http://unwired.corante.com/ en-us russjourn@comcast.net 2005-07-05T14:52:32-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/07/05/264_million_live_8_text_messages_so_what.php Today, we read that more than 26.4 million people around the world sent text messages in support of the LIVE 8 campaign to cancel the debts of poor African countries. OK, that's nice. Now let's just say that the G-8... 12358@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-07-05T14:52:32-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/27/it_robot_shuushi_touzoku.php According to at least one online Japanese-English dictionary, that roughly means "stop thief!!" To catch a thief and more, Japan-based security firm Sohgo Security Services is introducing a robot called the Guardrobo D1. Here's how this 109-cm tall ( that's... 12357@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-06-27T01:08:36-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/27/remote_medic_alert_was_science_fiction_i_said_was.php About 25 years ago, I watched a 1956-vintage episode of "Science Fiction Theater." In the eppy, an overweight, late 50s, soon-to-retire police officer was chasing a suspect down an alley. The suspect climbed a fence. As the patrolman attempted continued... 12356@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-06-27T00:52:55-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/19/one_giant_leap.php I'm driving home today from a latte at that coffee superchain - the one that offers T-Mobile Hotspot access in most of its locations. Then, a 1962-vintage instrumental came on the radio. The song was named after one of the... 12352@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-06-19T19:26:23-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/12/wireless_gadgets_worth_forgetting.php The July issue of Mobile magazine has a list of the Top 100 Forgotten Gadgets. These are gizmos that either failed to catch on for any combination of several reasons: because they didn't have enough marketing or distribution money behind... 12349@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-06-12T15:41:33-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/03/the_earth_is_not_scalable_the_168hour_roadblock.php Last night I was thinking about how our ability to work and communicate on the go has compressed the time it takes for us to perform various tasks. To put it another way, we can get more done in a... 12341@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-06-03T10:14:16-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/05/23/see_you_in_september_that_world_is_gone_forever.php Not long ago, a song from my early childhood entered my brain. The tune was, "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah," by the late comedian Allan Sherman. In the song, a homesick lad in his first moments at sleepaway camp is writing... 12334@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-05-23T07:46:38-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/04/27/beyond_smart_mobs_mobile_agiprop_tools.php Utne magazine (don't call it by its abandoned name of "Utne Reader" has a great piece on "Subversive Gadgets." Depending on your view of sociopolitical networking as guerilla theater, most of the six spotlighted gadgets have the potential to stir... 12325@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-04-27T20:08:05-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/04/25/handset_solutions_for_the_blind_a_heartrending_issue_with_solutions.php As a sighted person, it is difficult for me to comprehend the sheer terror of what it means to lose one's eyesight in this technomobile world. I can intellectually comprehend it, but can only feel it through observing the struggles... 12323@http://unwired.corante.com/ 2005-04-25T16:57:40-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/03/02/feed_pruning_or_the_zerosum_game_of_blogging.php I find it amazing how quickly a person can adopt a technology and, after having adopted it, grow impatient with it when it isn’t used to maximum effect. Take email for instance. In the early days of email I felt... 12322@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2005-03-02T11:55:46-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/02/07/dawn_of_the_stupid_device.php David Isenberg gave us the the Rise of the Stupid Network. Ambient Devices is giving rise to the stupid device. While wireless phones get smarter, other wireless devices are getting dumber. The Ambient Orb represents what I believe will be... 12317@http://unwired.corante.com/ Cellular 2005-02-07T17:13:24-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/01/17/and_the_walls_fall_down.php As reported in the WSJ last week, a group of California Verizon Wireless customers are suing their carrier for selling them a "disabled" Motorola V710 handset. So let me get this right, the first "Bluetooth-enabled" handset that Verizon Wireless brought... 12312@http://unwired.corante.com/ Cellular 2005-01-17T07:57:56-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/01/15/dave_mock_on_muni_wireless.php Dave Mock writes in support of municipal wireless. I'm also glad to see Intel throwing its weight in support of cities that want to take control of their airspace. I'm not saying all cities should get into the ISP business;... 12311@http://unwired.corante.com/ WiMAX & Fixed Wireless 2005-01-15T11:42:25-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/12/21/on_qualcomm_wifi_and_wimax_an_interview_with_dave_mock.php Dave Mock is a wireless consultant and analyst with currentofferings.com and author of the forthcoming book The Qualcomm Equation. Dave took a moment to answer a few of my burning telecoms questions... Q: What are your thoughts about a Nextel/Sprint... 12299@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2004-12-21T16:19:37-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/12/07/the_us_wireless_market_from_laggard_to_leader.php For several years now, the US has taken a back seat to Asia and Europe in regard to next-generation wireless deployment. A mix of competing wireless standards and tepid SMS usage were largely viewed as a sign that the US... 12289@http://unwired.corante.com/ Cellular 2004-12-07T09:30:03-05:00