As noted previously in this blog, I am not a fan of Motorola phones. I find their software poor, the Bluetooth support sub par, and I don't really care for flip-phones in general. But each time I was disappointed with a Motorola device I simply returned it. Simple, right? Well, some don't seem to...
Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies announced that they "have successfully completed the first HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) data calls on the third-generation (3G) UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) trial network deployed by the two companies in the Atlanta market....
It's been a long time since I used WiGLE , but Steve Gustafson mentioned it in an e-mail and so I took a look at it again. WiGLE is a submission-based catalog of wireless networks, and it now has over 2,000,000 wireless networks listed, and as per the stats page 53% are without WEP. For more info,...
Last week I mentioned the Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter HS10 , a full-featured WiFi detection and analysis device, and promised to post my thoughts on the device when I had gotten to try it out. Well, I have mine, and have played with it, and highly recommend that you do too. The device is...
I was clearing out an office cupboard yesterday and discovered my collection of formerly used cell-phones (various networks, vendors, shapes, and sizes). As many of you know, I tend to switch phones rather frequently, and this is apparently where the older ones had been deposited. Rather than throw...
As many Treo 650 buyers have discovered, that device does not work with most Bluetooth equipped cars (including my own Acura TL ). The reason for this is that the 650 supports the Bluetooth headset profile (used by most headsets) but not the handsfree profile (used by most cars). Last week, palmOne...
I've not bought a Wi-Fi detector yet for one reason, while these devices are great at locating Wi-Fi access, they won't let you know whether encryption is enabled or not (and so you end up having to boot up anyway, which makes the device somewhat useless). What I was waiting for was a device that...
DesignTechnica is reporting that "Ericsson has joined the WiMAX Forum as a principal member. Earlier in the year Ericsson announced it would stop supporting Bluetooth." Ah, just think of the devices we'll be lusting after in a year or so.
U.K. company Hypertag is selling an innovate electronic billboard, one that encourages user interaction by sending messages to nearby mobile devices. As per the web site http://www.hypertag.com/, "It works by allowing infra-red mobile phones, and PDAs (e.g. Palm Pilots or Pocket PCs) to interact...
Sprint is finally offering a Bluetooth enabled phone, the LG PM-325. I have been less than impressed with LG phones thus far, but this one seems quite feature rich (and it supports Bluetooth). Details at...