Image via CrunchBase Earlier this month Comcast announced their moves into the business and enterprise market with VoIP, all based upon their prior acquisition of NGT and the fact that they have pretty much updated their patchwork network they inherited from their may cable company acquisitions that seemed to be put together with spit, chewing … Read more
In looking at the technology landscape here's what I want for holiday present: 1) The end of security being the excuse not to adopt something. Over the past 11 years I have seen more great ideas and growth stymied under the guise of "security" being the issue. 2) Standards really being standards. If you use … Read more
Need to send a special holiday greeting? Skype may have the answer with their "Say it With Skype" app. I have to have a sense of deja vu as this is the kind of thing we used to do with SightSpeed which had record a video message long before Skype even had video. But what … Read more
Yesterday Skype announced an upgrade of their Android client (2.6). The three main features added were: The new features include most of all extended battery life, on top of file sending of photos and videos. These features likely come from some of the technology acquired when they picked off QIK just before the sale to … Read more
Let's face it, some of us are gadget geeks. Some may call us other less flattering names, but in the end we all like to play with the latest and not always greatest devices, but when it comes to laying our cash on the line, some of us, do find a way to make use … Read more
I'm not giving up on Apple. No way. But what I do like about Android is the true multi-tasking that it offers. Lately, I've been using my Androids and iPads more for multimedia and less for work. Being home helps, of course vs. the 32 days of business travel I did between mid-October through mid-November, … Read more
I won't go into reviewing in depth the Samsung Google Nexus as enough other reviews are out there, but what I will say is if you're a Google centric person, where you make extensive use of Google Apps, Mail, Calendar, Picasa and all that Google has to, then this is the Android phone for you. … Read more
This post was supposed to be about the hassles of Android but with the looming arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich I figured I'd just point out the issues and explain what may be changing. Right now I have Android devices running the following Android Operating Systems: Android 2.1 –Huawei IDEOS 7" Tablet (Unlocked) Android 2.2 … Read more
Funny how things happen. Over the weekend the two top wireless carriers in the USA have both released WiFi latch on applications for Android devices running OS' 2.1 and above. AT&T released the app entitled Smart WiFi while Verizon Wireless has deployed Verizon WiFi Auto On. The VZW app doesn't presently work with my Galaxy … Read more
Conflicting reports are out there about Google becoming a mobile operator, at least in Spain. Or maybe not. While creating a company branded SIM, buying minutes and data makes sense, and Spain, like France and the UK are MVNO hotbeds, it is an interesting move or experiment if true. That said, Google relies on carriers … Read more
