UPDATE: Turns out, I wasn’t wrong. I was just clairvoyant . WorldMate is working on an Android version of its application. Hrm. It appears I was wrong about a WorldMate application for Android. I managed to find an unused download page (by typing “android site:www.worldmate.com” in Google) that listed Android as an option. I assumed [...]
[30 Jul 2009]
Bokodes, a project of the MIT Media Lab. Bokodes are very similar to QR Codes, which are standard in Japan and becoming more popular in Europe. Like QR Codes, bokodes require a camera and software to decode the data. But unlike QR Codes, bokodes are much smaller and can store much more information. A typical [...]
[29 Jul 2009]
From yesterday’s post on the New York Times Bits blog, we get the news that the “digital divide” — in this case, internet access — is being narrowed by mobile phones. But the common characteristics of those two characters — they are both middle-aged and white — may no longer be a fitting stereotype, at [...]
[23 Jul 2009]
I am now the proud owner of a T-Mobile G1 running the Android operating system. I like it so far, though I wish the on-screen keyboard pas a bit more responsive. I have already installed a few applications, including Pacman, and a bar code / QR code scanner, but I’d like to take full advantage [...]
[26 Jun 2009]
Google announced the release of the 2.0 version of Gmail mobile Java application yesterday. I’ve used the 1.0 application for about as long as I’ve owned my phone. It worked well for most of that time, except for a significant — though since fixed — glitch with secure connections. I have only used the new [...]
[24 Oct 2008]
I received a Nokia N800 to test and review from the fine folks at WOM World, a Nokia-sponsored meta-blog. The basics The N800 runs a flavor of Linux known as OS 2008. Several software packages come loaded with the N800, including a full-featured web browser (with Flash!), e-mail client, media player, and instant messaging application. [...]
[2 Apr 2008]
Summaries and well-written headlines are already important when it comes to triggering user reactions or making content findable. But as U.S. web users adopt the mobile web, I think such headlines and summaries are critical. Waiting for content to download in order to determine its relevance is a pain in the a**. It’s a lesson [...]
[28 Jan 2008]
Most of these applications will work with any Java-capable smart phone. Platform-specific applications are noted. GCalSync Synchronize your mobile phone’s calendar with your Google calendar. Open source. Google Maps for Mobile It was already a cool application for GPS-less people. But Google’s new My Location feature is The Awesome. It uses cell tower triangulation to [...]
[30 Nov 2007]
If you’re a Twitter-phile like myself, you don’t need to be convinced of the service’s value. But just in case you need to convince someone else, Caroline Middlebrook’s series The Big Juicy Twitter Guide is an excellent resource. In it, Middlebrook covers everything you would need to know before getting started with Twitter: etiquette, branding, [...]
[6 Nov 2007]
Sure the iPhone has its spiffy little web browser / SDK (Safari), but that mean bupkiss for the rest of us. What can we do? That’s where Mozilla comes in. Via Ajaxian: Mike Schroepfer’s post Mozilla and Mobile. According to Schroepfer: Mozilla will add mobile devices to the first class/tier-1 platform set for Mozilla2. This [...]
[10 Oct 2007]