Wireless everything... It's one of those clichés that usually come to mind when talking about the future of technology. While wireless has seen plenty of success with the invention of the mobile phone and WiFi networks, our computers still have a truckload of wires attached to them.
Mac only Ashley and I have been getting acquainted with our new MacBook Pro's over the last few weeks, and things are going pretty well. I really wanted to get an external hard drive so that I could do Time Machine backups, but I didn't want to fork out an arm and a leg for one.
The burning question of the week last week was 64-bit vs. 32-bit, which do you use? The results are in and here's what we found:
Sprint had two pretty big announcements today, one of which they hope everyone catches wind of and another they hope is quickly forgotten about. Lets start with the bad news first.
Verizon Wireless just launched their unlimited calling plans in the United States starting at $99.99 where subscribers pay one flat rate to place and receive unlimited calls. All in all, it's not THAT great of a deal, but there are some benefits to what they are offering. Below is the graph which outlines the three unlimited plans available and the prices for each:
BlackBerry's email service decided to go out for lunch yesterday and didn't come back.
We all know that the FCC prohibits the use of cellular phones and other wireless devices on aircraft while they're in the air - it's been that way forever. Around 2004 though, they were asked to lift the ban so that passengers could talk on their phones while flying. The FCC said no to that but what they have said yes to is high-speed Internet access for laptop computers because they operate on frequencies different from those used for wireless services on the ground.
Microsoft just introduced a new mouse "with a mind of its own" -the Mobile Memory Mouse 8000. What's unique about it is that the transceiver which you'd normally have to plug in via USB anyways to use the mouse includes 1GB of Flash Memory. It's not going to be on the shelves until about October, and the price is set at $99.
It seems like the rumors of a Google Phone have been going around and around the web for years now. Really, it's only been about a year and up until recently, I wasn't convinced that Google even had a Phone in mind.
Microsoft shipped several new updates today via the Windows Update system for both XP and Vista. Typically these updates are only sent out on the second Tuesday of each month, which is referred to as Patch Tuesday, but each year Microsoft throws a few curve balls and pushes out updates outside of their schedule.
I was recently invited to join a group for HP regarding the future generations of laptops. They want myself, among others, to share our "." This is really a great idea, and in a way reminds me of Dell launching the IdeaStorm site.
According to Apple’s primary manufacturer, Apple has plans to release a Wi-Fi iPod sometime in the second half of this year. While Apple hasn’t made an official announcement regarding this, I’d like to think that their manufacturer does have some clue what they’re talking about, and that it’s reliable.
