Archive for March, 2003

April Fools

31Mar03

The pranks have started early this year, with OpenBSD Journal posting five bogus stories tonight:

OpenBSD Renamed GNU/OpenBSD
i386 Support Dropped
PF to get New Blood (New contributor: Darren Reed)
New Streams of Revenue (Hootie and the Blowfish benefit concerts)
IPv4 Support Dropped

I enjoy juvenile fun as much as the next geek, but… MDC Europe kicks off tomorrow. If any […]

OpenZaurus 3.2 Released

30Mar03

OpenZaurus.org. Lots of Opie improvements and driver updates. OSS has been implemented, so more audio apps from the desktop realm should cross-compile.
Update: InfoSync picked up on the release and published several screen shots.

TiVo’d

30Mar03

With SonicBlue going under and the ReplayTV service guaranteed only through April, my ReplayTV 5040 found it’s way back to Best Buy last night.
I’ve now been TiVo’d.
Comparing ReplayTV to TiVo is like comparing a BMW M3 to a Mercedes S55. On paper they are mostly similar, on the road they are completely different. […]

SD WiFi not coming soon

29Mar03

Brighthand: Wi-Fi SD Cards Delayed Until Mid-Year
I am shocked!

SmartPhone Development

28Mar03

Besides the completely unlocked developer SPV, Orange now provides a way to disable application signing over-the-air and their developer site is coming along nicely.
SmartPhone 2003 will provide carriers with a new option for application signing, a Prompt mode that allows users to run unsigned apps after a warning is displayed. Since it’s up to the […]

Decisions, decisions…

28Mar03

Contenders to become my next phone:

Microsoft SmartPhone Developer Kit
Sony-Ericsson P800
Nokia 3650
Orange SPV Developer Kit

The MS SmartPhone kit was annouced this week, some folks have already ordered and received them. Based on the Compal reference platform, which was designed by Microsoft in the first place, it’s butt ugly, has no warranty, and there’s no camera. At […]

WebLink Wireless

24Mar03

A few days ago I linked to a Palm-based Blackberry-like 2-way pager coming from WebLink Wireless. Clearing out my aggregator today I noticed that WebLink has another 2-way device in the pipeline, the Sun Telecom S-935. It’s a clamshell device similar to other 2-way pagers, but it runs Linux and supports J2ME applications. Due in […]

Tungsten W Reviewed

24Mar03

Brighthand is reviewing the Tungsten W and will have a follow-up article tomorrow.




 


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