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2007 Eblin Fuchs Rouge de Zellenberg Reserve
Lovely example of Alsatian Pinot Noir that never disappoints. Black raspberry, strawberry, touch of oriental spice and tea, all in a light palate pleasing weight. The winery family also operates the Michelin starred restaurant in Zellenberg, Maximillian.
Skype Goes Lower and Lower To Get More and More
Skype announced a “lower bandwidth” version of their mobile client, designed to work with more operators around the globe than their current three they have signed up after being live with Three in the UK for almost three years or so, and Verizon in the USA. While no technical details were announced, it was interesting … Read more
Skype, VoIP Is Blocked in Spain
Image via Wikipedia My attempts to make Skype calls on my iPhone 4 via Yoigo are resulting in dropped data connections. Same with using any SIP provider. It feels like the Grinch who stole Christmas has arrived here in the land where mobile is king. Quite possibly the blocking only occurs with pre-paid SIM card customers (pre-pago) … Read more
Microsoft + Nokia + YAHOO
Looking at the tealeaves today partnership effort between Nokia and Microsoft is likely the first step towards more that will come from the two giants. Both need a swift kick in the pants, and some housecleaning, and yet at the same time have a very common allie in Yahoo who is ripe to be part … Read more
Cisco’s Mobile Math Interpreted
Image via Wikipedia I like Dean Bubley's quick analysis (with more to come) on Cisco's just released data on mobile data. The reason-he's cutting through the b.s. and calling it as he sees it. As a former DataMonitor analyst in his past, numbers form the basis of all he, and most analysts really do. The … Read more
AT&T’s Growth In New Activations Shows They Have A Plan
Credit Ralph De La Vega with seeing the way to the future. In the last quarter the mobile group has put on 2 million new devices. Note the shift from “cell phone” subscribers in this story by Kevin Fritchard over at Connected Planet Online. The change in language is all about demonstrating that AT&T is … Read more
Voice over LTE-Who Is Ready?
Wireless Moves had a very informative post that skipped by my radar due to travel that helps frame out which mobile operators will be ready for Voice over LTE. Here in the USA we have T-Mobile, but they are not moving ahead with LTE that quickly, and pushing HSPA+ as their standard of choice so … Read more
Skype on iPhone, iPod Touch Now Has Video Calling
Today, Skype has joined Apple’s FaceTime and Tango at making video mobile on the iPhone and other iOS 4 device from Apple. After a week or more of rumors, Skype has set the stage for a different announcement at CES next week by making their news today in Engadget and elsewhere. With the availability of … Read more
D-Link DAP-1350 The Road Warrior’s Travel Router of Choice
I travel a lot, and for the past few years the Apple Airport Express has been my favorite travel router, and in some cases it may still be. But for the past few months I’ve also been totting around a very small and full featured travel router from D-Link. And I love it. The tiny … Read more