As a part of the Launchpad activities at the Mobilize Conference, a new start up called Fonemesh will publicly announce their potentially disruptive technology to the world. I had the opportunity to interview Caleb Kow, the man who is leading the team behind FoneMesh. To understand what Fonemesh is all about, one must first know…
Soon I’ll be heading down to San Francisco, CA for the Mobilize conference put on by GigaOm. What gear does one need to cover such a conference? Here’s my rundown: My original Macbook: I was hoping Steve Jobs and Apple would have come out with the new version of the Macbook Pro by now. However,…
As a follow up to yesterday’s post about VoIP on the iPod Touch, I had a brief conversation this morning with Truphone CTO Alistair Campbell. He told me the mobile VoIP company is looking are actively investigating the possibility of getting Truphone on the iPod Touch. A huge hindrance, according to the gentleman from the…
A new iPod Touch was unveiled on Tuesday and features many new features including an external speaker, volume rocker, App Store, and others. However, one feature not many people to take note of is the inclusion of a microphone. Presumably this is to allow users to record voice, but if the microphone capability was combined…
On Thursday, I’m going to Gnomedex aboard the Iterasi geek bus. Gnomedex is a gathering of bloggers, social media types, and other techno-geeks. I look forward to showing them some of the geek gear and showing the iPhone-types what open technology is all about, sans Steve Jobs’ DRM. This year, along with me and my…
Most everyone I know who has an iPhone is happy with it. Whether they own a 3G or original iPhone, iPhone users are generally in love with their device. I’m wondering however, if AT&T’s 3G network is doing okay under the new heavy load. According to CNet News.com, AT&T’s 3G network has been having major…
According to a report referenced on Ars Technica, the United States mobile phone buying population is increasingly looking at smartphones to replace their less expensive basic cell phones. The clear winners in this transition to more fully featured mobile handsets are the handset makers including Research in Motion, Apple, Motorola, and Nokia who all fared…
Garett Rogers of ZDNet posted recently that Google’s Andoid is shedding its allure with developers and therefore won’t be as attractive as an mobile application platform. In turn, Rogers argues, Android-powered phones won’t be as competitive as the newly released iPhone 3G. My reply is “wait a minute!”. Why? Mainly because Android hasn’t appeared tangibly…
Symbian, the UK based smartphone software maker who was recently acquired by Nokia, is trying to become more tied in with online software giant Google. Symbian will soon be open source and will attempt to use it’s relationship with Google to become an even stronger smartphone player. In a quote from Reuters, Symbian SEO Nigel…
With the recent release of the second iPhone, called iPhone 3G, and it’s inclusion of a GPS chip, a new group of consumers are becoming aware of the perceived value of Location Based Services (or LBS). Also called location aware applications, these services give you targeted information based on where you are currently located. For…