I have 6 phones and 5 SIM cards here in Barcelona (yes I know it’s a sickness) and only T-Mobile refuses to work at all. I can get the network time to update but am unable to connect on any of the 4 networks that are available for roaming. I’m sure I have international data … Read moreIs T-Mobile down in Barcelona?
I’m currently sitting in the American Airlines Admirals Lounge thanks for my recently earned Platinum status which lets me get a bit of sanity even when flying coach. For international flights like tonight I also get access to the bar which is a nice perk. The thing I apparently don’t have access to though is … Read moreContemplating the benefits of membership
I just installed the Helvetireader Greasemonkey script for Google Reader and it’s awesome. I’ve been browsing in full-screen mode while on my work machine though using Chrome on and off with Firefox and this might be enough to get me to stick with FF for the moment. I can’t get the userscripts to work just … Read moreHelvetireader
I just activated my first Disney Digital Copy for Wall-E and I was very pleasantly surprised by the relative ease of the process. I could see my parents easily navigating this process without questions and that’s a definite win on the consumer tech front. You just insert the DVD (Disc 3 for Wall-E) and run … Read moreDisney Digital Copy
I updated my E71’s Firmware yesterday and discovered that there are actually two E71 Product codes for the North American version … and only one will see the update (for now). 0559585 – got the update 0569371 – no update So far, I’m not seeing anything particularly new or different. Â When the update was initially … Read moreE71 Firmware Updated
It’s easy to maintain a single status line across services which lets you report the same update across your social services. Â I tend to use Ping.Fm mainly which lets me deliver cross-service updates via email, IM and web including mobile. Â What’s missing in this age of unified communications though is the ability to share a … Read moreWhere’s my Federated Presence?
Techcrunch is reporting on Twitter’s decision to pass on an acquisition by Facebook and a lot of people are tracking this like a major news story. Â I think it’s just the continuation of the hype machine. I’m not the biggest fan of Twitter … I consider it interesting, yet frustrating given their sheer lack of … Read moreWhat would Facebook hope to get from Twitter?
Gizmodo’s piece yesterday, A Call for Revolution Against Beta Culture is right on. Thanks to web 2.0 and our inclination towards participatory culture we seem far more accommodating of bugs today than would have been acceptable only a few short years ago. Finish the product design, test it and THEN release it. Just imagine the … Read moreGizmodo’s call against the Beta is right on!
For the past month or so I’ve been using the Nokia N96. I have the N96-1 which as Nokiaphiles know is the Euro edition so no 3G for the US. That has not been too much of an issue because I’ve had regular overseas trips. For the first time since I started writing about mobile … Read moreTrying hard to like the N96
Amazon’s download service is now compatible with the Nokia N96 according to Amazon’s End User blog. This is a great addition to the BBC iPlayer – at least for UK users and something I will have to try in the next day or so. If you have a chance to give this a whirl, please … Read moreNokia N96 now does Amazon Video on Demand
Steve aka Chippy at UMPCPortal has compiled an amazing 5-part, 11,000 word, 28-page Ultra Mobile Computing Buyers Guide into a single FREE PDF file. This is highly recommended reading for anyone interested in ultra mobile computing … Thanks Steve – this is a fantastic resource!
My friend Serko just launched a new project called mobiledivide and I’m honored to have been interviewed as his inaugural subject … check it out (now embedded) and be sure to stay tuned for more great stuff! Technorati Tags: interview, mobiledivide, mobile
Do you use more than one sim and more than one device? If you do then I would imagine you’ve also experienced the pain that’s associated with re-configuring EVERY data-centric application to a new access point each time you switch! Why can’t phones be smarter to see that once the SIM has been switched the … Read moreData settings should be locked to a SIM
I have two active phones – A Nokia E71 running on an ATT SIM and an N96 running on a T-Mobile SIM. Because the T-Mobile SIM was initially provisioned for Blackberry service it seems to only have access to the T-zones access point which absolutely sucks. For starters, you can only have two simultaneous connections … Read moreT-Zones needs to be taken out back and shot