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There was a couple. And the couple was chatting. “Honey, but how do we get to the fields?”, asked the spouse. “Let's ask Google, Google knows everything”… the spouse answered. And the couple smiled, and Googled away for the fields…, “I told you honey, Google knows everything” said the spouse. The spouse smiled, and clicked … Read more
See Tom Landspurg's Myths of mobile Web2.0 (and mobile Ajax). Good piece. I share many of Tom's viewpoints, and as a matter of fact, Tom and I are very much in sync, to the point that Ajit's SoonR and Mobile AJAX article triggered similar responses on both of us. While I also share some of … Read more
I'm on my way to the Texas Wireless Summit 2006 – see the event's program. Good set of speakers. I'm looking forward to listen to what they have to say… ceo
According to the Prince & Cooke consultancy group, SMS penetration in Argentina is 97% if users under 18 are taken into account, and 92% otherwise. That's a very high pen rate. And that translates to one thing: Argentinians are a bunch of social, friendly people – which makes SMS adoption a natural thing. :-) It … Read more
Two fellow mobilists have recently published books… one book is on communication systems, and the other on Mobile Web 2.0. Both authors are great mobility bloggers, and leaders in the mobility space. Congrats to both… Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society Martin Sauter, fellow mobility blogger who authors Martin's Mobile Technology Page, has published … Read more
Read my latest article Accessing a Resource over HTTP, a concise example of how to use the MIDP HttpConnection and GET method to retrieve content given a URI and MIME-type. Read this one carefully, as it will be used in a future technical tip. ceo
12 Astronauts in space at the same time… I think that is a new record, isn't? 6 astronauts in the Shuttle STS-115, 3 in the space station, and 3 in the Soyuz spacecraft… Lots of tense people on the ground monitoring 3 manned spacecrafts at the same time… Pretty cool. Lots of good news… The … Read more
Sony's specialized messaging handset, the Mylo gadget, is a small, Wi-Fi enabled handset that provides a Web browser, messaging, phone and digital music player. See more at Sony's Mylo site. Also see Engadget's review, and Gizmodo's video at YouTube. Seems like a pretty neat device – all it needs is 3G connectivity. ceo
This week's Carnival of the Mobilists, the week’s best blogging about mobile, is at Oliver's MobileCrunch. As always, great stuff… ceo
Two recent (and relatively quiet) mobile industry news caught my attention: Sybase/Mobile 365 – Sybase acquires Mobile 365. Mobile 365, a messaging infrastructure provider, will be operating as Sybase Mobile 365, a wholly-owned subsidiary. This will give Sybase an edge in mobile infrastructure, as Mobile 365 has in place the operators relationships, infrastructure, and customer … Read more