What is the megatrend of this decade? I suggest that we are witnessing a wholesale shift from information tied to place/device to information mobility. Cloud computing, server virtualization, and even flash memory are all contributors to this massive trend, along with the user-side trends of the post-PDA mobile phone, 3G data, social web services, and connected home.
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AT&T Down, Sprint Saves My Bacon
I was traveling this morning, and was shocked to not be able to check on my flight status with my iPhone. It just sat there churning when I arrived in Chicago. I couldn’t figure it out, but quickly booted up the Cradlepoint router and Sprint EV-DO card and was online. Since I also had critical […]
My iPhone is on Sprint’s EV-DO Network (and So Are My PCs!)
Goodbye, AT&T 3G! After a year of hoping coverage would improve, I finally jumped ship from AT&T’s 3G network and moved my mobile wireless broadband service to Sprint. I grabbed a refurbished USB EV-DO device and signed up through a no-contract reseller and couldn’t be happier with the service so far. And I picked up […]
Yes, Exchange ActiveSync for iPhone Works Without a Business Data Plan
One of the most common questions I’ve been hearing after I published my articles on how to set up Exchange ActiveSync with the iPhone 2.0 software is whether or not you need an enterprise data plan from AT&T in order to use it. There were conflicting rumors going around prior to the launch, and AT&T […]
