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BodyGuardz has my iPhone covered

Since I got my iPhone, I've had in safely ensconced in a Speck case that provides a protective rubber bumper around the device. It's a great bit of gear and it's saved my iPhone from potential disaster recently when I've been at a concert and had the phone inadvertently knocked...

Tags: iPhone, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-08-01

iPhone update now available

I just performed the iPhone Update (to version 1.01) and it went without a hitch. There appear to be numerous small improvements but nothing to get too terribly excited about. Overall performance is just fine (WiFi feels a bit snappier, EDGE about the same) and the only thing I needed...

Tags: Mobility, iPhone, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-08-01

More incredible iPhone numbers: 33% of surveyed plan to buy!

I tend to get a little skeptical when I read stuff like this but according to Lightspeed Research who conducted a survey days after the release of the iPhone, just about one third of the nearly 40,000 people surveyed plan to buy one and 90% of them had heard about...

Tags: iPhone, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-07-16

First look: Jabra BT5020 Bluetooth headset

I've been using a new Jabra BT5020 Bluetooth headset for the past few days and despite the short period of time I've had to use this device I am already a huge fan. Jabra claims ten hours of talk time and 300 hours of standby time and, while I'm unable...

Tags: Uncategorized, Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry

Blog posts 2007-07-16

iPhone satisfaction numbers are unreal

USA Today's Ed Baig posted a story yesterday reporting on the results of a survey of 1000 new iPhone owners. The numbers are a product manager's (or iCEO's) dream come true. According to the report: 90% of 200 owners said they were "extremely" or "very" satisfied with their phone. And 85%...

Tags: Hardware, iPhone, Mobility

Blog posts 2007-07-14

Nokia updates the N800 with Skype and more

The mobile blogs have been buzzing all day about the latest software update fo the Nokia N800 internet tablet which was released today. Good coverage in a number of places but your first stop should be Thoughtfix's live blogging of his update experience on Tabletblog.com. I plan to update my...

Tags: Software, Hardware, Gadgetry

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Essential gear for the road warrior

For the past few weeks, I've been traveling a great deal. Actually, I've been traveling a great deal for a long time. Part of the price I pay for living for where I do. But I've recently been able to travel in greater comfort and have arrived at my destinations...

Tags: Uncategorized, Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry

Blog posts 2007-07-06

I am such a weak person - I bought an iPhone

I know... I know... I said I wasn't going to do this. I had all the completely valid reasons to stay of the RDF and avoid being swept up in the iPhone madness. But yesterday morning I succumbed to the iPhone's siren song and drove over to the ABQ Uptown...

Tags: Mobility, Mac OS X, Mac, iPhone, Hardware, Gadgetry

Blog posts 2007-07-01

iPhone day one - what does it all mean?

My buddy Matt Miller wrote a nice post about alternatives to the iPhone on his Mobile Gadgeteer blog and as I perused and joined in on the comment thread, it occurred to me that a little long-view history lesson might be in order. I've been pretty disinclined to write about...

Tags: Mobility, Mac, Hardware, Gadgetry

Blog posts 2007-06-30

Oh yeah - Skype on the N800 is coming soon

Kevin C. Tofel of jkOnTheRun just reported that on his way out of the Digital Experience show in New York City today, he saw Skype running on a Nokia N800 internet tablet. According to Kevin's report, this should be downloadable in July. I've been waiting for this since the N800...

Tags: Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry, Events

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Dell selling Nokia phones - bad news for carriers

Stefan at intomobile points to new listings on the Dell website showing unlocked Nokia handsets. This is a big deal. One of the stumbling blocks Nokia (and other high-end handset manufacturers) faces is getting distribution for these devices in the company stores operated by AT&T and T-Mobile (the two largest...

Tags: Gadgetry, Hardware, Mobility

Blog posts 2007-06-17

OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast #38- all about the Lenovo x61 Tablet

Listen here ( MP3, 21.3 MB, 62 minutes) orSubscribe to the show with this link RSSJames Kendrick and I have both recently picked up Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet PCs and in show #38 we discuss the x61 from stem to stern. James has the SXGA+ (1440x1040) screen while...

Tags: Windows, Vista, Utilities and Add-Ins, Tablet PCs, Software, Productivity, Podcasts, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-06-10

Treo 700p patch problems - bad to worse

This is beyond bad. I've heard from a number of people through various channels about the post I put up a few days back concerning the ongoing delays in getting a patch out for Treo 700p users and the ham-handedness with which they're being handled by Palm. Some are concerned...

Tags: Gadgetry, Hardware, Mobility

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Palm 700p woes continue

I've been a longtime and loyal user of Palm devices dating back to when the company made software for the Newton. While there have been bumps in the road through the years (as there have been with every technology brand I've used), the manner in which the widely documented problems...

Tags: Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry

Blog posts 2007-06-02

Lenovo X61 details emerge

Lenovo appears ready to give its ThinkPad Tablet PC offering a boost with the imminent arrival of the X61 model which features a Core 2 Duo processor, better connectivity options, enhanced displays, and a reported 12-hour battery life with the now-standard 8-cell battery. More info at GottaBeMobile.com. Apparently my fellow...

Tags: Hardware, Tablet PCs, Vista, Windows

Blog posts 2007-05-31

Voice over WiFi - is this a solution?

I just read an interesting piece in the Orlando Sentinel via Techmeme about voice over WiFi and other solutions to spotty cell phone coverage in the home, office, and other environments where signal strength can be anywhere from intermittent to nonexistent. My pal Andy Abramson weighs in with his thoughts...

Tags: Hardware, Mobility

Blog posts 2007-05-28

NYC on 2 Nokias a day

A couple of weeks ago, I took the family on a trip to New York City. We got a pretty good deal on travel in the form of a package deal from Hotwired.com that included four round-trip tickets and two hotel rooms for about $600 per person for a four-night,...

Tags: Gadgetry, Hardware, Mobility, Productivity, Web Apps

Blog posts 2007-05-26

Quantifying the "Microsoft Tax"

Eighty dollars. That's the number at least for Vista Home Premium according to this comparison from Coding Horror of the price delta between identical Dell systems configured with Vista and Ubuntu Linux. The hardware is essentially identical. We can infer that Dell's price for a Windows Vista Home Premium license...

Tags: Hardware, Software, Vista, Windows

Blog posts 2007-05-25

Treo 700p fixes imminent?

I posted a while back that Palm was promising a much-anticipated and overdue firmware update for the Treo 700p to address Bluetooth pairing, stability, and performance issues. Based on a recent post to their blog that was picked up by Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun this weekend, it appears the release...

Tags: Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Does the iPhone "change everything"?

Great post today by Tomi Ahonen, one of the authors of the Communities Dominate Brands book and blog about the sea change in awareness of how mobile computing will change after the release of the iPhone. If you haven't read this book or added this blog to your aggregator and...

Tags: Gadgetry, Hardware, Mac, Mobility, Productivity

Blog posts 2007-05-18