I hear a lot of talk from people about the fact that the traditional ‘dumb phone’ will eventually be deleted from the market in favor of smartphones. While this is a valid point of view, I don’t entirely agree. Sure, smartphone hardware and software are getting cheaper and easier for manufacturers to produce, but I [...]
May 29, 2007
Commentary, future, Handset, Mobile Tech, pda, pim, simplicity, Smartphone, usability
I recently rediscovered a tool that has been around longer than any piece of technology that I own, but that I completely forgot about. I am normally the early adopter, the person pushing for new gadgets that change your life, but this is something decidedly low-tech. Despite this, using it has changed my life. The [...]
February 11, 2007
Commentary, Gadgets, getting-things-cone, gtd, microsoft_outlook, notebook, onenote, Smartphone, time_management
An issue was raised with me the other day about mobile phones for users with special needs, such as people with vision problems, hearing problems, and other such challenges. James Kendrick touches on the subject a little, but the solutions that he found are a little, well, poor. What I want to see is better [...]
September 17, 2006
cell-phone, Commentary, disability, disabled, firmware, hearing_impairments, hearing_problems, Mobile Tech, mobile-phone, Phone, Smartphone, vision_problems, visual_indicators
I was interviewed today by a PR firm that handles Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, one of the largest and most technologically advanced network operators in the world, and one of the questions asked raised a very interesting point to me. NTT DoCoMo is rolling out two smartphones, a Blackberry and the HTC Z, and I [...]
August 10, 2006
DoCoMo, Hermes, HTC, Japan, Mobile Tech, Nokia, NTT-DoCoMo, Smartphone
One handset that I have been very eager to get my grubby mitts on is the Nokia E61. This is Nokia’s first bar-style handset with a QWERTY keypad, and has a spec sheet that certainly aims to impress. Lucky me, the UPS man showed up on my doorstep this morning with a package containing a [...]
June 5, 2006
E61, Mobile Tech, Nokia, Reviews, S60, Series-60, Smartphone, Symbian
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