Ten years ago marked the birth of the first commercially successful PDA in the market — the 5.7-ounce Pilot organizer.
I use the term PDA in the strict modern sense of course, because, let’s face it, Casio had a commercially successful Digital Diary series prior to the Pilot. There’s also the Zaurus, but then it wasn’t […]

How many times have you sent an SMS message, only to later on discover that the other party has never received it?
“Yeah, lots of times,” you say. “Big deal.”
But it is a big deal. And that’s the problem.
Unlike voice calls, which give us instant feedback as to whether or not the other party is actually […]

Sometime in the near future, we can expect to finally see a completely solid-state laptop.
“Wait, aren’t laptops already solid-state right now?”
Well, almost. As far as the processor, main board, and memory are concerned, your typical laptop would be solid-state indeed. In other words, everything is electronic, with no mechanical or electromechanical parts.
But there’s still one […]

And it’s about time!
We’ve been salivating all over the Nokia N91 since we first saw it at a sneak peak early last year. And for good reason — this Series 60 phone features an onboard 4GB hard drive, music player capabilities, 3G, an Opera-based browser, mini-USB port, a 2 megapixel camera that takes MPEG-4 videos, […]

There’s no 3G signal at our office. Rats.
So last night, armed with a Nokia N70 and a borrowed SMART Gold account, I took it upon myself to find out just where I can catch a decent 3G signal. And to accelerate the process, I decided to do it while riding the EDSA MRT. So here’s […]

February 24, 2006. It’s been an interesting day, to put it lightly.
Mobile phones were being whipped out all day, with people receiving and forwarding tidbits of news. “State of Emergency declared!” “Randy David arrested!” Stuff like that.
Those with mobile WiFi devices were logging onto the INQ7 news site until, by midday, it was already congested. […]

Two House Bills of possible interest to mobile phone subscribers are up for Public Hearing next week:
House Bill 1098 “An Act to Provide and Promote Number Portability for Cellular Mobile Telephone Service, and for Other Purposes” by Rep. Joey Salceda;
House Bill 3408 “An Act Mandating Mobile Phone Service Providers to Give their Subscribers the […]

I used to think that I was a pretty fast texter. In fact, there was even a time many years ago when I thought it to be unthinkable for anybody to text any faster than I and my Nokia 5110 could, pardon the egotistical lapse.
And then I read that the world record for texting was […]

Steve Jobs is notorious for his attention to detail. And now his attention would be diverted to Mickey Mouse. Because, by virtue of Disney’s purchase of Pixar, Steve is now the biggest shareholder in the Walt Disney Company.
The bad news: This may distract the Jobs, taking away the full attention that he seems to have […]