mobile computing...
I've been itching to try it out for a while and report on the current status of mobile computing possibilities in Ireland. Back in October of last year I went to New Zealand for 3 weeks and had hoped to create entries on my blog using my mobile phone or blackberry (i had both with me). Unfortunately my plans were dashed on arrival when I found both my phones could use very few of the data services available. There was also a bug in the blackberry Google Mail client I was testing at the time which meant i could read email but not send any. fast-forward to March 2007... I'm on a fast train to Cork and this seems like a perfect time to test out tethering my blackberry to my laptop. I had attempted to get it working a few weeks back with no joy but this time I had strong signal and the availability of an EDGE-enabled mast. After hooking up my blackberry to the laptop, starting the blackberry device manager and dialing into the o2 network i'm connected! First time, no messing, ...