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Shield holders are great for GPS and mobile phones. The way things go, a twin version looks very logical indeed [Red Ferret]

Just yesterday I was discussing about the difficulty of storing and efficiently accessing downloaded content. Nokia is doing something a bit different with its Z-Wave Home Control Center. Using a Nokia mobile phone or a PC it will be possible to coordinate virtually everything in a smart home.

Back in the summer when netbooks were young and we were still awaiting how well they would do in the market I wrote two pieces. The first one was called “5 questions posed by the arrival of netbooks” and set the stage for comparisons with mobile devices both larger and smaller than netbooks, while the [...]

SFR in France seems determined to move beyond voice calls and well into data. The Aigo MID above, as well as a SFR branded Archos 5 are both getting the 3G treatment and are combined with SFR’s data plans. For some time it seemed that 3G was missing the wireless train but recent developments are [...]

2008 has been a transitional year for mobile devices. While efforts for MID and UMPC devices to become new and growing categories have never materialised, new tendencies came from the two opposing ends of mobile devices.
On the larger size end of things, notebooks inspired the creation of the very light and small machines we have now come to call [...]

Cool Fujitsu concept phone at CEATEC. The hope for those who cannot decide what form factor device they want or need [Source: Akihabara News via Gizmodo]

A month ago I wrote an post titled 5 questions posed by the arrival of netbooks, in which two of the five questions were:

Why traditional notebooks are so expensive?
What distinguishes netbooks from laptops apart from size?

Apparently these two questions are becoming a major headache for big PC manufacturers and are destined to keep them occupied [...]

Remember all the netbook noise back in May? Computex seems months old and in the meantime we have had many distractions in the form of new camcorders, cameras, TVs, iPhones, audio equipment… But the netbooks are coming, and even if there is some delays like in the case of the MSI Wind, the market will [...]

At the same time that Europe and North America are losing their sleep over the release of the 3G iPhone, markets like India require cheap reliable devices to cover an insatiable demand for good old voice communication -remember that?
Nokia has got the message a while ago, and as pluggd India reports, it commands 60% percent [...]

Reading about how scared GPS device manufacturers are about the widespread release of smartphones with that capability integrated, I cannot help but think it is so logical. This functionality is desirable by all of us, so why not have it in the one device that we use all day?
Thinking a bit further, GPS devices are [...]

Apple has a great iPhone strategy. It starts with an attractive product missing critical capabilities -3G fast data rates being the most important one- to then come back with a -surprise surprise- 3G version causing supporters and media to deal with Apple for days on end.
I guess the same people that bought the 2G version [...]

Many times Apple gets it right. This time though the timing was incredibly hopeless. Releasing the Macbook Air just before the torrent of new netbooks floods the market was in my opinion a horrible idea. For more than one reason. Here is five good ones:

Looks: The Macbook air is cute and thin, but so are [...]

The mobile wars have started and June is going to be a hot month with the MSI Wind that will take on the Asus EeePC -the model that has open the doors to cheap very light netbooks. The UMPC and MID segments still look blurry, there is no clear division line for their screen size, [...]

Imagine working like a dog for months and finally finishing your Friday work to board the plane to your much awaited holiday destination. But while having a peaceful flight with your wife and getting a nap is in your best intentions, people around you are speaking ceaselessly on their telephones. To the point that you [...]

SMS messages are a huge money maker for mobile operators. Despite advances in mobile devices and services -see mobile web- they are so deeply ingrained in user minds that use is automatic in more than one case. And there’s no few people that prefer sending their new year or birthday wishes by SMS, although voice [...]