Category: Wireless
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The rules of product placement on 24
OK, if your character is making a 911 call, then yes, show the network logo on the phone: However, if your character is arming an explosive device via his cell phone, then no, do not show any branding: Lastly, if a mobile phone is being used to detonate explosives, take the whole faceplate off just […]
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Canada’s wireless carriers (slowly) open up data
A quick review of mobile data plans prompted by a newspaper ad I caught this morning: Rogers is offering $7/month unlimited mobile internet access, provided you’re not using a PDA, PC card, or tethering your device to your computer. (I think I pay $7/month for 3 megs of data right now, but with no restrictions […]
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Another sobering post about Canadian wireless data numbers
If the latest Mowser stats combined with AdMob’s metrics report [PDF] are any indication, when it comes to mobile internet usage, Canada’s in a dead heat with… Bangladesh. The thing is, nobody who’s going to do anything about it really cares. As long as politicians can read their email on their Blackberries, they’re “on the cutting […]
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Can a phone be linked to identity?
Near the end of Cringely’s latest column, he briefly introduces the idea of the mobile phone replacing the Social Security number as an identifier. To be precise, he said “supplementing,” not “replacing,” and it was as a financial identifier, but I’m thinking in broader terms than the problem that he’s talking about. Plus, I don’t […]