Brian Jepson’s Weblog

Bugwart
points to a report from Deutsche Bank on the 1xEV-DO rollout in San
Diego (thanks to Emory for
calling my attention to this). The report touches on a number of things
3G, and is well worth a read. I even printed out a copy, and I hardly
every print anything. Here’s a delightful quote from the report:

Using FTP to receive megabyte files, we recorded
average data rates that were typically in the 500-800kbps range
while observing peak data rates (done using the aforementioned
software package on the Windows 2000 notebook) that reached 1.2Mbps.

Meanwhile, Alan Reiter discusses
the Verizon 1xEV-DO press release that complements the Deutsche Bank
report.

P.S. San Diego will be home to next year’s Emerging Technology
conference, so start stocking up on 1xEV-DO equipment today!

Jim
Bray: “I was biking around Newport recently and noticed a sign in
the window of the Steaming Bean Cafe saying they had free WiFi.
Blossom’s Cafe out in Greenville, RI also offers this.” (must…
resist… calling it The Streaming Bean…)

A great review of Shared Source
CLI Essentials just appeared on Amazon: “Well, there I was sitting
on my bed with my new book. I opened the first page and didn’t surface
again for 9 days; it’s that good i read it cover to cover, twice! I
found it not only intellectually exciting, but also quite arousing; the
way they talk about managed code gave me a right chubby one!” (screenshot
available in case they pull it)

Gizmodo: “the I-C3, a new recharger from Rayovac that
can power up a pair of AA batteries in fifteen minutes”

Gizmodo: Nokia Stuns
Everyone

Werner
Vogels: “And now for something completely different: The Social
Issues Research Center in Oxford, UK has released an absolutely
marvelous online guide to British pub etiquette…”

James
Duncan Davidson has written up his thoughts on the new 15 inch
Powerbook. One complaint, many positives.

Reiter’s Wireless Data
Web Log: “There still are many people who don’t believe camera
phones will spark huge business opportunities. I call these
people….wrong! They don’t get it. They don’t see what’s already
happening and they can’t see what will happen. All they see are
today’s fuzzy photos of cats and don’t understand the changes occurring
that will affect tomorrow.”

T-Mobile has a hotspot here in one of those fancy airport lounges that
I’ve never been into. I can pick up a weak signal that drops in and out
in the food court area, but that was no good, so I tried a few different
gates, and found the best signal (1 to 2 bars) at gate B12.

Russell Beattie has written a great piece on Using your Nokia 3650 as a
Portable Office.