Category Archives: mobility

Processing.js Mini-IDE for iPad, iPhone, Android, Chrome

Ever since I got my hands on a handheld device (my first might have been a PocketPC or a Palm), I wanted to be able to write code in a little editor on the device and run it right there. It … Continue reading

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Clayton Christensen on Apple vs. Nokia (Nokia FTW)

Originally posted on the BIF Speak blog. Walt Mossberg continued his conversations on day 2 of BIF-3, bringing storyteller Clayton Christensen up on stage. It was refreshing to see Christensen say that the cell phone is poised to disrupt the … Continue reading

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Workaround for Microsoft Smartphone IMAP Delete Bug

At first, it seemed incredible that a bug like this could find its way into a shipping product, and it becomes even more annoying when you realize you probably won’t see a fix for it until you buy another phone. … Continue reading

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Visit the Hacks Booth at the Maker Faire

If you’re going out to the Maker Faire, be sure to drop by the Hacks booth and say howdy. I’ll be bringing some goodies related to a few of our hacks books, and there will be plenty of toys you … Continue reading

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ChatterEmail Developer Blog

My favorite Palm app these days is ChatterEmail. It’s a top-notch email client for PalmOS. What I love most about it is that it plays incredibly well with IMAP. It works well with my IMAP store, which has a couple … Continue reading

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Stuff for Sale

I’m getting ready to upgrade to a 15″ PowerBook, so I’ll be leaving the ranks of 12″ users pretty soon. To ease the burden on my wallet, I’m selling a few things. Here are some things I’ve put up on … Continue reading

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Compaq Internet Appliance IA-1 Links

The Compaq IA-1 is a neat little machine, and I have one of these gathering dust in my basement. I’m thinking of putting it up on eBay, but I figured I’d load it up with an interesting operating system before … Continue reading

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Merlin G100 on Mac OS X

The Merlin G100 I recently picked up on eBay works great on Mac OS X 10.3. I plugged it into a 400MHz PowerBook G3, and it instantly recognized it as a pccard-serial port. I used Macron software’s GPRS Script Generator … Continue reading

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Merlin G100 GPRS PCMCIA modem for less than $50

Something I just came across on eBay; quite a few sellers have the T-Mobile/VoiceStream Merlin G100 GPRS card for around $50. I believe most, if not all of these, are locked to the T-Mobile network and I don’t know if … Continue reading

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Nokia 6200 on Mac OS X and Linux

I bought a Nokia 6200 a while back so I could play around with EDGE, but I really hate the Nokia DKU-5 data cable. The only computer I could get it to work with was a Windows PC, and the … Continue reading

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