Rude Rudy?

It's one thing to interrupt a conversation to take a cell call. It's another to interrupt a speech before the NRA -- especially if you're a presidential candidate. Or is the former NYC mayor using his phone as a prop?

iPhone learning new tricks?

Amid all the iPhone hype, a few observers noted that the gotta-have gizmos come without IM or picture messaging. Heck, even my little cheapest-I-could-find LG has picture messaging. Well, a little birdie tells me more features may be on the way.

Signs of convergence

Answering Machine + Myspace
Google + Ma Bell
Bluetooth + Burqa

Utterly, totally off-topic ...

... but it's my blog and I'll post whatever I want on it!!

Flash update

Good news: Upcoming Flash technology will allow your mobile to display funky Flash presentations -- like this one ... or this classic Miss Muffy video.

Updating a classic

I enjoy the convenience and mobility of a cell phone just as much as the next guy. Who'd'a thunk 30 years ago that you could answer the phone while trimming the hedges without a mad dash into the house?

Well, call me old fashioned, but there's something I miss about the old Ma Bell contraption hanging on the wall. Ever tried to cradle a cell phone between your ear and your shoulder? It's a good way to develop a crick in your neck. Well, this guy has the solution.

Going Mobile

Is the iPhone a breakthrough or just a lot of hype? When we look back at it 10 years from now, we'll probably see it as a turning point in popularizing the mobile Web in the United States, according to ReadWriteWeb, which lists mobile Web among its Top 10 future Web trends.

In other news, is that your parking meter calling?

Mobile mock-up

This is my take on a mobile Web site for a newspaper -- in this case, my former employer, the Connecticut Post. The real site is not optimized for mobile, so if you want to see what it looks like in a mobile browser, visit the Opera Mini emulator and plug in the URL: http://www.connpost.com/ .

Imagine ...

Imagine a wireless Web with common protocols, interchangeable handsets and no early-termination fees. That's the vision of the Wireless Consumer Protection Bill, which is expected to be introduced in the Senate. It's likely to face strong opposition from the Blue Meanies in the wireless industry.

Ooops!

Heh. This is classic. For the life of me I can't remember the username and password I used to generate my blog for this little experiment. (Is this a problem caused by the mobile sign-up process? I think maybe it is.) In any case, here's a link to the old site, and we'll just take it from there.