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HSDPA laptops to go mainstream for Christmas

This is being blogged on an HSDPA laptop – a Sony TZ31WN to be precise.
Ever since Sony added HSDPA modems to their über lightweight laptop range I just had to have one.  Not just because of the small size, meaning that in an aeroplane when the fat guy in front of you leans riiiight back in [...]

Carnival of the Mobilists #107 is up at www.mobhappy.com

Over at MobHappy which Carlo Longino describes as the “spiritual home” of Carnival of the Mobilists, there is again a wide range of commentary on a range of subjects including…

Dennis at WAP Review takes a look at mobile email WAP sites, and wonders why they don’t offer many of the same features as their desktop [...]

3G dongle family grows – Vodafone announces USB stick 3G modem

Since my recent post on USB dongles vs Coffee shop WIFi Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?, I received a number of follow up posts following the post being published on Carnival of the Mobilists.

Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis had a similar theme to his post on Joining the 3G [...]

Carnival of the Mobilists #106

Carnival of the Mobilists #106 is up at  http://www.xellular.net/2008/01/carnival-106-is.html, hosted by Xen Mendelsohn of Xellular Identity. where you will read a number of interesting articles from thought leaders in the mobile space including…

Ajit Jaokar of Open Gardens asks us will P2P IMS applications take off or will there be only Web applications? Very interesting food [...]

Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?

The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago.  I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]