I am swamped at work, my girls are all playing soccer, and ZDNet is keeping me busy so I haven’t had a chance to update this blog that much lately. We are also camping right now so connectivity is a bit behind too.
Entries from August 2006
Sorry, focusing on ZDNet and life right now
August 28th, 2006 · No Comments
Sprint PPC-6700 on the way back
August 14th, 2006 · 1 Comment
My experiment with EVDO is now over for now as I am shipping back the device today. I was seeing speeds from 3-7 times faster with EVDO, but with my whole family on T-Mobile it really was not practical to switch to Sprint for my data. If I did then I would have had to […]
Tags: Windows Mobile
Day 2 with EVDO service
August 10th, 2006 · 2 Comments
I am on my 2nd day of using Sprint’s EVDO service on the PPC6700 and will probably chat a bit about it on the MobileTechRoundup podcast that we record tonight. It is very cool to watch TV content with SlingPlayer on EVDO and also experience super fast speeds while surfing. However, as I think more […]
Tags: Windows Mobile
Switching data to Sprint EVDO for faster wireless access
August 6th, 2006 · No Comments
My buddy Peter was expecting me to go for the Treo 700p after posting something on my ZDNet blog this week regarding how many Treo devices I saw on my travels. I have been very interested in moving up to an EVDO high speed wireless data connection on Sprint since they are very reasonably priced. […]
Tags: Smartphone · Windows Mobile
On the road with the Q1 again
August 1st, 2006 · No Comments
I am down in Houma, Louisiana for a couple days and brought along my Samsung Q1 and a couple of smartphones to use for writing reviews and judging software at night. It is pretty hot and humid down here, but at least the ac in the room and car works well
