GPS-Tagged Photos
Sunday, October 26th, 2003Boing Boing: GPS-tagged jpegs: location-indexed phonecam pics
Archive for the ‘mobility’ Category
Dear Entrepreneurs
Thursday, October 23rd, 2003Russell
Beattie: “Telematics is going to be *huge* in the U.S. Please get off
your asses.”
Mobile Antivirus Engine
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003MobileTracker:
“Japanese mega-carrier NTT DoCoMo has announced that it is partnering up
with Network Associates to develop an antivirus engine for mobile
phones.
Mobile providers — Wake Up!
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003Tim quotes from a
recent rant of mine.
Atari 2600 on your 3650?
Friday, October 17th, 2003Brighthand:
“MobileWizardry and Mobile Digital Media (MDM) will release an official
Atari 2600 emulator later this year… these games will be available for
Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian Series 60.”
Everything Must Talk to Everything Else
Friday, October 3rd, 2003I’ve been on a connectivity bender lately–I’ve been trying to get
everything in my house to talk to one another. Here’s the scorecard:
| Handheld | Computer | Cable | Software | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone | Thinkpad A20m/Windows XP | USB Sync & Charge Cable XDA | ActiveSync 3.7 | No problems |
| T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone | Virtual PC Mac/Windows 2000 | USB Sync & Charge Cable XDA | ActiveSync 3.4 | No problems |
| Audiovox Maestro (Toshiba e570) Pocket PC 2002 | Thinkpad A20m/Windows XP | USB Sync & Charge Cable Toshiba e570 |
ActiveSync 3.7 | Works some of the time; ActiveSync frequently fails to recognize the pocket pc, so I need to unplug and plug a lot |
| Audiovox Maestro (Toshiba e570) Pocket PC 2002 | Virtual PC Mac/Windows 2000 | USB Sync & Charge Cable Toshiba e570 |
ActiveSync 3.4 | Works some of the time; ActiveSync frequently fails to recognize the pocket pc, so I need to unplug and plug a lot |
| Nokia 3650 | Thinkpad A20m/Windows XP | Built-in IrDA (infrared) | PC Suite for Nokia 3650 | Works intermittently; mRouter will often say the phone is connected, but the PC Suite doesn’t see it; a reboot of Windows usually helps |
| Nokia 3650 | Thinkpad A20m/Windows XP | Belkin Bluetooth PC Card (refurb) |
PC Suite for Nokia 3650 | Works with these instructions; more reliable than IrDA |
| Nokia 3650 | Thinkpad A20m/Windows XP | Belkin Bluetooth PC Card (refurb) |
Dialup Networking | No problems so far |
| Nokia 3650 | 867mhz 12″ PowerBook/Mac OS X 10.2 | Built-in bluetooth | Internet Connect | So-so. GPRS connections occasionally drop or hang. |
| Nokia 3650 | 867mhz 12″ PowerBook/Mac OS X 10.2 | Built-in bluetooth | ISync | Address book only. |
| Nokia 6200 | Thinkpad A20m/Windows XP | Built-in IrDA (infrared) | Nokia PC Suite 5 | So far, so good. |
| Nokia 6200 | Thinkpad A20m/Windows XP | Built-in IrDA (infrared) | Dialup networking | Slightly faster than 3650 on Mac or PC (haven’t tested 6200 on an EDGE network yet, though). |
| Nokia 6200 | 867mhz 12″ PowerBook/Mac OS X 10.2 | MadsonLine IrDA (infrared) adapter | Internet Connect | Just plain awful. I can make the connection OK, but it hangs (no downstream packets) after about 30 seconds. When I try to disconnect, Internet Connect says “disconnecting” and never stops. Unplugging the adapter results in a kernel panic. |
I’ll keep this updated over time, so come back and check it from time to
time. I’ll probably be testing the 6200 with the DKU-5 cable soon.
Recharge AA batteries in 15 minutes?
Friday, September 26th, 2003Gizmodo: “the I-C3, a new recharger from Rayovac that
can power up a pair of AA batteries in fifteen minutes”
Kaleidoscope, eh?
Thursday, September 25th, 2003Gizmodo: Nokia Stuns
Everyone
Nokia 3650 as a Mobile Office
Thursday, September 18th, 2003Russell Beattie has written a great piece on Using your Nokia 3650 as a
Portable Office.
Mobile Food for Thought
Wednesday, September 17th, 2003Russell
Beattie has some interesting thoughts on “simplexity” and phone
usability, content vs. contact, and mobile gaming.