/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ en-us jyunker@bytelevel.com 2006-02-22T21:21:49-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2006/02/22/palm_treo_litigation_update.php I keep getting emails from people having problems with their Treos, and -- trust me -- I feel your pain. My little 650 restarts for unknown reasons about once every couple days or so, just to keep my life interesting.... 49131@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2006-02-22T21:21:49-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/09/22/class_action_suit_against_palm_where_do_i_sign_up.php I'm not surprised to see a class action suit filed against Palm for their Treo 600 and 650 devices. I bought a 650 earlier this year and as I documented here my initial experiences were anything but pleasant. Things did... 12360@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-09-22T19:39:39-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/07/07/are_you_alright_cell_calls_spike_in_wake_of_london_terrorist_bombings.php As cellular phone rates have lowered and access has become pervasive, the reasons for making a cell phone call have expanded from event-driven planning conversations to a kind of verbal, geo-locator service. You see this geo-locator service use as soon... 12359@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-07-07T16:13:17-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/27/ill_take_a_pass_on_nfl_highlights_to_my_cell.php A story that moved on Reuters last week reports that the National Football League is in talks with Sprint to offer game highlights on mobile phones. The partnership with Sprint would broaden a relationship that already offers audio highlights of... 12355@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-06-27T00:29:07-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/19/analystsmusic_over_cell_wont_replace_portable_music_players.php Several weeks ago, I posted an article here called Music Goes Mobile. In part, the article explored mobile device, mobile programming and mobile music executives if they could visualize a time in the near future when music-enabled mobile phones will... 12351@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-06-19T19:06:11-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/12/sms_the_sidewalk_ru_sirius.php This morning, I read an Associated Press piece about a service called Grafedia. Here's how it works. Advertisers put up a teaser message on, say, a sidewalk or telephone pole. The message is either an e-mail address or the address... 12347@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-06-12T15:13:35-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/12/hang_up_and_drive_heres_a_more_reasonable_proposal.php Several weeks ago, a woman here in my home town of Portland, Oregon drove off a bridge while yacking on her cell phone. It was a hands-free handset, by the way. Fortunately, she survived with mere cuts and scratches on... 12346@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-06-12T14:55:31-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/03/look_out_cell_phone_viruses_here_comes_mcafee.php Anti-virus digital crusader McAfee has formed a partnership with mobile phone feature management solutions provider Bitfone to enable security protection for mobile phones over the air. Bitfone's solutions are found in phones made and sold by such venerable names as... 12340@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-06-03T09:55:13-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/06/03/ring_tones_who_needs_em.php This week marked a historic if artistically indistinguished moment in the world of mobile music. For the first time ever, a ring tone topped the British singles best-seller chart. The piece was "Crazy Frog Axel F," a series of melodious... 12338@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-06-03T09:18:41-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/05/23/cityimposed_cell_phone_taxes_bring_em_on.php This week, the Portland, Oregon City Council will discuss a five percent tax on cell services. To which I say: it is about time. We need the money. Bring it on. The issue here, as well as in the community... 12336@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-05-23T08:08:36-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/05/04/cell_phone_multimedia_can_facilitate_political_passions.php I know a woman who is an organizer and fundraiser for choices at the beginning and at the end of life. Causes such as making sure that government does not force pregnant women to give birth, and ensuring that the... 12329@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-05-04T07:03:02-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/05/02/if_you_want_to_know_how_qualcomm_became_qualcomm.php Qualcomm is the Microsoft of the telecoms industry, for better and for worse. People in the telecoms industry typically either love the company or hate the company. I lean toward the latter, so please keep that in mind as... 12328@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-05-02T17:42:44-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/04/28/nochee_nochee_man_i_wanna_be_a_nochee_man.php Nochee is a restaurant and bar in downtown Minneapolis that by all accounts, caters to the unattached and newly unattached business crowd. You know... Lexus, in-town loft, very comfy and growing portfolio, dressed to the nines, drinking the wines, politically... 12327@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-04-28T18:20:22-05:00 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@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ 2005-04-25T16:57:40-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/03/01/cingular_treo_650_update_swapping_sim_cards_may_not_be_enough.php So it has been about a week since my Cingular Treo 650 gave me a horrible case of buyer's remorse. As I wrote here a few days back, about a week after I bought the device I realized that the... 12321@/home/corante/public_html/unwired/ Cellular 2005-03-01T16:48:44-05:00