NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONES

I had my first experience with noise canceling headphones on airplanes and was impressed by how effectively they cut down the effects of jet lag and made the flights more pleasant.This isn’t news – the technology has been around for years – and...

GOOGLE MAPS MOBILE & PICASA MOBILE

If you have a Windows Mobile device (a Motorola Q or Treo 700W, for example), go to http://www.google.com/gmm on the mobile web browser and install “Google Maps Mobile.” It’s a special version of Google Maps optimized for a mobile phone, including...

iPHONE & EXCHANGE/OUTLOOK

Here’s an interesting possibility – an unconfirmed report that the iPhone will be able to sync with Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server, using the same ActiveSync technology found in Windows Mobile-based phones. That would open a lot of doors for the...

APPLE iPHONE GUIDED TOUR

The hype for the iPhone is building to a fever pitch, leading up to the release on June 29. There’s a twenty-minute guided tour at Apple’s iPhone web site with a lot of useful information about features and the iPhone’s look and feel.I’m still...

THE iPHONE ERA

If I understand the news coverage correctly, we are at the dawn of a new era in civilization. When the iPhone debuts on June 29, mankind will no longer have to work and our vision will extend into the ultraviolet and infrared light frequencies.Super! That’s...

THE END OF THE PALM OS

The new Palm Treo 755p from Sprint is probably the last device that will run the aging Palm OS, according to reports discussed in this article. Palm is working on a Linux-based operating system but its glory days are behind it and it’s hard to imagine that Palm...