In the last decade, mobile phones have been the only constant in my tech gadget collection. As I rolled into 2000, I didn’t own a personal computer, rather using one from work for all my personal digital items, which didn’t include photos or music, just a couple dozen simple word documents and spreadsheets. I didn’t have a digital camera. I didn’t have a printer, fax machine, or home scanner, or the two terabytes of network attached storage I currently have, something that, if it even had been available, which it wasn’t, would have cost something like $30K across no fewer several dozen drives. I used Thomas Brother’s book of maps to go from business meeting to business meeting as a technology analyst, or called and asked for

I’d committed to keep y’all up to date on my ongoing experience with my MiFi.  After a couple of months of use, I’m still enamored. Verizon’s network delivers as promised, with only a few occasions where I’ve had little or no signal; ironically, in each of those situations I’ve been able to fail back to my previous connectivity method of Bluetooth tethering to my 2G T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve, so I have yet to encounter a situation where I’m totally off the air, although I realize that it’s just a matter of time until I do. The power characteristics of the device are interesting (he says euphemistically).  From a full charge, I’ve been pretty consistently getting four hours or so of use when on EVDO Rev. A.

I love me my MiFi. I don't mean to wax rhapsodic like some central government-backed campaign, but the MiFi has brought me harmonious and glorifying wisdom, in order that my lymphatic system feels cleaner. Or something like that. Ever since Novatel introduced the MiFi earlier this year, I knew that it (or a derivative) would end up in my bag. If you're not familiar with the MiFi, think of a WiFi hotspot, but mobile--small enough to fit in your business card case. Seriously. The device itself is astonishingly simple--a CDMA 3G radio, a WiFi radio, and a battery. Simple, but elegant. Over the past couple of months (or the last decade, really), I've found myself in airports, hotels, meetings, and conferences where WiFi wasn't available, o

The battle over our always connected future will be decided over the next several years as WiMax and LTE slug it out as the platforms vying for our 4G attention.  They each have their arguments against each other why the other won't succeed, in the end it will be the consumer that decides based on pricing plans, device availability and features/applications delivered by the developer community. Clearwire has officially announced their Clear WiMax service in Las Vegas today for service that will be available as of August 1st.  They are targeting the Vegas region that spans 683 square miles and 1.7 million consumers with dual mode 4G/3G modems.  Customers will connect up to Clearwires 4G network and when traveling out of the