 Telecom Recipes - Replying to Incoming Calls Via SMS (Smart Voice Mail)Brian McConnell's O'Reilly weblog... Problem... A colleague is trying to call you while you're in a meeting. You can't answer the call, but need a way to signal your availability besides just dumping the caller in voice mail.... [O'Reilly Weblogs] Verizon is Unfolding Like a Flower From the RSS newswire... Verizon Wireless, following Sprint PCS' lead, is now allowing third parties like Monstertones and Ringingphone.com to sell ringtones on their network. Obviously, the A&R; folks deep within Verizon's twisted bureaucracy didn't see the Crazy Frog ringtone fad—the William Hung of Europe—taking off overseas and they're now trying to cover their tracks to gain street cred with the kids. [Gizmodo]  How to Figure out Which U.S. Cell Phone Companies Exchange MMSTodd Ogasawara's O'Reilly weblog... U.S. mobile phone carriers recently announced various combinations of exchanging MMS (multimedia) messages. But, looking at the separate announcements was confusing to me. So, I drew a little diagram to help me figure out which services can exchange MMS messages. [O'Reilly Weblogs] Nokia 8801 Cell Phone Review From the RSS newswire... PC Magazine reviews the Nokia 8801 and they write - 'Shimmering, warm, and almost like liquid metal, the stainless-steel 8801 is luscious to the touch. At 4.8 ounces, it's heavy enough to feel solid, and it slides into a pocket. [MobileWhack]  Wapipedia: Wikipedia reformatted for your phone or PDATodd Ogasawara's O'Reilly weblog... Ever wanted to look up something on Wikipedia on your phone or PDA but found the formatting a bit difficult to deal with on the small screen? Apparently, Peter Shanks did too after getting a smartphone recently. So, he created Wapipedia.org to present a reformatted version of Wikipedia for mobile devices. [O'Reilly Weblogs] Yikes, That Guy Might Be Using Your Wi-Fi! From 802.11b News... Sort of hilarious over the top article about a fellow caught using someone else's Wi-Fi network furtively: The SUV driver apparently can afford a big old car but not a DSL or cable connection, which suggests nefarious activity. He was arrested under a law for unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony. Because the fellow was a) parked outside someone's home not just using a neighbor's leaky service, b) did it at 11 pm and c) was furtive, it's possible that he was engaged in untoward activity, but neither he nor prosecutors are talking. [802.11b News]  Tips On Choosing Features For Your New CellphoneFrom the Bluetooth Weblog... If you’re in the market for a new cellphone, but are not quite sure what type of features you want, here are some tips to help you decide the types of features that will fit your needs. T-Mobile USA May Be Sold: Whither Its Hotspots? From 802.11b News... The Wall Street Journal reports Deutsche Telekom considers sale of T-Mobile USA division: Observers have long noted that with the consolidation of six major cellular telephone operators in the U.S. down to just four, T-Mobile would be far behind. Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless, and the combined Sprint PCS-Nextel control 90 percent of the market. [802.11b News]  Windows Mobile firmware updates for Dell Axim X50 and Motorola MPx220Todd Ogasawara's O'Reilly weblog... Tis the season for mobile device firmware updates. Here's the links for ROM updates for the Microsoft Windows Mobile based Axim X50 Pocket PC and Motorola MPx220 Smartphone. [O'Reilly Weblogs] How to add a BlogMap to your blog Elisabeth Freeman's O'Reilly weblog... I recently started seeing blogmaps showing up on people's blogs, and immediately I liked this concept. It's fun being able to see the location of the bloggers around you. [O'Reilly Weblogs]  DIY RouterMAKE Magazine Weblog... One of the most used things in homes, business and small offices (other than the internet) is routers. Although routers are inexpensive, you can build and configure a router for free, if you have the necessary parts. Lets start off with the requirements needed for this project: i386, or better motherboard + processor, 2 PCI or ISA NICS, Floppy Drive, Harddrive (optional), 8 MB of RAM, Freesco floppy disk Link. [MAKE Magazine Weblog] Houston's Wi-Fi Parking Meter Plan From 802.11b News... Here's a cart pulling a donkey story from Houston: A fascinating idea here that Houston will probably build a Wi-Fi network to handle credit-card payments from new parking meters. Building that network will save them money over other alternatives. They might then open that network to the public. Where there are parking meters, there are people. [802.11b News]  Campground Wi-Fi in California Really One Access Point?From 802.11b News... An LA Times reporter checks out SBC's Calif. campground Wi-Fi; finds and confirms short range: SBC and the California Department of Parks and Recreation trumpeted the partnership in which SBC installed Wi-Fi throughout the state's campgrounds. It's been installed so far in 11 campgrounds. The reporter talked to rangers and park workers, but hear few success stories. He visited San Elijo and found that of 171 campgrounds, only 10 could get a signal. SBC confirmed to him that the range is only "200 feet," which means they're using a single access point. [802.11b News] Can Nokia Right Itself? From the RSS newswire... Laptop Magazine, the #2 selling English-language tech magazine the Helsinki airport, wrote a bit on the future of Nokia. While Nokia is selling well all over the world, their track record of years of extensive innovation coupled with one or two fantastic failures makes us cellphone geeks worry. We like Finland, we really do, and we don't want to see their fjords darkened by the possibility of problems in their biggest exports: fermented fish and cellphones. [Gizmodo] Nokia's roadmap Glenn Letham's O'Reilly weblog... Last week I had the good fortune to spend 3 days in Finland where key Nokia execs gathered a group of media reps from around the Globe. The event was billed "Nokia Connections," and the purpose was to present some new products, and discuss the future. Some of the highlights were as follows. [O'Reilly Weblogs] iTunes Phone 'Ready to Ship' Says People Who Might or Might Not Know From the RSS newswire... Om's reporting that someone else is reporting that someone else told him the iTunes phone from Motorola is "ready to ship." We'll believe it when we see it, but Moto did confirm a July launch with us last month. [Gizmodo] Roadcasting: Collaborative mobile radio Todd Ogasawara's O'Reilly weblog... Has asynchronous store-and-transmit podcasting become passe for you? Want to feel the joy of real-time personal broadcasting combined with social networking? Then, maybe, Roadcasting is for you... [O'Reilly Weblogs] Skyhook Wireless - Wi-Fi Location Sensing From the RSS newswire... Skyhook is creating a concurrent positioning system that can be used in dense urban areas where GPS may not reach. Designed to use Wi-Fi access points to triangulate position, Skyhook is touting this tech as a system that can work alongside GPS systems in order to maintain constant location information in any situation. Thanks to the ubiquity of Wi-Fi, the system seems like a good idea and it can work with just about any 802.11 device, meaning your handhelds and laptops can become local positioning units without much trouble. [Gizmodo] Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town MAKE Magazine Weblog... Make pal Cory Doctorow's latest book is out- right up the MAKE alley- the story revolves around a guy who dumpster-dives parts to build WiFi repeaters for a community wireless network that he's hacking together through Toronto! I'll be reviewing Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town soon, along with making some ebook versions out of the Creative Commons text Cory puts out there. As an ebook proponent, I really love that he does this. Link. [MAKE Magazine Weblog] 
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