L.A. Conspicuously Absent from PCWorld’s Cell Data Performance Test

Where’s Los Angeles? They’re also missing Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia. How is this impartial when the second most-populous metro area in the country is absent? How about a latency test? And what good is the backbone’s bandwidth if its radio signal can’t penetrate a single office building wall? via AT&T Roars Back in PCWorld’s SecondContinue reading “L.A. Conspicuously Absent from PCWorld’s Cell Data Performance Test”

Sagem Orga outs SIMFi, a SIM card/WiFi router hybrid

Sagem’s SIMFi is one of those ideas that you wish you had come up with yourself. The concept is pretty straightforward: they’ve created a SIM card with an embedded WiFi radio, so provided you have a suitable data plan, the card itself puts out a WiFi signal instead of relying on the phone. For anyoneContinue reading “Sagem Orga outs SIMFi, a SIM card/WiFi router hybrid”

Android 2.1 Now Has Live Wallpaper

With the introduction of live wallpapers in Android 2.1, users can now enjoy richer, animated, interactive backgrounds on their home screen. A live wallpaper is very similar to a normal Android application and has access to all the facilities of the platform: SGL (2D drawing), OpenGL (3D drawing), GPS, accelerometers, network access, etc. The liveContinue reading “Android 2.1 Now Has Live Wallpaper”