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Who will challenge Apple?

We all know that Apple’s computers have a given sector in the luxury-class PC.
They are not the greatest in sales volumes but in terms of design and quality they are among the foremost.
A similar development, we have seen in the case of smartphones. Their iPhone is 1-2 years ahead of all competitors in terms of [...]

Google gears up for attack on mobile-phone market – Times Online

via technology.timesonline.co.uk
Google’s mobile, planned for 2010, will of course be based on Android but more interesting is the intention to connect Google Voice with VOIP and deliver free calls. They bought Gizmo5 in order to make this possible. That means it would be possible to call other Google phones for free! What will the operators [...]

Mobile Wallet: Goodbye cash!

Once upon a time we traded goods and services without any money at all. After a while we started to use  gold and jewelry to pay goods and services. Later on we started to make coins with the same value as the metal it was made from. When banks where introduced and we started to [...]

Why is Location Based Services not taking off?

Yes I know, there are a lot of Location Based Services (LBS) out there. I know, I know…
But it could be so much more and so much better. Currently we have proprietary solutions each covering a narrow field. It is not only proprietary software but also proprietary networks. Remember the chat history? Now the chat [...]

Comparing Skype, Rebtel and others

I have tested many different solutions for cheap international telephony. There are many type of  payment models, technologies and features. I will give my view on this but you should of course select a solution according to your own situation. The basic structure is PC to PC , PC to phone, phone to PC, [...]

Why doesn’t smartphones have a voice interface?

I mean the command interface. What devices are the most natural to start having a voice interface? Mobiles of course!
We talk in them already. A voice interface to the PC isn’t at all as natural. I can imaging people sitting at the office talking to the computer. Annoying, to say the least!
Yes, yes some of [...]