Refund Time? When Will That LTE Upgrade Come To the Xoom for Real

Image via Wikipedia Let's face it. In the era of the Internet, a promise is a promise, unless of course it comes from your telco carrier. Back in the winter months Verizon Wireless let all Zoom owners and potential buyers know that their state of the art Android tablet, made by Motorola would be upgradeable … Read more

Going Going With GoGo

Image via Wikipedia Since it's launch, GoGo has steadily been growing and adding more and more planes in North America with their airline partners. Their rollout has been actually smoother than the rollout of hotel broadband back in the late 90's and early 2000's. Those who were online back then will recall the what the … Read more

Skype For Android Points Out Android OS Weakness

The new Skype for Android is out, but…and it's a very big, BUT. The BUT is the big problem with Android that developers face. Device fragmentation. The problem here is that not all Android devices are created equal, and that means that some apps only work on some devices, making adoption, espeically virally driven adoption … Read more

GoGo Boingo

Users of Boingo who fly will enjoy the added access to GoGO when in the air. While the deal is great for the not so frequent flier who has an account with Boingo they can log in with one set of credentials. However, for the very frequent flier who only flies where they can surf, … Read more

Video in The Clouds

Image via CrunchBase A report has Polycom working on an iPad client for cloud based video with tests slated to start in October in Australia. This will likely be long after a native iPad Skype client comes out for the Apple tablet, and smart money has Skype including video in that version, as it's a logical extension for them. Polycom's … Read more

Skype Firings

I was going to write a post about the firing of multiple Skype VP’s some of whom I have dealt with in the past for a variety of clients, interviewed or heard speak but between the GigaOm, Skype Journal, and Bloomberg pieces there’s enough speculation. The one guy of the bunch who I can single … Read more

Clarence Clemons –R.I.P. Big Man

I don’t know where to begin. All I know is how to end it. So I’ll start there. R.I.P. Big Man. May Baby always be with you. Clarence Clemons was “The Big Man.” And while many of you know my tech world work, back in the day, with the Celebrity All Star Hockey team, I … Read more

iPad + Jambox = Next Generation Polycom

  Image via Wikipedia I’ve been a fan of Polycom and their logstanding history of making just about the best darn speakerphone on the planet for many, many years. To me, they have been the “gold standard” in quality and reliabilty, so much so, that when we have remote conference meetings in various Regus locations … Read more