While I avoided the lines at 4:00 in the morning, I couldn’t resist stopping by the local King of Prussia Mall later in the day yesterday to see how Black Friday was shaping up. Frankly, the mall wasn’t as crowded as I expected it to be, but there were still more than a few folks … Read more
This edition of Travel Tech is probably most notable for what I didn’t manage to acquire prior to my Thanksgiving journey. I was slow to act on picking up a refurbished Kindle for a low $150 to make my upcoming transatlantic flights a bit more palatable. By the time I got around to pulling the … Read more
I’m not quite sure what prompted Google’s Chrome OS briefing yesterday, as we could be up to a year away from retail delivery of their Linux-based cloudbooks. It’s also a bit puzzling that Google would simultaneously pursue two distinct mobile operating systems. (see Android) However, I was looking for a project at 4AM and fired … Read more
Based on my personal experiences, and tales of the blogger elite, from where I’m sitting it appears that AT&T’s inferior 3G data network is oversold and oversaturated. When airlines are oversold, impacted customers are compensated. But when it comes to mobile access, we’re all locked into two year contracts and there is no recourse for … Read more
About a week ago, Verizon launched Media Manager for Mac OS X. While it’s not quite as capable as their Windows version with drive scanning and Internet video capability, this desktop app makes iPhoto (albums, events, slideshows) and iTunes (playlists) available for streaming to FiOS DVR hardware (similar to TiVo Desktop, circa 2006). Media Manager … Read more
Back in June, I traded in my Cradlepoint router and USB aircard for Sprint’s rendition of the MiFi to meet my mobile broadband needs. The combo aircard-WiFi access point has served me well in a variety of situations. In fact and ironically, Sprint basically allows me to retain AT&T by keeping my iPhone’s data functionality … Read more
I’ve been talking to the Sonos folks for years. And everyone I know who owns their connected music system absolutely raves about it. Yet, I’ve never joined in given the steep price of entry (starting at ~$1000) and BYOS (bring your own speakers) requirement. Fortunately, Sonos has been listening and their new all-in-one S5 ($400) … Read more
DVPRemote, which I originally came across back in August, has just received a substantial refresh. In addition to fundamental WiFi remote control of Roku’s media streamer ($99), the app author has worked closely with Roku to incorporate their graphics, enable auto-discovery (versus direct IP address entry), and add support for multiple units. I’ve had a … Read more