Rate your geekness by counting cords
So tonight I’m working on the road. Just finished a focus group here in St. George, Utah. I need to get a video captured and onto a DVD for a 7:30AM meeting with a client tomorrow. So I decided to power up. The result was too funny. I plugged in all my gear — [...]
Rocky Mountain Voices New Workhorse
Canon XH A1
Cisco get the iPhone before Apple
And reading the news today about Cisco launching their own iPhone (apparently, they’ve owned the trademark since 1996 — smart move by someone at Cisco or one of their many acquisitions), but this one doesn’t require a carrier. The Cisco iPhone will on WiFi. Oh how I can’t wait ’til we have an option for picking devices based on an open network protocol like WiFi.
More iPhone smack
Rumors are turning into buzz. It’s now the marketing machine starting it’s engines to create mass anticipation and frenzy.
Itty Bitty iPod Shuffle — so cool
I needed a spare MacBook Pro battery for my trip to PodCamp West this week, so I visited the Apple Store in The Gateway…. The postage-stamp-sized MP3 player.It’s still in the case.
Moto back to the future with Good Technology Acquisition
While at SalesLogix, I worked closely with Starfish when they were acquired by Moto and became the sync solution for PIM data. Then the hard time for Moto came and they spun off everything that was not core and making money, including Starfish — which was picked off by Intellisync.
Mac Mini Tablet PC Mod
Peter Green’s mod on the Mac Mini is quite a feat…. The challenge to get user, developer, and retail adoption is enough to make me tired.
Google in the client software business?
Google’s effort to add new functionality for mobile devices is a natural and killer evolution that shows the web’s migration from destination to service. Today’s announcement of an email client for mobile devices enables highly-functional software as a service.
Q1 for the “Smart” iPhone
Jesse Tortora, research analyst at Prudential Equities, has reported that Apple will release two phones into the market. 1) a slim phone with a music playback2) a smart phone, including integrated keyboard, video and music capabilityAnalysts expect the phone to be officially announced at Apple’s MacWorld Conference in January of 2007.
Treo 680 finally goes antenna-free
Been waiting for an antenna-free forever. The new Treo 680 looks good. As for colors, I’m a target for anything black or silver.
It’s about time for an update to the sync with Exchange — why has it been so long for over-the-air sync of the core four (contacts, calendar, tasks, notes).
It has reasonable specs, but [...]