Category Archives: wireless

Apple begins airing iPhone ads

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Apple has begun airing ads for the iPhone, with a June 29 availability date. The three ads are available on Apple’s site. Never Been an iPod – This ad showcases Music, Videos, Photos, Calls. How to – This one focuses … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, apple, consumer electronics, iphone, wireless, wireless data | 3 Comments

Twittering up some dosas

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was up in New York City over the weekend and got to see my favorite dosa vendor. Thiru Kumar runs NY Dosas, a dosa cart in Washington Square Park. It has good, cheap eats. ($5 for lunch in NYC.) … Continue reading →

Posted in mobile, mobile search, twitter, web 2, web 2.0, wireless, wireless data | 9 Comments

GPS for Blackberry and Calendar come to Google Mobile

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Google announced GPS support on the Blackberry 8800. This is a huge move. It’s great that a major U.S. carrier, Cingular AT&T, is allowing free access to location data. I would have expected them to disable GPS access. I love … Continue reading →

Posted in google, gps, iphone, local search, maps, mobile, mobile search, wireless, wireless data, yellow pages | 5 Comments

IMing from your cell with EQO

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

EQO launched a new Voice over IP service for cell phones this week. The downloadable software allows you to make cheap international calls from your cell phone. A call from the U.S. to London on EQO costs 2.3c per minute, … Continue reading →

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Making voicemail more useful

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was at the airport and saw on my phone’s screen that I missed a call from my friend Wanita. I called her back. “What do you think?,” she said. “About what? You called me.” “Didn’t you listen to my … Continue reading →

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Pandora radio goes wireless

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Pandora’s Internet radio service is now available on Sprint’s wireless network. Pandora allows you to quickly set up personalized radio stations based on artists and songs you like. The service then plays music it thinks you might like. I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in audio, consumer electronics, media, mp3, wireless, wireless data | 1 Comment

Yahoo! markets oneSearch in TV ads

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Caught this commercial for Yahoo!’s oneSearch today. The ad features hikers who stumble across flora including the ficticious “crimson maneater”. It’s mildly amusing, but fails to sell mobile search. The query term used is “flowers in oregon”. They should put … Continue reading →

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Twitter without the SMS bill hangover

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Twitter has released a mobile version of its Web site at http://m.twitter.com. Instead of sending and receiving SMS messages each time you or a friend posts a status update, you can just do it on the Twitter mobile site. Any … Continue reading →

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Sticking it to the (hotel) man

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Hotels have lost much of their ancillary revenue from me over the last few years. With unlimited roaming plans in the U.S. and the ease of buying prepaid cell service overseas, I only use hotel phones for wake up calls … Continue reading →

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A traveler’s toolkit

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Here’s a look at the contents of my laptop bag on my recent trip to Colorado. Click through to flickr to identify each item. Missing from the picture: the camera used to take it, camera charger and the vehicle mount … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer electronics, gps, wireless | 4 Comments