Category: Gadget-related Services
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Bike-Powered VoIP System Created for Use in Developing Countries
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJonathan Maus told us that Inveneo has developed a bicycle-powered, Linux-based VoIP phone system for use in developing countries. No kidding. I found an explanation of a Pedal and Solar Powered PC and Communications System on the Inveneo web site. This article does not discuss the inclusion of the Asterisk open…
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T-Mobile Offering Live Tour de France Coverage
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLive Tour Coverage via T-Mobile in Europe: T-Mobile is offering free streaming video coverage of the Tour de France via UMTS. [ Photo: T-Mobile International AG ] Jonathan Maus pointed out that T-Mobile is offering live Tour de France TV reports to its customers via UMTS video streaming. This streaming video…
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Using Google Earth to Follow Stages of the Tour de France
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarry Lowe of the University of Washington published an article called 2005 Tour de France with Google Earth where he has recorded the routes of the first five stages of the Tour de France for playback using Google Earth. For those of you who haven’t been following its evolution, Google Earth…
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Sirius to Offer a Free “Lance in France” Podcast Daily During the Tour de France
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrank Steele emailed me yesterday, pointing out that SIRIUS Satellite Radio will be offering a free daily podcast from the Tour de France. The podcast, “Lance in France: Off the Bike and on the Mic”, will be an extension of Lance Armstrong’s weekly SIRIUS program Armstrong Radio that’s aired Sundays at 9:00pm…
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palmOne Activates Dial-Up Networking for Treo 650s on Sprint PCS
Reading Time: < 1 minutePalm Infocenter reported yesterday that palmOne released an update for the Treo 650 on Sprint PCS that enables the Bluetooth Dial-Up Networking profile. This is a long soughtafter enhancement to the Treo that will make it possible for Sprint PCS uses to use their Treos as Bluetooth modems for their laptop…
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VersaMail Doesn’t Seem to Do a Great Job with IMAP
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been using VersaMail 3.0 since I got my Treo 650 eight days ago. I’m always hesitant to make conclusive statements without backing them up with significant research, but I want to warn people who are just starting to use the Treo 650 or are considering purchasing it: VersaMail doesn’t seem to…
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Why AT&T Wireless Had to Die
Reading Time: 3 minutesLately I’ve been talking about buying two Treo 650s for my wife and me. We chose Cingular as our carrier and purchased the handsets from Amazon.com to take advantage of a very nice rebate offer. I started two new accounts for us, to separate the business use of my phone from Kathleen’s…
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Cingular Doesn’t Include SMS in Its PDA Data Plan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell sent me a test SMS message from his T-Mobile Sidekick II yesterday. When I received the message I replied, then I thought that I wasn’t sure how many SMS messages my new Cingular billing plan included, so I texted, “Let me find out about SMS and I’ll get back…
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Cingular Tops the Charts in Customer Complaints in 2004
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that the combined Cingular and AT&T Wireless had the highest number of customer complaints of any U.S. mobile phone carriers in 2004, according to figures released by ConsumerReports.org. The Consumer Union filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Federal Communications Commission and obtained reports documenting…