Back in January there were several announcements regarding partnerships between Microsoft & Starbucks to provide wireless LAN access within Starbucks stores. On Friday Glenn Fleishman wrote about accessing one of these networks at a Starbucks in Seattle. Glen also provides some details on how much it costs to use this service, but doesn't provide details of exactly how it works.
MobileStar now has a web page of information about these Starbucks locations, which apparently are now available in Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, New York and Houston. I probably will be making a couple of trips to the Seattle area by the time the year is over, so if I am lucky I might even have a chance to check one of these sites out. I doubt any will be available in the Detroit area any time soon.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:02 PM |
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If you have concerns about the security of 802.11b wireless networks you may want to check this page that has links to articles on the Internet this topic.
posted by Frank McPherson 8:52 PM |
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Ever have one of those moments when you ask yourself, "why haven't I done this sooner?" I did today after I installed Windows 2000 Terminal Services on my W2K server and accessed it using the Terminal Services client on my Intermec 6651 via my wireless LAN. Full access to the Internet using a real web browser and news reader and fast speeds! Now I have to cobble together the install of the Terminal Services client on my iPAQ just to see how good (or bad) that is.
posted by Frank McPherson 5:42 PM |
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Jarosoft has released an update to PocketMoney. Synchronization is still under development.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:54 AM |
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Secure Digital ready to make mark on flash - Tech News - CNET.com "However, not everyone considers such security a step forward. Secure Digital includes software that complies with Secure Digital Music Initiative standards protecting against unauthorized replication of copyrighted content. As a result, digital-audio files downloaded from music services, such as Napster, cannot be played on devices that use Secure Digital cards."
posted by Frank McPherson 11:27 AM |
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ZDNet: Story: No Palm? No problem! How to have wireless fun on a CE device What's up with the title of this blurb? The blurb is not about wireless, its about playing games? Talk about bait-and-switch!
posted by Frank McPherson 11:24 AM |
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A new version of PocketTV has been released. Is it just me or is the version numbering for Pocket TV a bit odd? Is the current release version 5 or something less than version 1? Why do I care?
posted by Frank McPherson 11:17 AM |
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I was out of it most of the day yesterday, recovering from oral surgery, so I missed these announcements about Toshiba. ITworld.com - Toshiba to launch Microsoft PDA From the sounds of it, we have something to look forward to on Monday. Now the big questions remain: how much it will cost? when will it be available?
posted by Frank McPherson 10:55 AM |
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WIDCOMM: Bluetooth connectivity Solutions And I thought Socket would be the first guys to release a Bluetooth CompactFlash card. At any rate, unless you have another Bluetooth device, like a printer or mobile phone, to connect with these cards are useless.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:11 AM |
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Gimmee! I want one, now!
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Pocket PC Thoughts has information about a proxy server for Pocket Internet Explorer. There have been a number of different people who have been working on such servers, intent on speeding up web browsing on slow (9600 to 19200 kbps) connections. These servers attempt to do this by compressing or removing images, while others also attempt to do a better job of formatting web content. I have been testing this server out and so far I am impressed. One site I often use for this type of testing is Chris DeHerrara's, CEWindows.net. Chris uses tables on his site that cause some serious formatting problems on the Pocket PC, in my opinion. I think this proxy server does a decent job of reformatting Chris' pages to fit on the Pocket PC. Of course, the problem will be that if everyone starts using this server it will bog down very quickly. So, you might want to give it a try while it lasts.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:19 PM |
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Intel considers boosting handheld memory 500 MB in a Pocket PC? Yeah baby!
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Dale is anxious to get his hands on Conduit's Pocket Slides, which is why he jumped the gun a bit yesterday by posting on his site that it is now available for download, when it wasn't. Yesterday I read Todd Ogasawara's review of AlbatrosViewer and went and downloaded a copy for myself. You can't find a simpler program to use. Just select the PowerPoint file you want converted, move it to a storage card and open it on your Pocket PC. Right now there are several different PowerPoint viewers available, but Pocket Slides is differentiating itself by supporting transitions and enabling you to edit presentations on your device. Hopefully the implementation is as good as the hype, though I have no reason to doubt it given the quality of Conduit's other applications.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:53 AM |
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Unwired-I.Net Column - Red Phone Red Phone enables you synchronize Pocket PC contacts with mobile phones that have infrared ports. Read Arne's review for a explaination of how the program works. I have tested Red Phone with my Ericsson T28 and its infrared module and I can report that it works as advertised.
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Huh? pocketPCpassion says that Pocket Slides is available to download, but when I go to Conduit's site it still says that it is coming soon. Dale must have received some made info in Miami. This might be a sign though...
posted by Frank McPherson 9:56 AM |
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Product Info: CompanionLink for ACT! and organizers operating on Windows CE Operating System If you want to synchronize with ACT! check out this product.
posted by Frank McPherson 8:04 PM |
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If you want to run a Citrix client on your Pocket PC you can download it from Citrix's web site. The client runs on Pocket PCs from Compaq, HP and Casio as well as on Handheld PCs.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:37 AM |
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If you want to convert a bunch of MP3 files to WMA check out this Brighthand discussion on batch converters.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:30 AM |
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I found this link over on Brighthand that has a couple of pictures of the PDA NEC announced yesterday. The physical design looks appealing, though I think the pictures of a prototype. I'm not sure about the square directional button.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:26 AM |
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Hawking Technology CF-686TX NIC This is a CompactFlash NIC for Fast (100 MB) Ethernet. The reviewer says the hardware is good enough but there are problems with the drivers and documentation.
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Hawking Technology CF-686TX NIC This is a CompactFlash NIC for Fast (100 MB) Ethernet. The reviewer says the hardware is good enough but there are problems with the drivers and documentation.
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Chicago Tribune | Print Edition -- Price is a point for Casio's new BE-300 hand-held computer Here is an interesting little article that makes two points about why the BE-300 costs only $300. First, they say it only has 16 MB of built-in storage, half of the more expensive Pocket PCs. Second, it uses a different CPU chipset that costs less but is powerful enough to run the multimedia programs. They note that while the BE-300 does everything a Pocket PC can do, it will not run Pocket PC software. The article also does not say one of the reasons why the BE-300 is cheaper is because it does not use the Pocket PC software. The Pocket PC software itself is not that expensive, but I do think there is a connection between the Pocket PC software and the chipset.
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NEC to step into handheld arena - Tech News - CNET.com This news article from CNET doesn't go into too many details, but it sounds to me that NEC might do the same thing that Casio did with the BE-300. That is, they will use Windows CE for the operating system but that this handheld will not be a Pocket PC.
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