CrunchGear’s John Biggs has the goods on the GSM and International release of the Kindle from Amazon. As a very happy Kindle user, I am thrilled to see this. Many friends outside of the USA have had major Kindle envy. As someone who cares about the environment the Kindle contributes to the savings by reducing … Read more
I do love GoGo’s inflight service, even if they are blocking VoIP. On my “up the state” commute, three times this week, I’ve actually used it only once first due to a lack of the in seat power ( it was a defective outlet) on my Virgin America flight on Thursday, and my error in … Read more
News out of Canada via Mobile Syrup shows that Canada may be opening up. Three stories that lead me to that conclusion: 1) Primus’s relationship with Rogers is expanding. As an MVNO Primus will “increase to cover 94% of Canada, enhanced voice and text packages, picture messaging (MMS), web browsing and ring tones are all … Read more
Windows Mobile users are being notified by Microsoft’s Total Access about Fusion 2.0 the latest offering from PhoneFusion, which provides a unified inbox for voice mail ala visual voice mail, faxes and text, all in one. I take a slight exception to the claim of “A new feature—exclusive to Windows Mobile users—is that for the … Read more
As a fan of what I dubbed “PocketSpots” sometime back, it’s great to see the mobile operators around the globe beginning to embrace the little darlings. UMPC Portal is pointing out that Vodafone Germany is offering a bundle deal where for 40 Euro per month customers receive a 5GB HSDPA contract and the device for … Read more
As a fan of what I dubbed “PocketSpots” sometime back, it’s great to see the mobile operators around the globe beginning to embrace the little darlings. UMPC Portal is pointing out that Vodafone Germany is offering a bundle deal where for 40 Euro per month customers receive a 5GB HSDPA contract and the device for … Read more
Over the last three months I was in and out of London some seven or eight times. I’ve stayed mostly in hotels and serviced apartments, and for the most part had very good broadband. When I’m out and about, I was a regular user of 3 as their data plan and their data stick deals … Read more
Dave Hornik, a veteran Sand Hill Road VC and industry observer eliminated books and used his iPhone in Europe on his summer holiday, something I have done and also not done. First off, for AT&T Customers who are heavy business mail users like I am, the iPhone is NOT a useful replacement for the RIM … Read more
I’m not surprised that we pay more in the USA, lots more, for mobile phone services, as CNET’s Maggie Reardon writes. We also pay more for broadband services..and we get lots less. Our bandwidth speeds are slower than other western countries and our wireless networks don’t really achieve what’s possible due largely to over saturation … Read more
The folks at VoIP Users Conference tend to be on the cutting edge of what’s out there in VoIP and toying with the iPhone is not far from their targets. This weekend I came across a post that lists three applications that are designed to work. By reading their post you’ll save time and buy … Read more
