Archive for: February 2008

I do quite a lot with my mobile handset. If I had to, I could probably get by with just my mobile handset and possibly an external keyboard. I have a …

The folks at VoIP News have assembled a list of 50 ways you can recycle your cell phone. The list is fairly comprehensive, as it includes a number of different …

Perhaps one of the coolest plugins I’ve run across for WordPress in a long time is called Photo Dropper. I feed it some key words and it searches Flickr for photos …

Ericsson is doing a study on Mobile Online Communities. This covers things like Twitter and Jaiku, but also mobile versions of things like Facebook. If you feel like helping their …

I am now to the point where that the TV I actually plan to watch happens either on the computer directly or with the assistance of a computer (i.e. the computer …

Trolltech’s QT cross-platform development kit, used primarily for user interfaces, will be making it’s way to Windows CE (e.g. Windows Mobile). QT is already available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X. I expect that once Nokia acquires Trolltech, we’ll also see it integrated into the S60 platform as well. I did ask Trolltech CTO Benoit Schillings about this (along with specific support for the Nokia Internet Tablets), but he was unable to comment, given the regulatory conditions related to the pending merger.

While I have no inside knowledge about anything in this area, this development would make it easier to write cross-platform applications for S60 and Windows Mobile while preserving the same user experience across both operating systems. Nokia Services could suddenly be available for Windows Mobile devices as well as S60 devices. Seems like a winning idea to me, at least.

Full press release after the jump.

I realized the other day that I have spent far more time working at home than I have ever spent working in an office. I am a full-time telecommuter, and it …

I can’t believe how nice the weather has been in Gig Harbor this past week. In the low 50sF (10C+) and, for the most part, sunny. A week of that in a row, …

When I was at the car dealer yesterday giving my car some service love, I hung out at the dealership while the repair was taking place. My dealer is pretty good–they give …

In this installment of “PhoneBoy says where the CTIA is wrong again,” the CTIA thinks that we shouldn’t be attempting to regulate what Internet service providers should and should not do regarding access to the Internet. The CTIA, …