DLNA stands for Digital Living Network Alliance and it’s a non-profit trade organization who’s primary goal is to help make it easier for consumer devices to share music, pictures, and videos between each other. About 26 companies are currently promoting DLNA. Back in the Windows XP days, Microsoft created Windows Media Connect, which had a similar function. These days the media sharing functions built into Windows Media Player and Windows 7 are fully DLNA compatible. …
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Editorial: Why I’m Using the HTC HD2 as My Daily Driver
Brandon, Geoffrey and Joe recently wrote some good articles about why they’re using a specific phone as their daily drivers today. Now it’s my turn. Here’s a quick look at my daily drivers over the years. This list does not include phones that I’ve only used for a couple months. 1. 1999: Uniden UniPro PC100 (Built in modem, CF slot, folding cradle, DTMF dialing) 2. 2000: Compaq iPaq H3600 (w/ OmniSky 1G wireless internet) 3. …
Continue readingMore 3.7G Cities and a New WebRocket USB
T-Mobile just announced that a number of new Cities have been upgraded to their HSPA+ high speed 3.7G networks with faster backhauls. Do you have a T-Mobile 3G device in any of the new Cities listed below? Are your speed tests clocking in any faster than before? They should be! T-Mobile is announcing the continued expansion of its super-fast mobile broadband network to more than 85 million Americans. T-Mobile is on track to deliver HSPA+ …
Continue readingMicrosoft WPC 2010 Keynote Now Available
This morning a live stream of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference was broadcasted over the internets. If you missed it, now it’s available to watch again whenever you feel like it. Click on over to DigitalWPC to see the keynote video. If you skip to the 52 minute time area, you’ll see the start of a Windows Phone 7 presentation. You won’t see a whole lot of new stuff, but it’s always fun to see …
Continue readingWhat’s the Fastest Mobile Network in New York City?
Everybody’s seen all of those ATT commercials where they’re bragging about having the fastest 3G network around. Then you’ve got Sprint bragging about the first 4G network which is supposed to be really fast too. Well, ATT recently announced that they’ve completely upgraded their 3G network in New York City. So, CNET took a little tour around New York with devices from ATT, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile in order to test out the real speeds. …
Continue readingWhy You’ll Want a Windows Phone
It turns out iPhone loyalist, Ben Gracewood, has been very impressed with Windows Phone 7. He’s written an article that lists and explains a number of things that make him very confident of Windows Phone’s impending superiority. We’re talking about Windows Phone’s seamless convergence of social networking and communications accounts, the pure joy of developing Windows Phone 7 applications, and a Marketplace that offers trial version and beta distribution capabilities. The best is the user …
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