Treo 600 Leads in Carrier Data Revenue
PalmSource today announced that the Treo 600 smartphone has delivered twice the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) than the average mobile phone for leading mobile operator Orange. [PalmInfocenter]
Month: February 2004
Share That Photo: Hit Save
Some photo buffs have so many pictures from their digital cameras, they don’t know what to do with them. And sending by e-mail is clunky compared with new technologies that make storing and showing as simple as pie. [Wired News] As I’ve mentioned recently I set up a photo gallery using Gallery, but to do … Read moreShare That Photo: Hit Save
New Styles of Blogs, RSS Take Center Stage at DEMO Show
“Moblogging,” or new location-based blogging technology and new RSS tools kicked off the annual DEMO show on Monday. [eWeek.com Messaging and Collaboration – Featuring Steve Gillmor] Good stuff from Six Apart (Typepad and Moveable Type) as well as WaveMarket’s location aware WaveBlog (nice work Russ!)
Cingular wins the bid for AT&T!
Right after sitting down with my NYT and seeing that Vodaphone is the leading contender, I get an email which says that Cingular is the winner… Cingular raised its informal offer for AT&T Wireless (AWE: news, chart, profile) by as much as 36 percent as it battled Britain’s Vodafone Group (VOD: news, chart, profile) through … Read moreCingular wins the bid for AT&T!
MiniPC Returns as FlipStart
Like raccoons who enjoy your garbage, the miniature PCs keep coming back to annoy and tantalize. The latest with news is the FlipStart from Vulcan. The FlipStart, formerly called the MiniPC, runs Windows XP and has solid specs… [GearBits]
Akimbo’s IP TV
Paid Content has an interesting piece about Akimbo, a new company that is launching today, with an IP TV service, centered around the TV rather than the PC. This is how it works – the $199 Akimbo box is connected to your television/home entertainment center, and can also be plugged into your “high-speed Internet connection.” … Read moreAkimbo’s IP TV
For Comcast, It’s About Bundling Services
Comcast’s bid for Disney could be seen as a way to control costs and ensure inventory for the most mature part of Comcast’s cable business: video programming. [New York Times: Business]
AT&T Wireless Bids Heats Up
A bidding war erupted yesterday for control of AT&T Wireless as Vodafone, based in Newbury, England, and Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of BellSouth and SBC Communications, submitted new bids that value the company at more than $37 billion or about $14 a share, executives close to the negotiations said. [New York Times: Business]
RumorMill: Details of Upcoming Apple Handheld
A Mac-related web site has what it claims is a description of a handheld that Apple will release this summer. Supposedly, it will offer a clamshell design, an internal hard drive, and FireWire. [Brighthand] As you might expect it would be the ultimate… According to this report, the device will run an operating system that … Read moreRumorMill: Details of Upcoming Apple Handheld
Picture Galleries with Gallery
I’ve finally got a system for sharing pictures without having to worry about dealing with anything too technical – at least after the installation of Gallery. In order to get this to work you need a windows or *nix server. I was unable to get it to install on my Mac system, but fortunately had … Read morePicture Galleries with Gallery
Challenges for Comcast, Before or After a Deal
The Comcast Corporation has offered more than $50 billion for the Walt Disney Company. If Comcast is successful, it would become the world’s biggest media company. Tom Wolzien, a media analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, talked last week about the offer. Following are excerpts from the conversation: [New York Times]
Excellent favelets list
Sean Willson provides a great list of browser favelets that’s worth taking a look at. [Antipixel]
NNW to iPod
Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes: “This script will copy the news items of the selected Subscription in NetNewsWire in vCard format to the Contacts folder of iPod for portable reading.” [Ranchero]
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Adobe Could Do for Imaging What iTunes Did for Music
So other industries are now taking cue form what Apple has done fo the music industry: Adobe CEO is pondering an iTunes-like store: Adobe believes it might be able to bring a similar service to its army of creative professionals, offering the ability to download stock photography, design templates and the like from a trusted … Read moreAdobe Could Do for Imaging What iTunes Did for Music
Jay-Z v. the Beatles — “Grey Album” food fight
I’d been looking for this this week and had only secured a few tracks… the whole album is now mine. Highly recommended listening. DJ Danger Mouse remixed Jay-Z’s “Black Album” with the Beatles “White Album” to create… The “Grey Album,” of course. The New Yorker had a little Talk of the Town piece on this, … Read moreJay-Z v. the Beatles — “Grey Album” food fight
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Practical Networking: Make Your Own Luck
Networking is about serendipity: making your own luck. We’ve all heard of some guy who just happened to have a friend starting a business and brought them in — only to make a million dollars later. The reason the story is not uncommon is because that’s how most positions are filled. I once saw a … Read morePractical Networking: Make Your Own Luck
Belkin Bluetooth GPS for $150
It certainly is tempting, though without a car it’s hard to justify a portable GPS for my Palm or Laptop… I know where I am when I am in NYC – though now that I think of it, this would work with Vindigo as well for pure location based info… mmmmm I thought the 50% … Read moreBelkin Bluetooth GPS for $150
First look at Flickr
Stewart Butterfield is giving me a demo of flickr. Real-time media sharing. Collaborative drawing. Real-time Photoshop contests. Uploading samples. Playing with the media we all generate. Free, ad-based. Expected to see “pro” accounts. Stewart wrote the user interaction/UI for it. This is impressive. It was turned on on Tuesday. Already a couple thousand users. Real … Read moreFirst look at Flickr