atmaspheric | endeavors

It’s been a while since I’ve flown Jet Blue, but now as I sit on my sixth of seven flights this week I have to say this may be the best coach experience I’ve ever had.
I’m sitting by the window which is only ever my choice for a red eye, and I can’t believe how [...]

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What’s the deal with FON? When I planned my trip to Barcelona recently I thought for sure I’d be able to take advantage of Free wifi in Fon’s home country.
Like a good Fonero, I made sure my FON was active and sharing well in advance yet when I arrived in Spain, I [...]

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I’ve had a pair of Shure EC4 in-ear phones for a few years and I recently shorted out my second pair. I’m not sure what the deal is with my usage, but I tend to kill mobile headsets and earphones far too easily.
Tonight while waiting in Atlanta I decided to go for it and upgrade [...]

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I’m back from Barcelona and attempting to catch up with posts I want to write, people I need to contact and a bit of reality as I head back to work tomorrow. While I’m reflecting though I wanted to note a few things …

This was my first conference attended as a member of [...]

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One of the more exciting devices at the Mobile World Congress last week was the Sony Xperia X1. At least until I got a closer look …

The hardware is actually really nice. The demo guy I encountered though was nervous about letting anyone get too close and it seemed the more I [...]

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Yahoo announced OneConnect an amazingly cool service today that looks like a truly killer mobile social connector.  OneConnect will allow you to view and participate across social networks in a a way much like Jaiku does now - though it seems like it will work for most of your existing social services.  It´s not ready for release [...]

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Coming in Q3 2008, The 6210 Navigator will really open some new paths in the Personal Navigation market. The navigational enhancements looks very promising and as the first device with both a compass AND a lifetime subscription to the maps enhanced services, the 6210 should please quite a few.

The device is quite small and [...]

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Captured in realtime with the N810…

OPK started sharing stats on devices and Nokia’s success in music and cameras (100 milliona and 200 million respectively). They have also sold some 35 million GPS devices and are looking to offer a new array of location based devices with the 6210 which a very handy pedestrian [...]

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A not so subtle way of asking MS to raise the bid…

After a series of meetings over the past week, Yahoo’s board determined that the $31 per share offer ‘massively undervalues’ Yahoo, the person said. It also doesn’t account for the risks Yahoo would be taking by entering into an agreement that might be [...]

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Just got an email with some light details on what to expect from the S60 team at MWC:

S60 will be making its presence felt at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With its own section in the Nokia stand in Hall 8, Nokia S60 promoters will be showing the business opportunities and technology trends [...]

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I started pulling my gear together tonight and as you can see here I’ve got a lot of goodies ready to go.

On the software side I’m ready with Qik, Flixwagon, Fon, Boingo and Devicescape as well as mobile blogging via Maemo Wordpy on the Nokia N810 so I’m feeling good about my travel kit.

If you [...]

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I am not sure when this kicked in, but great news for Metro NY travelers… the MTA site has been mobilized. I was just browsing for my train tomorrow as I am getting an earlier start and noticed the new mobile call out. Here’s what it looks like from my N95:

Phone [...]

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In my experience the ability to begin broadcasting, inform your friends and maintain a dialog is both incredibly social but amazingly powerful! I’ve been dabbling with Qik and Flixwagon and this area of mobile development is simply fantastic. When I covered the Web2 Summit last fall, my coverage was limited to 1 min [...]

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Devicescape received a nice update to 2.0 today and allows secure and simple access to paid and free hotspots automatically. I’ve added a few hidden APs from the office as well as my home network to my list to start combined with my Boingo Mobile and FON credentials so I can easily connect my [...]

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Stefan noted an awesome new application today called JoikuSpot Light which of course is in beta but solves a need quite a few power users have been seeking. If you carry a few different devices like I do but only have one SIM, it can be tricky to use more than one at a [...]

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While the game was surprisingly solid this year, I found the commercials to be pretty poor. Usually there are more than a couple that stand out, but it’s as if the writer’s strike impacted the ad business as well.

If you’d like to see them, Ad Age is hosting them all for your [...]

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WHOA! Guess this is Microsoft’s new strategy for Google…

“Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Corp on Friday said it had offered to acquire Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) Inc in a proposed cash and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion.
Microsoft said it had offered to buy Yahoo for $31 per share, which it said represented a 62 percent premium above [...]

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