At 9:15 am this morning, I had the privilege of interviewing Colleen Lerro from the Consumer Electronics Association over the telephone. For those not familiar with the CEA, CEA produces the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas). If you have never been to the Consumer Electronics Show, you have to make a trek at least once to experience this grand showcase in person of thousands of new consumer products.
Wassup! Today – Bluetooth headsets have become very popular in the last couple of years since many countries have instituted a law prohibiting drivers from using a cell phone that is held against your ear while driving. Most of these Bluetooth headsets have been the mono/single earpiece design. The lack of wireless stereo headsets was mainly due to the fact that a phone conversation is mono in nature plus the lack of software or Bluetooth stereo profile support. Now that the proper stereo profile A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution profile) and the remote control profile AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile) has been created, we are able to take advantage of the stereo music that many cell phones support now wirelessly. To add more style and functionality to the wireless stereo music enjoyment and cell phone call access, Trispecs has combined the stereo Bluetooth headset support into a stylist pair of sunglasses.
Wassup! Today – Real World Interactions Using Yellowpin
The next generation of social lifestyle tool is now available. The product is called Yellowpin and originally appeared on Facebook as an add-on application. It’s a very simple application to use and take advantage of. Anyone with a SMS capable phone can easily send a text message and have their activity and location made available to all their buddies in the social network.
Wassup! Today – Last week I was stricken with a case of a very bad flu. I am still recovering and the worst part lasted 4 days. Bad for me is when I spend 20+ hours on my back each day for more than 2 days resting. This flu, like the one I previously had was far more severe than anything I had in the past couple of decades. I have heard that new strains and more virulent strains are appearing lately and I wanted to find out more about them.
Wassup! Today – What is a PDA Anyways?
We keep hearing about PDA this and PDA that. What are these devices and how do we know when a topic is related to a PDA device that you own? This is not as difficult as you might think. PDA stands for “Personal Digital Assistant”. As the name implies, any electronic device that assists you can fall into this category:
Wassup! Today – According to an article posted on YAHOO.COM, AT&T is planning on streamlining their Smartphone line and support only one AT&T branded operating system. The operating system AT&T will eventually carry only is the Symbian OS based Smartphones. Initially this seems like a bad move for AT&T and for AT&T consumers in general but this may actually be a good thing in the end for everyone.
Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]Read PART I Read PART II Three years ago, the potential of Mobile technology was seen by a large number of manaufacturers. One company that forged ahead with mobile simulations for the Windows Mobile devices is a company called OmniG Soft. This company produced and still produces flight and race [...]