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Category: Mobile Phones

  • Interesting Stats on Mobile Phone Use in Wall Street Journal Column

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn yesterday’s Loose Wire column in The Wall Street Journal, Jeremy Wagstaff reported some really interesting statistics about mobile phone usage patterns that he got from researchers at Nokia. According to the article, which is unfortunately only available to subscribers: 30% of people who carry their mobile phones in a pants…

  • Chinese Companies Ready to Churn Out Accessories for the iPhone

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAkihabaraNews.com reports that several Chinese companies showed iPhone cases and other accessories at the Spring edition of the Hong Kong Electronics and Computer Fair. The show just ended on Tuesday in Hong Kong. Too bad we couldn’t all be there, because Hong Kong is a great city [ via Amazon.com Daily Blog ].

  • Does AppleTV Hacking Presage Hacking on the iPhone?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTaking a look at all of the recent articles on hacking AppleTV that are appearing on technology-related blogs and forums: Streaming from URLs on Apple TV Apple’s not fighting back against Apple TV hacks We just got xvid working on the Apple TV (to name a few)… I’m starting to wonder…

  • GooSync Provides SyncML Glue Between Google Calendar and Many Mobile Devices

    Reading Time: 2 minutesKathleen and I are both Treo 650 users, and we often need access to each other’s calendars so we can see whether we can plan another event for a day in the near future. As good as the Palm Calendar is, it has never been able to show another person’s appointments as…

  • Is OS X the Key Component of the Apple iPhone?

    Reading Time: 4 minutesApple iPhone: Probably the most controversial integrated communication device ever announced. [ Photo: Apple Inc. ] Operation Gadget is probably the last gadget blog on the planet to report that Apple Inc. announced the iPhone on Tuesday at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. We weren’t there, but I did take the time to watch…

  • I Play My Son’s Songs on the Music Player on My Nokia N93

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBeginning with Thanksgiving, Kathleen and I have been using a Nokia N93 mobile phone to shoot DVD-quality video at family get togethers. People are shocked when they see the quality of the movies we can make with this phone. Conversations with some of our more gadget-savvy friends sometimes continue with the question,…

  • Adding a Large MiniSD Card to the Nikon N93 Makes All the Difference

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteKathleen and I continue to be wowed by the digital video capabilities of the Nokia N93. We used it on Thanksgiving to shoot a couple of short videos of our family around the dinner table. The problem we ran into was limited memory. The N93 comes with a 128-Megabyte MiniSD Card.…

  • Nokia N93: The Swiss Army Knife of GSM / UMTS Multimedia Phones

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Nokia N93 produces DVD-quality video, has a terrific MP3 player, and includes wireless broadband and WiFi capability. It’s great for people who want a phone that can be used in relatively serious video production. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ][ Check out my Nokia N93 photo set on Flickr. ] A friend who works with Nokia…

  • Mobile ESPN to Buy Back Handsets as It Winds Down MVNO Operations

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Thursday ESPN announced that it would shutdown its Mobile Virtual Network Operators called Mobile ESPN at the end of the year. I was surprised to learn that ESPN is planning to buy back the handsets of customers who pay their balances in full. In addition they are allowing customers to…