Archive for: June 2006

21 June 2006

Nokia Releases a Podcast App for the Series 60 Third Editon

Filed under: Uncategorized - 21 Jun 2006

This is just too cool for words. Nokia has released a Podcast client for the Nokia N91 “Multimedia Computer.” While it is designed for the N91, it should work on any Series 60 version 3 Third Edition handset, which …

20 June 2006

Can a Web Browser Be Just A Web Browser?

Filed under: Uncategorized - 20 Jun 2006

While anyone who knows me knows that I like phones that do a lot of different things, I do not feel the same way when it comes to applications. So when I read how the folks at Abbeynet have …

19 June 2006

Some People Want Phones To Be Just Phones

Filed under: Uncategorized - 19 Jun 2006

While I am quite tha gadget fiend, and I love the fact I can do lots of stuff on my phone, I know plenty of people who want their phones to be, well, just phones. You know, make a call,

Rebuilding Computers

Filed under: Uncategorized - 19 Jun 2006

In addition to some errands I ran today, I decided that, initially, I was going to allow my son to “participate” in building a computer with me. We got as far as screwing in the hard drive into the bare-bones …

16 June 2006

Cheap Minutes is a Dead End Business

Filed under: Uncategorized - 16 Jun 2006

Last night a friend of mine sent me an article about Jahah and how they are giving people the benefits of VoIP–namely cheap minutes–without having to talk on a computer. The call has to be set up on a computer, …

15 June 2006

Subscribe to The PhoneBoy Blog via Email

Filed under: Uncategorized - 15 Jun 2006

This has been something I’ve been wanting for a while–the ability to have updates to my blog sent out via email. I know not everyone knows or gives a damn about RSS, but pretty much everyone that I know that …

More Bandwidth is the Solution for Net Neutrality (and QoS)

Filed under: Uncategorized - 15 Jun 2006

I was reading the June issue of VON Magazine when I ran across David S. Isenberg’s article on the back page. He quoted tesimony of Gary R. Bachula, Vice President of Internet2, that was given before the US Senate Committee …

13 June 2006

Wow, Street-Level Maps from Cingular!

Filed under: Uncategorized - 13 Jun 2006

I'm not sure this was designed for the general public, but it got out on Howard Forums that Cingular now has a Coverage Viewer that lets you type in a street address or intersection and gives you a

9 June 2006

The Line Between Personal and Business

Filed under: Uncategorized - 09 Jun 2006

Today I had a conversation with someone at work regarding Skype, mostly because I was attempting to help them get EQO running on one of their phones. We have an internal instant messaging application, but I was suprised to …

8 June 2006

PhoneGnome Gets Virtual–Numbers, that is

Filed under: Uncategorized - 08 Jun 2006

One of the features that companies like Vonage have touted for years is the ability to get a telephone number anywhere you want. Live in Seattle but want a local number in San Francisco? You can get one. On Skype, …

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