Archive for the ‘Wireless’ Category
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
O2's network maps for HSDPA are a little frustrating. For one thing, they won't show you a map of the whole country, only little segments 7.5 km wide.
The big deal for me is that when you're in a 3G area, you can surf the web and also make/receive calls at ...
Posted in Bedouin, Commentary, Wireless, iPhone | 5 Comments »
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Evert Bopp writes about municipal wifi:
The majority of networks that failed, failed because of either an in-ability to understand the technology used (in regards to performance, signal propagation, interference etc.), a lousy business model (unrealistic revenue forecasts, over reliance on third party content etc.) or a combination of both.
The ...
Posted in Bedouin, Commentary, Wireless | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
In the next week, we're going to see what Apple has on offer from WWDC. Everyone is expecting some news about the new iPhone models because, with the exception of a minor memory storage upgrade, the iPhone will have been on sale for 1 year without any changes and Apple ...
Posted in Commentary, Wireless, iPhone | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Andy recently posted that his efforts to build Co-Working Belfast have been bearing fruit as he gets QUB and Belfast City Council on board. For my part, I've pledged that Mac-Sys will buy a desk every month and put some loaner kit down there as well to foster mobile ...
Posted in Bedouin, CoWorking, Commentary, Social, Startup, Wireless | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
I got this Businessweek link from DaringFireball this morning.
"A few weeks after announcing it will shut down its municipal wireless network in New Orleans, EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday that it has notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that it is terminating that network, too."
This is what happens when ideas are ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Eirepreneur writes With no plans for wireless internet service is Irish Rail really "getting there"?
...getting back to the issue of onboard broadband Will Knott believes Irish Rail are missing the opportunity to make a lot of money, "and the mobile carriers are missing out by leaving 'coverage holes' on the ...
Posted in Bedouin, Commentary, Wireless | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I got this link initially from MacRumors
A new knowledgebase page from Apple:
If you are using Wi-Fi on iPhone or iPod touch and you experience unexpected results when tapping the Location button in Maps, you can refer the respective wireless router administrator to the following URL to update information that Skyhook ...
Posted in Bedouin, Cool, Wireless | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Darryl Collins, local poster-boy for entrepreneurship, writes about how nicking Wifi is bad.
I caught this piece on Radio 4’s “You and Yours” last Thursday. I was so incensed by the lack of balance they were giving the issue of people accessing open wifi networks that I went back and listened ...
Posted in Annoyances, Bedouin, Wireless, politics | 3 Comments »
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Yes, it's Easter Monday but don't let that stop you.
Here's the details.
Posted in CoWorking, Cool, Mac, Social, Wireless, iPhone | No Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
From TUAW:
Hot on the heels of Auntie releasing a selection of videos for sale via the iTunes Store, we somehow missed yesterday's sneaky revelation that the BBC is intending to release some form of the BBC iPlayer for iPod touch and iPhone 'in the coming weeks.'
iPlayer is a mixed bag. ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool, Wireless, iPhone | No Comments »