Making The Cut Matters

I’m elated to be on the same list as such esteemed colleagues as Alec Saunders, Jeff Pulver, Jon Arnold, Rich Tehrani and more as one of the top 15 VoIP bloggers. It’s a great birthday present for me too, as I hit the half century mark here in Alsace where my wife and I are … Read more

Thanks Tom for The Good News

Tom Keating is one of the bloggers I like to regularly read as his all the time, non-stop playing with gadgets and gizmos is part of his job over at TMC because he has to make sure they work before pal Rich Tehrani is allowed to put them on the network over at TMC. So … Read more

3 To Release a MiFi Later This Year

Pal Kerry Ritz tipped me off to the news about 3 and their planned MiFi release later this year. One of the biggest benefits to using a MiFi is less drain on the PC or mobile phone’s battery vs. being connected directly to 3G. Sure you have to charge two devices, but you can also … Read more

PocketSpot making the Industry Lexicon

It seems the term I coined, PocketSpot, to label the small pocket size travel routers like the Novatel MiFi and others, is making it into the lexicon of some of the very best of mobile bloggers. Take a look at the URL of this post by SidecutReports Paul Kapustka and read the copy. All kidding … Read more

The MiFi Dilemma

Saul Hansell of the New York Times questions the need for a MiFi in our connected (maybe overconnected) world. My rebuttal comment is replicated here: Saul, I have three of these. Two for the USA on different carriers that run CDMA (Sprint and Verizon Wireless) and one that is unlocked and works with any GSM … Read more

Fact and Fiction

In today’s New York Times reporter Brad Stone wrote about Apple and GoogleVoice writing (or having been edited): And in recent weeks Apple rejected two of Google’s applications for the iPhone, including one for Google Voice, a service that allows people to make cheap international calls and send free text messages. The software could have … Read more

Line2 Is All Hung Up In Google Gate

Imagine creating a quasi me too app that does the same thing in parts as Google Voice. You then realize that the iPhone is an amazing device that more and more small business types are using. They want a second number, and some functionality that AT&T doesn’t offer. So they create a kick butt app … Read more