Archive for March, 2004

Epic Smart Phone Platform Wars

Monday, March 29th, 2004

Wireless
Watch
on the dominance of the Series 60 platform, Symbian turf wars,
and Microsoft’s progress on Windows Mobile. (via The Tao of
Mac
)

All Things New York Day at Borders Columbus Circle

Friday, March 26th, 2004

I’ll be doing some Wi-Fi show and tell at the All
Things New York Day celebration
at the Columbus
Circle Borders Store
. Looks like I’ll be hanging around with a Mac, a PC,
a Zaurus, and a Pocket PC around 5pm. For me, the big event is the rollout of
the free pocket guide that I wrote with Rob.

Mozilla as Killer Cross-Platform Component Platform

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

Jon
Udell
: “Could InfoPath have been built on a Mozilla foundation
instead? You bet. And the result wouldn’t just be a great Windows
application. It would be a great application, period.” See also The
Firefox Opportunity
.

Nokia’s PhotoBlog

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

I was at CTIA this week, and got a sneak peek at Nokia’s upcoming
PhotoBlog application. Read
more at MobileWhack
.

Rotor Community Resources

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

If you’re wondering where to get started with the Shared Source CLI, whether you want to get caught up with what’s been going on, or if you want to get plugged in, check out Joel Pobar’s excellent list of Rotor community resources.

Happy Birthday to the Compact Framework

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

Jono’s Blog: “One year ago today, in New Orleans, Bill Gates officially launched the .NET Compact Framework.”

Exodus Cafe, Atlanta

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

I checked out Exodus Cafe last night; it’s a Jamaican restaurant on
109 Luckie Street (right near the corner of Luckie and Cone). Great
stuff. I tried the sampler (oxtail, jerk chicken, and curry chicken). If
you’re in Atlanta for CTIA (or in Atlanta for whatever reason), check it
out.

JIWire’s Cellular Data Plan HOWTO

Monday, March 22nd, 2004

Paul Boutin has written
a great
buyer’s guide to cellular data plans
.

Star of Rory’s Story

Sunday, March 21st, 2004

Cool–my namesake is the star of a short story that Rory
just posted.

Settled in in Atlanta

Saturday, March 20th, 2004

I just arrived in Atlanta for CTIA Wireless 2004. It
should be fun. I’ve added some pictures to my textamerica moblog. I was
hoping that I’d find a nice 1xEV-DO signal here (c’mon, Verizon,
surprise me with a cloud of 1xEV-DO this week!), but my AirPrime 5220
is connecting in only 1xRTT mode. The signal is much better here than in
other places I’ve tested, but I wouldn’t mind a taste of that BroadbandAccess.