Murphy’s law seemed to particularly have it in mind for mobile network gadgets, didn’t it? Whether laptops, palmtops, mobile phones and smartphones, PDAs and Pocket PCs, UMPCs and GPSs, it seems some days like the whole world and all of nature is out to get your gizmo. Here’s a gallery of fates that we hope [...]
Of course, Microsoft still has a lock on the computer market and it isn’t going away. And Microsoft, we have to admit, has gotten to be number one because they’ve earned it. They aren’t always the nicest company or the most popular with the web audience, but they still were in the right place at [...]
Only a few years ago, notebook computers looked to be as small and simple as you could get, being a kind of compact laptop. But these days, there’s a whole array of even more compact mobile devices. These devices break down into the categories of netbooks, subnotebooks, tablet PCs, and ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). What’s [...]
Much like the desktop microcomputer rush of the 1980′s, today there’s a rush by the PC hardware companies to provide ultra-mobile computers. With so many to choose from, it’s easy to get them mixed up. Here, we’ll be limiting the list to major brands of portable computers larger than a PDA and smaller than a [...]
“Hey, let me tell you about these great products!” the salesman says, and you say, “So tell me!” Then the salesman says something that sounds like “Well, we have UMPC XMO62s dia SGFX via QUOWs, YG7T-ZX wjUGT3#22, m87&*js%w [PP)00-+, ~#@$%^!, and some great GG^;:?/\-=!" As we shake our heads to clear them, wondering how on [...]
This is an exciting time in history for Global Navigation Satellite Systems, because the market is just developing and, together with the increased sophistication of Internet and computing services, is giving birth to a whole new array of applications and gadgets utilizing satellite navigation technology. Here’s just some of the new developments that have popped [...]
For the non-geek and non-techie, Global Positioning System technology is mystifying. Worse yet, ask your friendly neighborhood geocacher to explain it, and they’ll bury you in hyper-space buzzwords like Mr. Spock explaining the Romulan cloaking device. So, let’s try to explain what’s going on, this time in clear, plain, simple English. That isn’t very easy [...]
Only a few decades ago, it would have sounded like a science-fiction plot. We’re going to put an array of machines up in space orbiting the Earth, and use them to navigate the globe. Only hard SF authors like Isaac Asimov and Larry Niven thought that big. But today, the Global Positioning System (GPS) is [...]
Mobile computing is a general terminology used to describe one’s ability to use technology while moving, in contrast to portable computers, which are stationery in configuration. The basic requirement for Mobile computing involves wireless technology to support outdoor mobility and a hand over from one person to the next at a pedestrian or vehicular speed. [...]
