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Entries from August 2004

Moto and Apple

August 29th, 2004 · No Comments

This is a story I haven’t heard a lot of comment on and as a result maybe missed it until a briefing at work and the presenter mentioned it. Straight over to Google and there the storey was… “Motorola deal with Apple could widen iPod lead“.
I’m not sure it’ll do a great deal for either [...]

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Tags: Mobile

The Mobile Phone Directory

August 29th, 2004 · No Comments

The Mobile Phone Directory is a free resource intended to appeal to everyone interested in mobile phone communications, providing information about all aspects of mobile telecommunications from the history of the mobile phone through to today’s technological gadgets. So, whether you are planning to buy a mobile phone, are puzzled by what the jargon means, [...]

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Tags: Mobile

Treo 650

August 29th, 2004 · No Comments

The pics of the new Treo have made their way on to the Web, below is a pic of the expected 650, it’s rumoured to have Bluetooth, larger RAM and a hi-res screen.
My concern is the current 600 isn’t able to power a wi-fi card via it’s SD slot, we wonder in the new 650 [...]

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Tags: Mobile

RSS Reader of Choice

August 29th, 2004 · No Comments

I’ve finally found the time to get the RSS feed reader working again. After the debacle of having to download a piece of software twice, notebook and desktop and then having to enter all the feeds twice, I’ve moved to Bloglines. It keptappearing in my visitor stats and I was impressed with it’s layout and [...]

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Tags: Weblogs

Yager makes toast with his Treo

August 29th, 2004 · No Comments

Tom Yager has been testing three PDA’s over the past six months and has come to the conclusion that the Nokia 6600 is the best of the bunch. The other devices he used were the Treo 600 and the, you guessed it, the Blackberry. You can read the whole, long blog post over here.

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Tags: Mobile

PhotoBlog

August 24th, 2004 · No Comments

I’ve added a Photo Album to my blog and I’ll be adding the pictures I take day in day out on my Treo to it.

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Tags: Weblogs

Ofcom – The Communications Market 2004

August 23rd, 2004 · No Comments

This came out back on the the 11th of August, so sorry if you’ve already read this but it’s worth a glance..
There are fundamental economic shifts in the landscape with long-term significance. For the first time ever, subscription revenue is greater than advertising revenue in the television industry; while, in telecommunications, revenues from mobile have [...]

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Tags: life

Enterprises indicate plans for MPLS VPN use

August 23rd, 2004 · No Comments

I can concur with Network World Fusion and it’s article, Enterprises indicate plans for MPLS VPN use By Steve Taylor and Joanie Wexler.
We’re moving away from FR not because it’s no use, but because we looking more to the future and driving a converged strategy.
The only issue the article doesn’t mention is the cost of [...]

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Tags: Telecom

Another beer

August 23rd, 2004 · No Comments

OK, I’m back from Holiday now and I thought I’d kick off by letting you know of another fine beer..

…..Fullers Honey Dew

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Tags: Random

Holiday

August 5th, 2004 · No Comments

it’s that holiday time of year again, i’ll be back in two weeks.

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Tags: Random