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October 2003 - Posts

Sleepless in L.A.

Posted Sunday, October 26, 2003 7:17 AM by frankpr
It's 4:00 in the morning, and I'm sitting in my hotel room in Downtown L.A. - the jet lag has got me. Fortunately, they have free wireless internet access here, so I can do some work. Arrived yesterday after a 12-hour non-stop flight from Munich, for Read More...
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A Day @ Systems 2003

Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:21 PM by frankpr
Was on duty at the second largest German trade fair for IT & computers - the Systems 2003 in Munich. Guarded one of the VS.NET demo machines, nothing unusual, as working at the CeBIT for 8 days in a row is much harder. What surprised me, however, was Read More...
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BYO DVD

Posted Monday, October 20, 2003 2:13 PM by frankpr
Burn your own DVD, that is... Bought a DVD writer (Teac DV-W50D-PUK) on Saturday. External one, connects through USB 2.0 to my various notebooks :) At EUR 229,- they become affordable now. These days, with HDs in the 60GB+ range, you cannot create sensible Read More...
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Smartphone hits Germany (finally)

Posted Friday, October 17, 2003 11:03 AM by frankpr
debitel offers a preview of the Motorola MPx200 which will be available very soon in Germany. I'd say, it's about time... (After T-Mobile dropped earlier plans to bring the SPV E100 - aka Tanager - to the German market.) Read More...
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Gadgets are coming

Posted Friday, October 10, 2003 2:40 AM by frankpr
A new Smartphone made by Sierra Wireless will hit the market in 2004. It's got a flip-open QWERTY keyboard and will probably run Smartphone 2003. Very cool stuff, check it out at http://www.voq.com/site/default.voq . Read More...
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