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Tags: mobility

08/08/07

English (US) USA mobile travel survival guide

Permalink 07:23:28 pm, by Francois PLANQUE Email , Categories: Mobile & wireless
1 line summary: when you travel from Europe to the US for several weeks, sign up foT AT&T’s prepaid phone plans and T-Mobile’s monthly WiFi plan. Then, pray for coverage! Ok, I’m sitting in the train right now. Going from Chicago to Kansas City wh… more »

04/13/03

English (US) Mobile devices are going crazy!

Permalink 02:13:43 pm, by Francois PLANQUE Email , Categories: Mobile & wireless
Can you imagine carrying this one in your pocket? Brother's m-print micro printer: 17.5 mm thick, less than 300 g, printing A7 documents. You can actually carry it in your pocket and use it to print from your phone or PDA! (But I certainly wasn… more »

04/10/03

English (US) Smartphones are doomed !

Permalink 03:14:01 pm, by Francois PLANQUE Email , Categories: Mobile & wireless
There's been a lot of excitement in the air lately about how smartphones are supposed to change the mobile world as we knew it until now. Simple plan: take the best PDA, take the best mobile phone, melt them together, rely on Moore's law to get it do… more »

01/04/03

English (US) Phone wars

Permalink 01:55:51 am, by Francois PLANQUE Email , Categories: Mobile & wireless
Read on OC workbench: The mobile market is also becoming a war-zone with "blind" supporters in either camps. Somewhere along the line of nVidia vs. ATI or Intel vs. AMD or Palm vs. PPC. [...] Someone emailed me and said "... the P800 will kick y… more »