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Airborne Wi-Fi? Count Me In!!

Would you pay $29.95 for Wi-Fi Internet access for the entire length of your flight? What about $9.95 an hour? USA Today reports that United Airlines is already working with Verizon Airfone to test the...

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Wireless Gadgets Worth Forgetting

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...

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Comcast-branded cell phone and services? Could happen

A new article on the website of the Hollywood Reporter indicates that Comcast- the largest broadband Internet service provider in North America- is seeking a toe-hold in the wireless world. Maybe not...

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Analysts:Music over cell won't replace portable music players

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...

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One Giant Leap

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...

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Wi-Fi in the campground

I am a Pacific Northwest resident who loves the outdoors. And, as you might guess, one who also loves technology. Wearing both hats, I read with interest a piece in Saturday's Chicago Tribune entitled...

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Crying Baby? Whip out the wireless!

Research firm IDC is out with a new study entitled "Bert and Ernie Go Wireless: The Emergence of the Cell Phone as a Wireless Babysitter." The study explores the role that Verizon Wireless' VCAST video...

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I'll take a pass on NFL highlights to my cell

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...

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Remote medic alert was science fiction.. I said *was*

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...

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It, Robot: "Shuushi, touzoku!!

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...

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26.4 million Live 8 Text Messages? So What?

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...

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"Are you alright?" Cell calls spike in wake of London terrorist bombings

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...

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Class Action Suit Against Palm: Where Do I Sign Up?

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...

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Palm Treo Litigation Update

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...

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