Archive for the “Cellular” category

A Cell Tower of Your Own

by jpreardon on September 23, 2009

AT&T is testing its new 3G MicroCell service in select markets. The 3G MicroCell allows one to have a 3G access point in their home. This should yield 5-bar coverage in places where AT&T’s coverage is spotty. The device requires (…)

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T-Mobile's Hotspot @Home

by jpreardon on July 4, 2007

T-Mobile would have been better served by holding off on announcements for a couple weeks. Lately, its been all iPhone all the time and there is little anyone can do to get people to line up outside of their stores (…)

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PhoneCast

by jpreardon on November 14, 2006

Podlinez will play the most recent episode of any podcast on any phone. Each podcast is assigned a phone number. When it is dialed, the podcast starts playing after a short announcement. Nice work, if anyone from Podlinez happens to (…)

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VoIP Cellphones

by jpreardon on August 5, 2003

Bluephone, a new service from BT, will allow a user to make Voice over IP calls with bluetooth while at home or otherwise in the presence of a bluetooth base station. When they are not near a base station, the (…)

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DDP

by jpreardon on July 2, 2003

Gizmodo is pointing to a study that states that drivers who admit to using cell phones while driving are more apt to be distracted even when they are not using their mobile. This seems to indicate that there is some (…)

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Tele-Taxi

by jpreardon on May 18, 2003

After being involved in a taxi collision due in part to the driver paying more attention to his phone conversation than the street, I tried to remember the last time I jumped in a taxi where the driver wasn’t jabbering (…)

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