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AT&T and Metro North Testing Wifi?

I spotted a new hotspot while waiting to depart from Grand Central tonight … Unfortunately, I was unable to connect from my iPhone or laptop, but signal was pretty decent for a few fleeting moments regardless. I really hope that … Continue reading

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JetBlue Fails Their Own Digital Savvy Test

This morning I read about how JetBlue used Twitter to try and test the agencies pitching for their business.   I think it caught my attention as I had a Jet Blue flight booked for later in the day … … Continue reading

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BlackBerry Bold 9700 initial thoughts

I’ve been using the new BlackBerry 9700 for a bit over a week and it’s an impressive device. The last BB I used was a curve from about two years ago and it is immediately clear that the platform has … Continue reading

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gogo internet on american sfo to jfk

That’s a pretty close to live speedtest coming from my flight from SFO to JFK and while the upstream is far from awesome, I don’t even care.  I’m cruising through mail, tweeting and (obviously) blogging with ease.  This is a … Continue reading

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MetroNorth Bloggers

David Parmet just launched MetroNorth Bloggers which is a aggregator for the wait for it … MetroNorth Bloggers. If you are familiar with MetroNorth, you’d know that this is the primary commuter path for those of us living to the … Continue reading

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Update on My Netbook Usage

I’ve been using the Samsung NC10 as my main travel system (also carrying my work laptop) since the end of December and I thought it would be worth reporting on my findings to date.  In general, the NC10 performs admirably … Continue reading

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The Best Customer Service Letter Ever

Just go read it. Richard Branson apparently called the guy personally and invited him to particpate in meal planning as well.  I would be pissed to find such garbage on a long haul flight like this too – especially for … Continue reading

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Do you need or even want an instant-on netbook?

There’s been a good deal of chatter and even video posted lately about Hyperspace, Phoenix Technologies instant-on OS for netbooks. Sony seems to have felt the pressure as well launching the Sony Vaio P with their XMB start-up option. In … Continue reading

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I traveled 46% of the distance to the moon in 2008!

I received my dopplr radar for 2008  today … I took 24 trips in 2008, which added up to 170,118 km or 46% of the distance to the moon.

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Hasty Airport Purchase – Kensington Universal 70W DC Power Adapter

While I had power on my recent American flight overseas it was not via  standard jack and unfortunately was of the cigarette lighter variety – a plug I did not have in my bag.  Passing back through Heathrow yesterday I … Continue reading

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I’ve gone Netbook

So I finally went netbook and got the Samsung NC10 which I am seriously loving after just a few days.  The amount of power that’s packed into such a small package is really quite amazing.  While the netbook category tends … Continue reading

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Dear AT&T – Why is a modem locked??

Kevin Tofel brought a new 3G modem to my attention today and I got very excited about the possibilities as it supports Tri-band HSDPA (850, 1900 and 2100) which would work in my global travels. It was impossible to tell … Continue reading

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Don’t ever let anyone say you can’t reach Andy!

Andy Abramson just posted the most amazing list of his accounts, devices and methods for staying connected globally. Impressive does not even begin to cover it.

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Data settings should be locked to a SIM

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! … Continue reading

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T-Zones needs to be taken out back and shot

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 … Continue reading

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A DUN Good Travel Companion

I’ve been traveling rather extensively for the past month and it’s not always easy to find a WiFi hotspot which is not that much of an issue when you have a DUN capable 3G mobile. The Nokia CA-100 accessory (above … Continue reading

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Continental’s Mobile Boarding Pass

When I was confirming my seat earlier in the week with Continental I saw there was an option to get a mobile boarding pass and I decided it would be pretty cool to go paperless and signed up to receive … Continue reading

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Thinking Kindle

Recently I’ve been traveling quite a bit and really thinkng about the Kindle.  I like that I can get magazines as well as books as I go which would make always having something to read a non-issue.  From the rumors … Continue reading

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