TROPICAL STORM OTTO Public Advisory Number 1

Otto?!?  I thought the season was over?

Issued 4 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2004
[National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)]

Pocket SharpMT

I just found pocket sharpmt. it lets me post to me blog from the new phone :)
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First Treo 650 hack: Enable the Bluetooth dial-up networking profile

Hehe, I did the PDA to PPC-6601 yesterday... It was fun.

That was hella fast. The Treo 650 has been in people’s hands for what, like five or six days, and somebody’s already hacked the Bluetooth so you can use it as a wireless modem with your laptop (or if you’re super geeky, another PDA). This is despite Sprint’s best attempts to preempt anyone from doing this by announcing they were going to add the DUN profile to Treo 650 sometime next year, too. Apparently you don’t even need to install PDAnet, anymore either, but just make sure you don’t stream too much audio or video or host your website on your Treo or else you might arouse the interest of Sprint’s bandwidth police (they forced us to stop hosting Engadget on a cluster of Treos several months ago).

[Thanks, David]
[Engadget]

Back online!

One of my favorite sites is back online!  See what Dale has to say... And add this site to your aggregator! :)

OK, I got tired of waiting for my website to get back on-line so in the interim a good friend of mine suggested I just start blogging! 

I am trying to re-point the old DNS to this blog so I am not exactly sure how long it will take. I think it may take up to 48 hours. Let's see who the first is to get on and post a comment? ;)

At least we won't have to look at this any longer...

Our apologies for the unscheduled maintenance that has temporarily taken www.pocketpcpassion.com offline. Due to a monitored drive failure in the RAID system, we have taken the opportunity to not only to replace the affected drive, which normally does not affect website availability, we have also opted to update the operating system to Windows Server 2003 for improved security. A long awaited upgrade.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and appreciate you bearing with us as we strive to improve the quality & security of our Remote Hosting service. Your site should not be affected for long as we swap operating system images and configure.

Please check back later today when the system should be back online. Thank you.

[mobilePASSION]

Is the Treo 650 a Weakling?

Ouch!  I wonder how much usable memory there is in the PPC-6601.. Oh yeah, it's 128Mb.... :)

Consumer logic dictates that the Treo 650 should be a country mile better than the Treo 600, right? At least in terms of key specs like memory. But some eagle-eyed users are claiming that PalmOne's playing some serious sleight-of-hand with the 650's storage. Treonauts does the math, and it ain't pretty: "Existing users will have 30 percent less memory to use when compared to the Treo 600, thus bringing the 'true' user-available memory down to only 16MB."

Ouch. I guess there's no smart-phone-storage corollary to Moore's Law, huh?

The Treo 650 Memory Debate [Treonauts]

Related...

[Gizmodo]

PowerFilm rollable solar-powered battery charger

Didn't we talk about this, oh, 5 years ago?  It would be nice, but I bet it doesn't catch on..  We are *so* deap-rooted to the notion of bringing stinkin' batteries with us everywhere...

PowerFilm have created a roll of solar material that allows one to recharge cellphones, cars, and other rechargeable electronics with a rollable solar panel.  They’re made by Iowa Thin Film Technologies and are available in three sizes with varying power outputs.  The largest, at 12 x 73-inches, will put out 1.2 Amps and only weighs 1.9 pounds.  Available connectors include cigarette lighter, battery chargers, and daisy chain connectors.  Prices start at about $150.   MMmmm.  Sun juice.

[Via TRFJ]

[Engadget]

Xcelis unlimited cellphone calling plan

Hey, this looks cool.  It's not available yet for Sprint but when it is I may try it.

Since many cellphone carriers offer unlimited minutes for calls to users on the same network, Xcelis has capitalized on this and is offering a $10 per month plan that (in addition with your regular cellphone service fees) lets you call anywhere in the US and Canada for as much as you want. After calling one of the Xcelis network phone numbers and entering in the phone number you wish to call, they route the call over the Internet via VoIP or a landline, which is why they claim they’re able to offer unlimited calling for such a low price. It’s all a bit on the dodgy side, (all those cruddy pixelized graphics sure don’t help), but they are offering new users a free 7 day trial, so we’ll leave it up to you guys to be the guinea pigs here. 

[Thanks, Marc]
[Engadget]