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I think WiMax is going to be a disruptive technology that’s going to change the way we think of mobile connectivity, including mobile phones. Hopefully, it will get us out of the half-assed broadband capability we have today in the U.S.- excerpt from CNET report
We think so too, Mr. Barrett - don’t you love it [...]

What the … These are the very colorful codenames Intel is fond of giving its future products. Yonah is the next-generation dual-core processor for notebooks, Golan is the wireless chipset that will team with it, and Napa is the mainboard designed for these two buddies to sit on.
In short, these three make up the third-generation [...]

Psst: We are currently testing out some options to do podcasts on PDA-1. It’s not a definite thing, but we thought that Pocketcasting.com has a good how-to article, complete with pics on how to get those podcasts onto your Pocket PC as painless as it can be, for now. Check it out here.
Sidenote: The article [...]

It’s been one wild ride since 2001 and we are just grateful to be still around!
We at PDA-1 sure are thankful for all our visitors and friends, and for days ahead in which we are able to continue to bring you more. Bless y’all folks - have a great, big, hairy Thanksgiving!

When you talk about mobility in data, the current fave word is WiFi, with WiMax pretty much in our sight. Supposedly-complementary cellular systems such as GPRS, EDGE and UMTS is supposed to figure in too, but just dropped back as it has not been able to provide the same level of cost versus bandwith/speed.
That might [...]

An ex-employee of a prominent PDA retailer in Kuala Lumpur, frustrated at his superior and working conditions has decided to hit back by claiming business impropriety in a public discussion forum.
While business malpractices will eventually leak out over time (or more likely implode and kill off the business itself) it goes to show how incredibly [...]

FirstLOOX.org has been hacked.
We discovered it at approximately 7:15PM GMT, 25 July 2004; when the attack happened we do not know. Here’s a screenshot of what was supposed to be the forum landing page; it is not of the entire message. We do not condone such acts and will not re-publish the contents of what [...]

I sure hope folks don’t fall for this one.
Yeah, right.
In the latest twist to an old scam, folks are asked to pay up $20 for a cheap cellphone antenna booster, which will get them on a list of others who do the same. Once the list propagates to 35, these guys will ship a Motorola [...]

It is indeed amusing to see that only recently has the mobile phone owners in US wisen up to an old-hat marketing trick of their cellular phone providers.
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights filed suit accusing AT&T Wireless Services Inc., T-Mobile USA Inc. and Cingular Wireless, of using software in their handsets that prevents [...]