Archive for: December 2006

31 December 2006

Happy New Year From phoneboy.com

Filed under: voip - 31 Dec 2006


Click to Play play_blip_movie_128022(); Video wishes and tech thoughts for 2007.Formats available: Third Generation Platform (.3gp), …

Opera Mini + Twitter RSS = Yum!

Filed under: phoneboy - 31 Dec 2006

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Thanks for the idea, Stefan!

Inconsistent Networking in Nokia Phones

Filed under: nokia, voip - 31 Dec 2006

Luca reminded me today that I like to push the limits of my devices. I push my phones to their breaking point. My phone bounces between GPRS and WiFi multiple times a day, sometimes connected via both. Between that, …

30 December 2006

My MacBook Is Finally Fixed!

Filed under: mac, voip - 30 Dec 2006

It took two trips to Apple, but my MacBook no longer has a flickering screen! Yay!

There are a couple of things I do when sending my Mac to Apple that may not be necessary, but I want to make …

29 December 2006

Where’s the Date?

Filed under: gadgets, nokia, voip - 29 Dec 2006

I really like Stefan’s writing. Here’s the first in what I hope will be a good series of articles on annoyances with the Symbian operating system. One comment on this particular thing: if you use the analog clock like …

Nokia N80 versus Nokia N95: Howard Chui Has Spoken!

Filed under: gadgets, nokia - 29 Dec 2006

Well, he didn’t actually speak on this video (also pointed at by Darla and Stefan), but you get a good sense of how the phones compare. Here’s what I can see:

The N80 and the N95 are about …

Ultimate VoIP Blogger List–Let the Discussions Begin Again

Filed under: voip - 29 Dec 2006

Alec Saunders throws his hat in the ring about venturing who is a bigger VoIP blogger. He discusses his criteria for coming up with this list, which is based on some “statistics” from certain sites that, arguably, could be …

The Devil Is In The Details, Isn’t It?

Filed under: politics - 29 Dec 2006

There are some days where I am glad that there are smart people like Jeff Pulver and sites like Techdirt around to wade through all the fanfare to find the real truth behind the new concessions offered …

Nokia Phones in Vending Machines? That Would Rock!

Filed under: gadgets - 29 Dec 2006

I like this idea from Stefan Constantinescu about selling Nokia phones in a vending machine. Best place to put them? Airports, particularly in the international terminals. You could even sell prepaid SIMs and top-up cards from Cingular and T-Mobile …

Identity Crisis? Damn Straight!

Filed under: connectivity - 29 Dec 2006

This observation by his Ted Wallingford about my Skype status basically proves my earlier point that we need a central concept of identity. Yes, I did change my Skype status, but I’m not likely to change it again. …

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