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The network in the office is down. Seems like the router went south, although it's hard to be 100% sure of this without a known working router to swap in. So off to the store I go. If the prices are close I'll pick up a wireless model and start my grand building unwiring plan. I'm sure this will all go without a hitch... <cue menacing music>
The NY Times has a nice preview review of Mac OS X 10.3 (a.k.a. Panther) which is due out tomorrow night.
New mobile phone from LG Electronics. On sale in Korea by the end of the year. No word on a U.S. release, but the specs are interesting enough to note. 1.1 megapixel camera, 192MB memory, 2.8 inch 262,000 color TFT LCD, USB, IrDA, and a nice looking design to boot. Runs Microsoft's Pocket PC OS.
Two issues: where's the bluetooth? And when is someone going to put jpeg compression software into these camera phones? To belabor this point yet again: I want to take high res pictures with my camera phone, but I want to download them over USB to my computer at my leisure. When I'm in the field I want the phone to make a second, reduced size image, suitable for sending over slow cellular data connections. Come on! That should be easy. One click produces a full size 1 meg image, and a user defined scaled down image (say 100k.)
Apple has quietly updated it's iBook line from G3 to G4 processors at 800 mhz., 933 mhz., and 1 Ghz. Also added an option for 802.11g. Everything else stays pretty much the same, including the price.