to be rolling out 3G later than their peers and that nobody has figured out how to market 3G yet.

I’ll agree with this completely – T-Mobile can roll out a much more mature technology instead of spending billions implementing through trial & error. The result will be 3G services for less than the competition, and that is the key to 3G that all the carriers just don’t get. There is no magic ticket for 3G except for a big fat wireless pipe for cheap, just like a home broadband connection.

The sooner carriers understand that they simply supply a connection and get away from the idea that they need to wall the customer in, or provide some ‘hip’ service like ringtones (LOL), the sooner they will be able to sign up the majority of their existing voice customers as data customers.

The business plan for 3G is simple if they will try it, and remains the same as many business models: Volume!

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