Category: travel

10 October 2008

GorillaPod Focus: Flexible Tripods For The Professionals

Filed under: photography,travel - 10 Oct 2008

The Gorillapod Focus is a tripod designed for professional-grade cameras. Unlike most tripods that have rigid legs, the Gorillapod has …

A Man Can Love A Snowflake!

Filed under: portable,travel - 10 Oct 2008

No, not a snowflake snowflake, the Snowflake from Blue Microphones!

This little …

23 September 2008

Pondering The Data Roaming Question

Filed under: mobile network operators,telecom,travel - 23 Sep 2008
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I got my last …

9 September 2008

MAXroam Goes v2, Adds Cheaper US Roaming and Data!

Filed under: mobile network operators,telecom,travel,voip - 09 Sep 2008

Pat Phelan, admist the hullabaloo of DEMO and TC50 lauched MAXroam v2. What’s new?

USA Roaming rate now starting at 0.39 EUR a minute
Data now available starting at 0.005 EUR per KB
New, easier-to-use website
Some other behind-the-scenes improvements.

Cool stuff. I’d …

22 August 2008

Aircell Isn’t Blocking all Forms of VoIP

Filed under: business,connectivity,Services,travel,wifi - 22 Aug 2008

Andy made a big splash on Twitter (and throughout the blogosphere) when he announced that he had a call on an airplane thanks to Phweet. I, of course, don’t deny it happened, but …

11 August 2008

Jajah and MOBIVOX Swap Technology

Filed under: Services,travel,voip - 11 Aug 2008

Jajah WebImage via Wikipedia
Seems I got this from both Jajah and MOBIVOX. The two companies have partnered up to share …

3 August 2008

Inflight Power Recharger

Filed under: chargers,travel - 03 Aug 2008

The one problem I have with traveling is that most of the airlines don’t put power jacks at the seat. You might get lucky on a cross-country flight, but on short-hop flights like I usually take, you’re lucky if they …

9 July 2008

Hotel Broadband FAIL

Filed under: connectivity,mobile network operators,travel - 09 Jul 2008

Tonight, I am staying in one of my usual hotels while in the Bay Area. Aside from the usual corporate shuffling on preferred hotels, I can think of one reason I will avoid staying here in the future: their broadband, …

1 June 2008

PhoneBoy’s Week That Was 1 June 2008

PhoneBoyBefore I go on my self-imposed blog break, I suppose I should do my weekly “Week That Was” post. I don’t expect I’ll post anything here until next week’s “Week That Was” post …

22 March 2008

Even With Hotel Broadband, I Still Go EVDO

Filed under: business,connectivity,travel - 22 Mar 2008

I frequently hear the result of Andy Abramson’s lousy hotel broadband on KenRadio. While I usually know better than to try and do VoIP over my hotel broadband, the fact …

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