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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

Office 2.0 Conference - an iPhone for every attendee

I've been working with Ismael Ghalimi, Oliver Starr, and Brian Solis on developing a Mobility and Productivity track for the upcoming Office 2.0 Conference. We're still in the early planning stages in terms of content for that track but Ismael made a bombshell announcement yesterday that is tremendously exciting. Every...

Tags: Productivity, Mobility, iPhone, Events

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Offline reading on the iPhone with Filemarks

Here's a great idea for iPhone users starved for offline content. Filemarks, a free droplet utility developed by Jamie Wilkinson, builds a bookmark you can sync to your iPhone (via Safari 3 on your Mac or Windows PC) that can contain hi-res images, PDFs, or other data. It's a free...

Tags: Mac OS X, iPhone, Utilities and Add-Ins, Software, Mobility

Blog posts 2007-07-24

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

beejive: multi-service IM for the iPhone

BeeJive has just released an alpha of JiveTalk for iPhone â€" a web-based mutli-network IM client that allows you to chat on AIM, GTalk/Jabber, MSN, and Yahoo simultaneously. It works much better than Meebo and uses an iChat style bubble display. I tested connections on AIM, GTalk, and MSN and...

Tags: Web Apps, Mobility, iPhone

Blog posts 2007-07-09

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

E-mail SMS to iPhone

The Unofficial Apple Weblog has posted 6 Things You Need to Know about iPhone SMS. Handy info to know in general but the tip that jumped out as a good workaround for getting information onto the phone instantly is that you can email a text message directly to the phone....

Tags: iPhone, Mobility, Productivity

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Google buys GrandCentral - wow!

I did not see this one coming but it makes a lot of sense. Google purchased GrandCentral, a very useful online service that provides a unified "inbox" for all of your phone numbers. I first encountered GrandCentral at DEMOFall last year and have been tracking the enhancements and improvements in...

Tags: Google, Mobility, Uncategorized, Web Apps

Blog posts 2007-07-03

Morfik updates AppsBuilder to support the iPhone

I received an e-mail from a friend at Morfik the other day. You may remember Morfik as one of the early entrants in the RIA space who jolted a lot of people when they demonstrated a desktop version of Google's mail service a while back. They've just announced that AppsBuilder,...

Tags: Software, Mobility, iPhone

Blog posts 2007-07-02

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

OMG... not another iPhone post!

I know... I know... you've had it with iPhone posts on blogs everywhere. Well I have something a little different for you. I'm not going to waste your time explaining why I am or am not getting an iPhone on Friday. I'm not going to get into an exhaustive feature...

Tags: Mobility, Mac

Blog posts 2007-06-27

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

Is Safari a honeypot for the iPhone?

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next person. I came across the interesting notion that Apple chose to release the Safari for Windows beta to have the hacker community expose and document holes in the browser in advance of the iPhone release at the end of...

Tags: Mac OS X, Mobility, Software, Web Apps

Blog posts 2007-06-16

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

Kingston does it again with microSD reader bundle

Check this little guy out! Kingston has just introduced a tiny USB reader made specifically to support the microSD cards that are increasingly being used for data storage in phones and other mobile devices. This unit is literally the same size as the tip of my index finger. Kingston is...

Tags: Gadgetry, Mobility

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Nomad wish list for hotels

Andy Abramson posts a list of 15 things hotels can do to better serve digital nomads who stay with them on his Working Anywhere blog. Andy logs more miles than just about anyone I know and, like me and a few of my nomadic buddies, always has a variety of...

Tags: Productivity, Mobility

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Work virtually from anywhere

Leo Babauta at Web Worker Daily has posted a very thorough guide to working virtually that focuses primarily on tools but also includes some excellent workflow recommendations. It's a bit Google-centric but he does provide a number of alternative choices for most of the key ingredients for a cloud-based workspace.What...

Tags: Windows, Web Apps, Utilities and Add-Ins, Software, Productivity, OpenOffice, Mobility, Microsoft Office, Mac

Blog posts 2007-06-03