Darwin's Theories - cellular tag

It's Official: O'Reilly Android Cookbook

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:14:00 GMT

We've officially opened the site for Android developers to help build the world's best Android how-to site, If you've written any Android apps, please share what you've learned with your fellow developers, at androidcookbook.oreilly.com Sorry for the long name; if you're typing it longhand use androidcookbook.net or androidcookbook.com, whichever strikes your fancy. If you haven't written anything for Android yet but you know Java, or are any kind of developer, head on over, read some recipes, and submit comments to improve or clarify them!

A Farewell to Treos

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT

I am giving up on palmOne's Treo now that it has become just another MS-Windows pocket device. Blackberry here I come -- RIM at least bundles Java with their handhelds instead of charging a ridiculous and piddling $5 for the runtime.

Virgin Mobile Comes Through

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT

I live in Canada but, whilst in the U.K. picked up a cheap GSM SIM card for my nice little Treo 600. The intent is to avoid double-transatlantic billings; if I'm in the UK and somebody calls my Canadian (Rogers) number, the caller gets nicked for long distance TO Canada, and I get billed for long distance from Canada back to the UK. Hence the SIM, which seemed to work fine in my Treo.
There was some problem with registering it on their web site but, to my surprise based on what I'd since read about their customer service, they actually phoned me from the UK to straighten it out. I see elsewhere on the web people having complaints about VM, but most are hardware issues with particular phones. From what I've seen, VM are doing a good job of what they're at, which is low-frills, youth-oriented (didn't know that when I bought it) mobile phone service. At least in the U.K. In Canada, they're apparently planning to partner with Bell, which uses a different technology (CDMA). This may be good for sales but won't help their UK customers roaming here...
Now their web site itself is nice, but the performance isn't there. So what sucks is probably strategixsoftware.com, the whiz-kid enterprise software providers, or perhaps the people at VM who did (or didn't do) the web site capacity planning.

My Treo Review is online

Wed, 05 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT

O'Reilly has published my fascinating review of Palm's new high-end PDA, the Treo 600. Check it out, for all the things you wanted in a PDA

Treo 600 Arrives

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:00:00 GMT

I got my hands on a Treo 600! But you'll have to wait to read about it; I'm putting all my thoughts together into a review instead of leaking it out piecemeal in blogs.