by Larry Richman | Dec 3, 2007
This news from Reuters today: AT&T plans to end its dwindling pay phone business by the end of 2008, as more consumers use mobile phones.The move affects AT&T pay phones in the company’s previous 13-state service area. BellSouth has already exited the...
by Larry Richman | Nov 28, 2007
I’ve spent the last few months trying to decide what to do with my 3-year-old mobile phone and my 7-year-old iPAQ Pocket PC. (You’d think if I’m ldsWebguy techno-geek, I’d have newer gadgets, wouldn’t you?) They are both failing, and...
by Larry Richman | Nov 26, 2007
Parents: Be careful that the toys you buy for your child this Christmas don’t have unlimited Internet access, or he/she could easily (an innocently) view pornography. Wireless handheld devices, such as video cell phones, iPods, iPhones, PDAs, and PlayStations...
by Larry Richman | Aug 6, 2007
According to the PEW Internet and American Life Project: “A growing number of Americans rely solely on a cell phone for their telephone service, and many more are considering giving up their landline phones.” In my post of June 14th, I reported that 11% of...
by Larry Richman | Jun 14, 2007
According to a recent study, 11% of US adults now use only a mobile phone to place phone calls and 17% only use mobile and the Internet (VoIP). So, where is this heading? If you look at the 18-to-29-year-old group, a full third of them use only a mobile phone or the...
by Larry Richman | Jan 3, 2007
I just read the new Gartner report “Mobile Collaboration Will Be Driven by Consumer Technologies and Behaviors.” Smart phones already have keyboards and fully functional HTML Web browsers. The price of cell phones is dropping dramatically, while at the...