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Looks like there are a couple of mobile “unconference” sessions sponsored by FITC concurrent to Adobe MAX 2008 San Francisco.

Nov 16th 2:30 pm (Mon):
Flash Developers Guide to building iPhone Applications

Nov 18th 12:00 pm (Wed):
Flash Lite’s future in an iPhone Dominated Landscape with Tony McDonald

Unfortunately, I’m fairly sure if I can make it to either, due to session conflicts … a bummer, since I would have a few things to say on both fronts.

Also, check out, some other, really cool “unconference” sessions:

http://www.fitc.ca/max/

These “unconference” sessions are a great idea. There’s Grant, Mario, Phillip, and some other great speakers in there.

I hereby announce that this MPF blog will be removed soon (i.e. all posts apart from this one). If you want to do backups - do it now!

I invite you all to join me at my new (and final) personal blog at:
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There is no comment moderation in that new blog and since it is hosted by Google I have no information about IP address of commenter if he posts anonymously. All comments are posted and not removed there.

Thank you for reading this MPF blog in past and please join me in the new one!

AT&T just announced they are launching a mobile platform for their mobile phone subscribers to stay connected with their favorite social networking platforms. The application, developed by Intercasting Corporation, allows users to maintain and manage several social networking platforms with one easy to use interface.

“Our social networking applications are among our highest-performing category, and we anticipate sustained interest from consumers as social networks continue to explode in popularity and diversify in purpose,” said Mark Collins, vice president of Consumer Products for AT&T’s wireless unit. “The My Communities application brings unmatched simplicity, increased functionality and deeper integration to this space, a combination we believe will win over active users and newcomers alike.”

My Communities is compatible with MySpace, the mobile-only community Rabble, blogging sites LiveJournal and Xanga and the photo-sharing site Photobucket. My Communities also features sites whose members share common characteristics such as ethnicity (AsianAve, BlackPlanet, MiGente), faith (FaithBase) or sexual orientation (GLEE). Subscribers get instant access to additional sites as soon as they are added to My Communities and will be alerted to updates when they launch the application ? no upgrade is required. Through My Communities, subscribers can register for social sites directly from their phone without ever having to go to the Web, a feature not common with most other social networking applications.

This application is available on 23 devices for a monthly subscription of $2.99 a month. To find out more or to see if your mobile device qualifies, please visit AT&T’s Media Mall.

Read the papers, check the blogosphere or talk to your peers; the economy is great fodder for discussion these days. There’s a fabulous thread at Web Analytics Demystified that rebukes the notion that Web Analytics technology is recession proof. Most commenter’s agree and there is compelling evidence to indicate that times are getting tougher all around.

I shared a few anecdotes about why I believe that Web analytics is more insulated than some think.

Nokia E63 More Photos - View Specs

Nokia today announced the Nokia E63, a QWERTY keyboard messaging phone designed for business users.

The E63 can switch modes with the press of a button, from viewing corporate mail, appointments and intranet data, to viewing pictures, personal email and shortcuts to favorite websites.

Consumers can record and view photos and videos with the 2.0-megapixel CMOS camera and bright 320 x 240 px landscape display, listen to music downloaded from the Nokia Music Store via a 3.5 mm audio jack, or customize the handset through the thousands of applications available for download.

Files on Ovi lets users remotely access files from their PC, even when their computer is offline.

"Our research shows that people want a device that deals with both their personal and professional lives, but helps them to separate the two," said Soren Petersen, Senior Vice President of Nokia. "The Nokia E63 is a new proposition for Eseries - a messaging device where people will be just as involved in their social network as they are in their business network."

The Nokia E63 will be available in ruby red or ultramarine blue. It is expected to begin shipping in the coming weeks for an estimated retail price of $250.

- Nokia E63 Specs

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Nokia 6650 More Photos - View Specs

AT&T today launched the Nokia 6650, a stylish clamshell featuring Symbian-based S60 platform.

Designed with premium materials and customizable illumination, the 6650 features a sharp 2.2-inch display with QVGA (16 million colors) resolution.

It has external audio playback keys, external soft keys and a 1.36-inch display that captures photos, controls music and changes profile settings without ever having to open the device. A built-in 2.0-megapixel camera has an integrated flash to snap high-quality images even in low-light conditions.

Running on AT&T's 3G network, customers share live video while participating in calls via AT&T Video Share, or listen and download music from Napster, eMusic or XM Radio.

"Nokia created this device for the thriving consumer appetite for navigation, multimedia and entertainment essentials in one stylish, affordable package," said Ian Laing, Vice President of Sales at Nokia. "We are excited to introduce this device, built on the most open and mature mobile platform in the world, to AT&T."

The Nokia 6650 will be available in red and silver colors beginning Nov. 14 for $69.99 with a two-year service agreement.

- Nokia 6650 Specs

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Do you have that entrepreneurial itch that you can�??t shake?  When I was coming out of undergraduate school, I knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur but I had no outlet to explore this desire.  I took a job working in my field of mechanical engineer which I enjoyed, but @ the time I really wanted to explore my idea of an online classified system (this was 1989).  I convinced my dad that it was a good idea but it pretty much ended there.  Hmm�?� imagine if I had a chance to explore this concept?  Perhaps eBay would have been founded earlier

Well, today there is no excuse for not pursuing your dream.  There are plenty of options out there and thanks to the open tubes on the internet those options are easy to find.

One of the best options for young, aspiring entrepreneurs is TechStars.  This is an amazing opportunity to nurture your ideas and learn from the best.  You will be exposed to brilliant folks who have �??been there and done that�?�.  And to top it off, all the people involved in TechStars are good people!

The founder of TechStars, David Cohen, is one of the brightest tech minds I have ever met, and he is down-right a generous and kind human being.  Don�??t get me wrong though, David will not hold back and will let you know what�??s on his mind and that is another trait that I admire and aspire to replicate.  You�??ll also get introduced to folks like Brad Feld �?? I have not had an opportunity to work too closely with Brad, but when you hear him speak and recognize the legacy he is creating in the Boulder Tech scene you realize this is a special individual and you should pay close attention.  The opportunity to learn from folks like this is on par with a degree from a top notch university, is condensed into one summer, and you get a little bit of cash to boot.

If you are thinking about TechStars stop now and just apply.  Do it and thank me later!  The application deadline is coming fast -  http://www.techstars.org/apply/

To show the rest of the world that they?re in this game to win, RIM is putting together a team to work on an LTE-capable BlackBerry phone.

This is in anticipation of LTE high-speed data networks sprouting up in the near future, replacing the now standard 3G networks of today. If Motorola had it their way, we could see LTE deployment as early as 2009, though a more rational and conservative prediction points to 2011 debut. RIM, for their part, wants to assure the public that they won?t be left behind this time around, a position they found themselves in when 3G networks came around.

We’ve heard about plans for a 4G network from both Bell and Telus, so I guess it’s only fitting that mobile phone manufacturers get busy on the handsets. Let?s hope that this isn?t just pure propaganda and that they?ll definitely have one ready when the time comes. Given RIM’s reputation, I’m keeping my fingers, toes and arms crossed and praying to the high heavens that this bit of news is indeed true.

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Reuters - China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile service provider, said on Tuesday the tender for construction of the second phase of its parent’s third-generation mobile network had been completed.

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One of those days where it’s a sick day for me watching Eureka seasons one and two and my NCIS..all because it’s a sick day for me. Well, now I have over a few sites to rework, and well, Richie asked a question to me just earlier on of how to get a stable connection over at Shah Alam as many are cussing and swearing of even having a decent phone line connection, be it streamyx, or Celcom or any other cellular communications as it’s a black out area thanks to the military base nearby, and the lack of permissions or planning rights by Sime Darby for transmitter. This is a little break from me modifying my CHAT.NU Community Blog (it’s a multi site blog) and sort out those bugs in the system.I appreciate the break from my brain picking.

This is the actual transponder used by mobile companies for their Basic 2.5G systems and maybe the basic 3G (not UMTS 2100/WCDMA) which actually looks like someone connected the aircon piping over, and if you open it up…well …


It is basically a small little 2 inch thingy…which I dared not pry open the insides as I fear for the radiation that is still may be left in there. Notoriously, for your information, transponders and smoke detectors carries Curie (discovered by Marie Curie whom died of radiation sickness) which is an active radiation element. Unlike Plutonium or Uranium, it’s not that likely to kill unless it’s electrically charged up. These photos are CLASSIFIED in some places and if you ever touch those conducting cables in underground or above ground car parks like Queensbay Mall Penang or KLCC, you will get a quick headache within 20 seconds and 10 minutes to death as the amount of radiation , though may be only 50Watts is the equivalent of having your head inside a microwave oven set at 5000W! Ref point, 50W can transmit the same as over 7000 mobile phones.

In the end…you end up like this…(graphic images, not suitable for some)

Which is a a sad thing to see…death of kids and the more heart breaking… of the images of their grave yard. I was trying hard to focus on the windmill but kept on getting the blurr images all round. Spooky…maybe..just it is a grim reminder that some parents have to face, to bury their kids, way before their time.

Some take life for granted..and try to get rid of their own children, through abortion or what means, whilst some..actually love and wanted to have their own. It was thing I can’t get it out of my head. Someone’s Prince and Some mommy’s princess. In the end, in the age of technology, only memories goes by. I lost 3 brothers….and through unmarked graves. I lost mine too. And in turn, we carry on living like a living dead…waiting for us at the other side.Little Angels waiting for their parents to bring them forward. It’s a thing. I seriously can’t get a clear decent shot. All images, how mounted my tripod were….well, it’s something to remember.

In remembrance of those who left before us, Al-Fateha.God Bless their souls.

Seriously..I really need to get rid of these bugs!

Though nearly the entire pre-flight process has been tweaked to make use of modern technologies, one outdated aspect still lingers: the tickets. Every single time I fly, I find myself checking the location where I put my tickets once every 3-4 minutes. Are they still there? Did I remember to zip up after I last checked? When I pulled my hand out, did the ticket sneak out? I’ve never lost a ticket, yet I consistently fear that I will. It’s just such an abnormal thing in our daily lives - when else are we given something to hang on to for a few hours that is so easy to lose or destroy, yet so significant in the success of our plans? Lose that ticket, and there’s a good chance queues and regulations might just make you miss your flight. Miss your flight, and you’ll be making up for it your entire trip.

Fortunately, the times are changing. As handset displays grow to higher and higher resolutions, functionality generally limited to ink and paper becomes possible. Scannable barcodes can easily be printed onto just about any device made within the last few years, opening the door to ticketless boarding via your cell phone’s display.

Continental was the first in the US to embrace this concept, back in May of this year. Now American Airlines has hopped on board with the launch of their Mobile Boarding Passes program. If you’re flying out of Chicago (ORD), Los Angeles (LAX), or Orange County (SNA), you’re given the option to send a digital boarding pass to your cell phone via e-mail. The boarding pass contains a QR-code-ish bar code - security will scan this, and you’re on your way. Just remember to juice up your phone before heading to the airport!

Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0

AFP - Japan’s top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google, an official said Wednesday, a move that could counter Apple’s iconic iPhone.

Original post by AFP

The National Resources Defense Council has a released a report revealing that a) your game consoles can greatly increase your annual electricity bill, and b) there are some very simple steps one can take to avoid such costs.

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Some clever computer scientists at UC San Diego (UCSD) have developed a software that can perform key duplication with just a picture of the key — taken from up to 200 feet. One of the researchers said ‘we built our key duplication software system to show people that their keys are not inherently secret.’ He added that on sites like Flickr, you can find many photos of people’s keys that can be used to easily make duplicates. Apparently, some people are blurring ‘numbers on their credit cards and driver’s licenses before putting those photos on-line,’ but not their keys. This software project is quite interesting, but don’t be too afraid. I don’t think that many of you put a photo of their keys online — with their addresses. But read more…

Links: ZDNet, Primidi

You would of course be better off I you just went out and bought a Mac, but if you want to stick with your PC and just make it look a bit more Appleish go and check out this little guide.

7 ways to make your PC look like a Mac [techradar.com]

�Caf� port�til! Los precios de la Netbook pone l�mite al precios de los smartphone. Con los incrementos de precio en Venezuela, mas de un consumidor se pregunta si vale la pena pagar casi 2.700 bol�vares un BlackBerry Bold o 2.500 bol�vares por un iPhone 3G, �No ser� mejor comprarse una NetBook?

El t�rmino Netbook fue re-introducido por el fabriccante de procesadores Intel en Febrero de 2008 para referirse a un subport�til, es decir una categor�a de ordenador de bajo coste y reducidas dimensiones, utilizadas principalmente para navegar por Internet y realizar funciones b�sicas, como, por ejemplo, proceso de texto y de hojas de c�lculo.

Acer Aspire One. Su precio ronda los dos mil bol�vares. Me la obsequiaron en Computodo. Aparte la suya por el +58 246 871 54 23 oel + 58 414 468 74 23.

Originalmente, el t�rmino hab�a sido introducido por la empresa Psion para utilizarlo en una gama de computadoras port�tiles similares a una handheld, lanzada en 1999. Psion obtuvo el registro de la marca en los Estados Unidos en noviembre del a�o 2000.

Cuando algunos sitios wen usan Nettop, para identificar a las computadoras que tienen caracter�sticas similares de tama�o, prestaciones y precio, pero no son port�tiles, sino de escritorio.

HP 2133 MiniNotes otra netbook. La tienen en MCTIME en dos versiones.

El Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), o PC Ultra M�vil en espa�ol, previamente conocido por su nombre c�digo Project Origami (Proyecto Origami), es un Tablet PC de factor de forma peque�o.

Este acaso fue un ejercicio de desarrollo conjunto entre Microsoft, Intel, y Samsung, entre otros. Ofrece el sistema operativo Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 o Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, o Linux y tiene un microprocesador Intel Pentium de voltaje ultra bajo, corriendo en el rango de 1 GHz. La portabilidad de la PC Ultra M�vil puede ser atractivo a los viajeros internacionales de negocios y a los “viajeros con mochila” (backpackers) globales.

HP 2133 MiniNotes ahora abierta.

Volviendo a las Netbook, estas son subport�til, del ingl�s subnotebook, es una computadora port�til m�s peque�a y liviana, con la mayor�a de las caracter�sticas normales de las laptops que bien conocemos.

La denominaci�n suele aplicarse a equipos que corren versiones completas de sistemas operativos de escritorio como Windows o Linux, en vez de sistemas espec�ficos como Windows CE o Palm OS.

La propuesta NetBook de Toshiba la NB105. Esta disponible en M�xico.

Intel ha re-introducido el t�rmino netbook para referirse a este tipo de computadoras, dado que se utilizan casi exclusivamente para navegar por Internet; sin embargo, “Netbook” fue registrado como marca por la empresa Psion en los Estados Unidos para comercializar computadoras port�tiles.

Diferenciando

Algunos lectores podr�an confundir esta definici�n con las sigla UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC o PC Ultra M�vil) ya esxplicadas anteriormente, la diferencia estiba en que est�s abarcan a las computadoras de menor tama�o como handhelds o tambi�n llamados PDA (Personal Digital Assistants). Estos ya los conoce usted ami@s lectores, son los llamados computadoras de la palma de la mano y fueron dise�ados originalmente como organizadores personales, y ellos hacen esto realmente bien y que no necesariamente ejecutan software de escritorio. Ej.: Palm Treo, BlackBerry, iPhone.

Las subport�tiles son m�s peque�as que las port�tiles tradicionales pero m�s grandes que las handhelds. Generalmente poseen pantallas de menor tama�o, de entre 7 y 13,3 pulgadas, y un peso que var�a desde menos de uno hasta dos kilogramos. El ahorro en peso y tama�o generalmente se obtiene omitiendo algunos puertos o unidades �pticas, adem�s de utilizar chipsets de menor potencia.

Este tipo de computadora nunca ha gozado de un gran �xito hasta la introducci�n en el a�o 2007 de la ASUS Eee PC. Se afirma tambi�n que han tomado la idea de la iniciativa de Nicholas Negroponte, One Laptop Per Child (una laptop por ni�o).

Se estima que para 2011 m�s de 50 millones de subport�tiles estar�n en circulaci�n.

Ofimayor ofrece la posibilidad de comprar en l�ne la S�ragon ML 1010.

NetBook Protag�nicas

Mi amigo Adolfo Manaure me comento sobre la propuesta de Lenovo D10. Tengo en estos momentos en las manos, de hecho estoy escribiendo de una Acer AspireOne, mi amigo Luis Alfredo Toro Febres Cordero se compro una DELL Inspiron Mini, Toshiba tiene su NB105, HP tiene la 2133 Mininote.

�Funciona el concepto?

Como usuario puedo decir que si. Pero pongamonos en los z�patos de la industria. “La S�ragon ML 1010 es el fen�meno del momento en el mercado venezolano y estamos buscando responde a la confianza del p�blico venezolano” dijo por celular a con-cafe.com el Sr.� Jhonathan Hern�ndez del Departamento de Publicidad y Medios de Siragon en Valencia.

�Exagera el Sr. Hern�ndez? No creo. Uno de nuestros reporteros en Maracay, Jes�s M�rquez atestigua que en American Computer en una hora vendieron 100 unidades de ML 1010.

Con tan buenos precios en estas NetBook en Venezuela,: �Qu� ser� mejor ? Pagar casi 2.700 bol�vares por un BlackBerry Bold, unos� 2.500 bol�vares por un iPhone 3G, � comrparse una NetBook?

A daily feed from the Telegraph took me into a dilemma whether to post this news or not, mainly due to the OPEC Oil Cartels reducing the oil output by at least 1 million barrels a day, which works to about 2% of their output. What it means to the economy is that petrol , a by-product of Crude Oil will go up, from the roller coaster price of USD147 last year to USD69.50 this week. What they want is to raise the prices to USD90 and above so they can sustain more income, but costing more dent into the world economy.

Quoted from a reliable Financial Analyst, the world will suffer a far worse fate than of the 1930 great depression.Said to be that the economy will only start to recover in 2011 and thus…these three years will be absolutely painful. I just wonder, since Najib and Pak Lah said we are not in recession, does that mean when they declare it after the UMNO elections, that we only will recover in 2013 when everyone else is already having happy hour?

In retrospective approach, Cartel action will drive up our petrol prices by at least 30 sen and this will be in a matter of days or even hours when they start to cut the pipes. Iranian and Venezuelan governments stopped their taps dry this morning to protest of the cheap prices.

I’m sticking to my guns and cut my costs!

What Yahoo's new ceo will have to do. Jupiter report forthcoming.

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