Category Archives: Mobile Computing

Mobile Imagineering

Nothing you do for today is likely to survive progress. To make it survive, you need to think ahead, into the future, imagine the way things could/will be done then. Then develop solutions for that today. Why do I bring … Continue reading

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Mobile Connectivity

Now if there is one thing that scares me, it is loss of connectivity for any period of time. Whether via my notebook or my PDA – if I am not connected, I feel lost. I need not have worried.

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WiFi Q&A

As wireless networking becomes more and more interesting to organisations, the questions naturally start flowing. Here’s a list of questions from IS managers of mid-size companies-and some answers.

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Personal Digital Adventure – Part 4

Rumour became fact as Palm announced the Palm Tungsten C and the Palm Zire71. Tale of two PDAs The Tungsten C was probably everything a business person would want. 64 MB of memory, a fantastic high-resolution colour screen, and two … Continue reading

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Personal Digital Adventure – Part 3

By 2002, almost two years after I acquired my Palm Vx, there were a lot of new models and manufacturers in the market. Colour models abounded from Palm, Sony, Handspring, Toshiba, HP and other manufacturers. PalmOS based models continued to … Continue reading

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Personal Digital Adventure – Part 2

Now that I had room to grow, I did. First of all, I subscribed to about almost 2 MB of channels from Avantgo. The service itself was just growing, and every day new stuff could be found, so you can … Continue reading

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Personal Digital Adventure – Part 1

In March 2003, I picked up a new Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to replace my late (and seriously lamented) Palm Vx that has served me so faithfully since 2000. I can no longer conceive of professional or personal life without … Continue reading

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Do we want to WiFi today?

As I sit here, using my notebook to write this article, several things work silently in the background, making sure that I have access to information I need, when I need it. The single most important technology in this case … Continue reading

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