Entries Tagged as 'free software'

Escribitionism with Twitter and Fring

March 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I never thought that I’d be enjoying it but here I am, using Twitter regularly for the past week. Twitter is a micro-blogging service that has become all the rage among tech-savvy folk and many connectivity addicts since last year.
With the service, you can write short (140 characters) updates about yourself and have these [...]

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It isn’t just ringing, it’s Fringing

February 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments

If you run a Symbian or Windows Mobile device, you have to install Fring. The mobile application lets you do instant messaging (IM) with Yahoo, Skype, MSN Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk and AIM and VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) calls using Skype Out or SIP. It can also be used with Twitter’s services.
The software works [...]

Tags: Highlights · Mobile · free software

Sony Ericsson K850i impressive

January 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I spent two glorious days last week testing the latest model in the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot line: the K850i. When Jonjie Gonzalez, Sony Ericsson’s press relations man in Cebu, invited me to test a K850i demo unit for a day or two, I jumped at the chance. I am, after all, a rabid Sony Ericsson [...]

Tags: Highlights · Mobile · free software

Sony Ericsson K850i test: Google Maps for Mobile with My Location works

January 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Google Maps for Mobile’s My Location feature works in the Sony Ericsson K850i, the latest in the Cyber-shot line to hit the market. My Location is a cool feature that places your approximate location on the map using GPS (Global Positioning System) or mobile towers.
If you have one of the recent phones that report cell [...]

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New Google Maps for Mobile tracks your position using cell phone towers

December 3rd, 2007 · 10 Comments

Google released last week a new version of its Google Maps for Mobile application. The release, as with many of Google’s products, is designated “beta,” a label used for software that is still being actively tested and not yet released to the public.
I’ve read about mobile maps applications before, including the earlier Google versions, but [...]

Tags: Highlights · Mobile · free software

Installing Ubuntu Linux Gutsy Gibbon

October 7th, 2007 · 8 Comments

It’s been four days since I’ve switched my main blogging tool, an MSI s260 laptop, into the beta version of the next Ubuntu release—Gutsy Gibbon or Ubuntu 7.10. This next version of Ubuntu is scheduled for release in the coming weeks but I couldn’t wait for the final version. I wanted it now.
After the beta [...]

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