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Just because previous attempts were badly done doesn't mean that current attempts aren't derivative of those previous attempts.

And, there's always the HTC Touch - it was meant for FINGER use, ran WinMo, and came out before the iPhone.

Came out before the iPhone? The iPhone was introduced in January, 2007. The HTC Touch was introduced in June, 2007.

Meant tor FINGER use? Not hardly.

Ran WinMo. Are you seriously trying to list that as an ADVANTAGE???

It is why Apple has succeeded, and why Motorola is desperate to rid itself of its mobile division.

So what are the sales figures? Anywhere near 50 million yet?

Unlocking handsets is allowed under the DMCA. http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/27/u nlock-dmca

The Library of Congress ruled that handsets are not covered by the DMCA.

http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/01/12/f cc-spectrum-bidders

For a much smaller range of frequencies, 35 companies paid 325 million to just participate in spectrum auctions. I don't know how much money they made on the first set of auctions, but it was a ton.

For the frequencies used in analog tv, minus the much smaller range used for digital tv, the FCC will make a killing. These are some fat frequency ranges that are mostly wasted on old fashioned analog tv. I was pissed when they were going to end analog with no provision for legacy tv, but this is a good solution.

It will mean more fancy schmancy wireless data for us geeks as well.

Maybe they're hoping that fuel cell technology gets small enough for cell phones

http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2004/09/30/d ocomo_announce.php

2004 is calling, they want their 'new cell phone charging fuel cells' back.
They sell the things at the mall for crying out loud, I've even seen NDS compatable fuel cells selling at the gamestop.

yes they're small, the problem isn't size it's PRICE. who wants to pay $20 for the convenience of being able to recharge their phone like Once without needing a cord? if you really use your cell phone a lot and in places where you can't just plug it in then yeah they're great..

Just an intersting note from Mobile Tracker http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/11/10/l g-vx9800-review ...Opera Mobile requires between 3 and 4 MBs of RAM. This device does not set aside that much RAM for the browser. And if it had more RAM, I am sure the included browser would run better anyway.

As for Opera Mini, its abilities are WORSE than the version of the Openwave browser included in this phone: version 6.2.3.2. Opera Mini is a very scaled-down mini-browser (even centering text doesn't work) where all the rendering is done on a special server (that Verizon does not support), so even if you had Java in the phone, it would still not work for you, and if it did, rendering quality wouldn't be as good as the included browser's.

So, if Verizon listens to their customers, their providers (OEMs) will have to move their butt and will have to use a more modern browser. Openwave has it ready for them (version 7.1 of their browser that does a whole lot more, in exchange to more RAM usage, naturally). But until consumers like you complain to Verizon, *nothing is going to change* and LG and others will STILL ship new phones with 2-year old browsers.

The power is on your cellphone to start with. Call Verizon, call Sprint, call T-Mobile, call Cingular, and let them know. And while you are at it, tell them to minimize GPRS rates too cause I just blew another $3 today. ;-)

This case, plus last weeks refusal of the Supremes to consider the RIM appeal, have an interesting result.

In the RIM case, Microsoft has sided with NTP as in here and filed a "none-of-my-business, but" brief stating that they think patents from the US should be enforced worldwide. By refusing to hear the RIM appeal last week, the Supremes effectively backed up Microsoft on this.

Now by refusing to hear Microsoft's appeal on Eolas, the Supremes have again asserted (this time contrary to Microsoft's wishes) that patents from the US should be enforced worldwide.

Fascinating precedents, and an interesting support of US IP hegemony.

Here's a few links to some photos of the phone I found:
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Here's a few links to some photos of the phone I found:
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A small handful of phone/provider combinations allow the user to access the information, but not many.

Verizon is scheduled to launch location based services in the third quarter of 2005. Of course, like most things Verizon, this will probably be a pay service, but also like most things Verizon, there will probably be a way to hack it.

I think what you want is a cell phone that switches to VOIP when in range of your wi-fi spot. Obviously, the major carriers have little incentive to offer this.

from a samsung pr release last year

Samsung mass producing 2 inch SLS-LCD's
Mar 30 2004 - 01:30 PM ET | Samsung

Samsung announced that it is now mass producing 2 inch SLS-LCD displays meant for mobile devices. It has a high resolution of 200 pixels per inch and delivers a resolution of at least 250:1.

should be nice and clear, and remember it (technology) can only get better !

Have u guys seen the nokia N91...that is the cell phone tht'll kill the ipod. It has a 4 gig hard drive, 2 mp camera, built in wifi and ofcourse bluetooth and doesnt look bad. so lets see how this one does. http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/04/27/n okia-n91

After I heard the Verizon Wireless testing audio track linked in TFA I had to google the surrealist sentences they chose. I stumbled upon the weird-ass Harvard Psychoacoustic Sentence List, and I don't know which is stranger; the official test sentences or the unofficial ones they added themselves.

Here are the first 20 sentences of the test, noting the gender of the reader and the stanza:

F[H21/08]: (unintelligible) taught the new maid to serve.
M[H06/03]: Adding fast leads to wrong sums.
M[H06/04]: The show was a flop from the very start.
F[ ???? ]: There was water in the cellar after the heavy rain
F[ ???? ]: They're not listed in the new phone book.
M[H01/10]: A large size in stockings is hard to sell.
M[H01/06]: The juice of lemons makes fine punch.
F[H39/07]: Smoke poured out of every crack.
F[H39/08]: Serve the hot rum to the tired heroes.
M[H07/10]: Those words were the cue for the actor to leave.
M[H08/01]: A yacht slid around the point into the bay.
F[H10/05]: The play seems dull and quite stupid.
F[H11/06]: Thieves who rob friends deserve jail.
M[H06/01]: The frosty air passed through the coat.
M[H06/02]: The crooked maze failed to fool the mouse.
F[H21/09]: He wrote his last novel there at the inn.
F[H21/10]: Even the worst will beat his low score.
M[H06/05]: A saw is a tool used for making boards.
M[H06/06]: The wagon moved on well oiled wheels.
F[H24/01]: Try to have the court decide the case.

After I heard the Verizon Wireless testing audio track linked in TFA I had to google the surrealist sentences they chose. I stumbled upon the weird-ass Harvard Psychoacoustic Sentence List, and I don't know which is stranger; the official test sentences or the unofficial ones they added themselves.

Here are the first 20 sentences of the test, noting the gender of the reader and the stanza:

F[H21/08]: (unintelligible) taught the new maid to serve.
M[H06/03]: Adding fast leads to wrong sums.
M[H06/04]: The show was a flop from the very start.
F[ ???? ]: There was water in the cellar after the heavy rain
F[ ???? ]: They're not listed in the new phone book.
M[H01/10]: A large size in stockings is hard to sell.
M[H01/06]: The juice of lemons makes fine punch.
F[H39/07]: Smoke poured out of every crack.
F[H39/08]: Serve the hot rum to the tired heroes.
M[H07/10]: Those words were the cue for the actor to leave.
M[H08/01]: A yacht slid around the point into the bay.
F[H10/05]: The play seems dull and quite stupid.
F[H11/06]: Thieves who rob friends deserve jail.
M[H06/01]: The frosty air passed through the coat.
M[H06/02]: The crooked maze failed to fool the mouse.
F[H21/09]: He wrote his last novel there at the inn.
F[H21/10]: Even the worst will beat his low score.
M[H06/05]: A saw is a tool used for making boards.
M[H06/06]: The wagon moved on well oiled wheels.
F[H24/01]: Try to have the court decide the case.

After I heard the Verizon Wireless testing audio track linked in TFA I had to google the surrealist sentences they chose. I stumbled upon the weird-ass Harvard Psychoacoustic Sentence List, and I don't know which is stranger; the official test sentences or the unofficial ones they added themselves.

Here are the first 20 sentences of the test, noting the gender of the reader and the stanza:

F[H21/08]: (unintelligible) taught the new maid to serve.
M[H06/03]: Adding fast leads to wrong sums.
M[H06/04]: The show was a flop from the very start.
F[ ???? ]: There was water in the cellar after the heavy rain
F[ ???? ]: They're not listed in the new phone book.
M[H01/10]: A large size in stockings is hard to sell.
M[H01/06]: The juice of lemons makes fine punch.
F[H39/07]: Smoke poured out of every crack.
F[H39/08]: Serve the hot rum to the tired heroes.
M[H07/10]: Those words were the cue for the actor to leave.
M[H08/01]: A yacht slid around the point into the bay.
F[H10/05]: The play seems dull and quite stupid.
F[H11/06]: Thieves who rob friends deserve jail.
M[H06/01]: The frosty air passed through the coat.
M[H06/02]: The crooked maze failed to fool the mouse.
F[H21/09]: He wrote his last novel there at the inn.
F[H21/10]: Even the worst will beat his low score.
M[H06/05]: A saw is a tool used for making boards.
M[H06/06]: The wagon moved on well oiled wheels.
F[H24/01]: Try to have the court decide the case.

Note the subtle Coca-cola product placement in the background of one of the photos.

You make a very good point. Remember the reports about the Sidekick II's backend being down? And, basically, the Sidekick system isn't all that different from a thin client setup. All the data is stored in a central location, and any chances you make (regardless of whether you use the webinterface or your Sidekick) are automatically reflected in the database.

The big advantage is obviously that you don't have to worry about synching any more. Don't have your Sidekick with you? Well, you can use any browser anywhere on the planet and still have access to your information. Say your Sidekick breaks and you get a replacement unit. All you need to do is turn it on, and within seconds (well, actually it takes a little longer than that) you're good to go and have all your data in place.

I can tell you from experience that this works very well if things go smoothly. I can also tell you that as soon as you loose connectivity to your database backend, the crap really starts to hit the fan (that's why it's a bad idea to design a system along the lines of "if it works, it works , but if one part fails everything breaks").

In this case, people were mostly outraged with Danger/T-Mobile. (And you have to bear in mind that the Sidekick retains its data even when it can no longer connect to the database server. So people still had most of their information, unless they reset their units. And T-Mobile still has to deal with the bad publicity of this outage, on top of the whole Paris Hilton incident.)

My point being: if you're going to offer "thin client"-type services, you need to guarantee 100% uptime. 99% just ain't good enough. data retention

As submitter of the original story to Slashdot, I am embarrassed to post this retraction based on new information from Mac Observer.

Though Motorola demonstrated the E1060's ability to play iTunes music at the GSM World Congress "the E1060 is not going to have the ability to play iTunes songs" according to Jason Gales of Mobile Tracker.

A thousand pardons.

This article has not been slashdotted:
Sidekick 2 Revealed
...and a couple pics here, if you scroll down.

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Freedom or Evil: Freevil.net
G. W. Bush says, "You decide!"

... (Here) I am concerned that either Pepsi's formula has become much more syruppy, or someone is screwing around with the gravity near MacMerc's headquarters.

Ok, I didn't read the article because it is slashdotted, but I did look at this photo of the bottle cap seen through the bottle. That's a losing bottle, but 'AGAIN' is clearly visible (I'm presuming you'd be able to see an upside-down 'PLAY' if you turned it over) - so would a winning code not also be visible, and transcribable, without purchase?

Hey guys, someone submitted when we were already at the top of our load. So while the host works things out, here are the images used in the story.

To an artical mobiletrack.com had when Handspring were showing it off.

The audio uses the compression technology out of CDMA. Pretty neat.