Tetherless Computing Blog: 03/01/2005

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Samsung Unveils 7-Megapixel Camera Phone

With a cell phone like this do you need a camera?

NTT DoCoMo to Bring Adobe Reader to Its 3G Subscribers

Philips introduces UMA mobile phone reference design for phones that automatically switch between cellular and WLAN networks

Another chipset for converged phones. With chipsets like these and the $40 TI chipset, I think that convereged phones will become more popular in the future.

J2ME Wireless Toolkit Download 2.2 Release

This looks like a good way to simulate cell-phone based systems and algorithms without actually having to purchase a phone.

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Boot a Mac into Yellow Dog Linux using an iPod

Here's how

Linux system squishes into Ethernet connector

With a linux box this small, you will see a lot more smart devices. And this one is wireless too (though it is hilarious to note that the antenna dwarfs the server!)

Monday, March 28, 2005

Breaking through the form factor barrier

The cell phone form factor is a limiting constraint. However, all is not lost! With a built-in projector, or VGA + keyboard out (I bet someone will come out with this soon), there is still hope. The question is, as always, how much power does it suck out of the system.

Sunday, March 27, 2005

Fantasy products from Apple

Here's a wish list for Apple. Devices like these are sure to come, if not from Apple, then Sony. They reinforce my vision for tetherless computing.

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Samsung Long Range Cordless Phone (Single Unit)

Who needs a cell phone when you can have this ?

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

OpenWRT

The OpenWRT project allows you to replace the firmware on a Cisco/Linksys WRT WiFi access point. Sounds very interesting!

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