Truck Stop WiFi
Three million truckers in America will now have wireless Internet access at 1,000 Truck Stops. In a press release earlier this week, IBM and Rocksteady Networks announced that the companies will provide the infrastructure for Columbia Advanced Wireless (CAW) to enable broadband wireless Internet access at truck stops throughout the country.The Rocksteady software will run […]
PC Forum
I am just now back in the country and will get to Scottsdale for PC Forum later this afternoon. PC Forum is an important conference — great way to stay in touch with many friends in the industry and stay abreast of the latest thinking by many industry leaders. I’ll have more to say about […]
Smart Mobs
Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold is a really good book — just added it to my books list. Howard did a wonderful job of painting a vision for the future based on what is happening with WiFi and other disruptive technologies. He interviewed many visionaries and practitioners and then incorporated their thoughts into the book […]
My Phones
I appreciate the feedback that my last story helped clarify GSM and SIM for some readers. The main question I am getting is about what phone I use personally. For most of 2001 and 2002 I used the Kyocera Smartphone with service provided by Verizon. The Smartphone is an excellent phone but the screen is […]
The Global Phone
A fellow director at a recent board meeting asked me what phone I would recommend he buy that could be used anywhere in the world. My answer was that there isn’t one today but soon the answer will be a WiFi phone. More on that shortly. The closest thing available today would be a phone […]
