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New Google Maps for Mobile tracks your position using cell phone towers
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,…
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Sony Ericsson unveils the K660: ‘engineered for mobile Internet’
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a phone that I’m sure will give second thoughts to those already set on upgrading units this Christmas. The company announced earlier this month the coming availability of the Sony Ericsson K660, a phone that the company said was engineered for the mobile Internet. The phone will only be available early…
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Smart TextMail and mobile alerts on tasks, website availability
One of my longest mobile experiment drew to a close early this month with my rediscovery of Smart’s TextMail. For more than a year, I’ve been trying one service after another in an effort to get my e-mails sent as text messages to my mobile phone. The answer, you might say, is simple: buy a…
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Wi-Fi piggybacking widespread, anti-virus firm warns
While setting up a Wi-Fi network for the PLDT myDSL connection at home earlier this week, I got a timely warning from a press release. Anti-virus company Sophos said many people now use someone else’s wireless Internet connection without their permission. Sophos said 54 percent of 560 respondents who took their online survey admitted to…
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Smart unveils USB modem for mobile Internet access anywhere
SMART Broadband, Inc. (SBI) has unveiled a USB modem that will allow users to access the Internet with speeds ranging from 384 kbps to 768 kbps anywhere where there is a Smart signal. The device will be offered under SBI’s “Smart BRO Plan 799.â€? Under the plan, which costs P799 a month, subscribers have 60…