Posts by Mark Grady 1

Apple lets 3G VoIP onto iPhone

I can already place Skype calls over 3G ...

OK, I'm in the UK so don't have to put up with AT&T, et al, that the US do.

Using my MiFi (Wi-Fi to 3G router) from 3 I connect Skype over the Wifi connection, passing the VoIP packets along through my 3G connection. I have, hey presto, Skype over 3G.

I get 5Gb transfer for £15 a month on a rolling monthly contract, so no nasty lock-ins or expensive contracts.

Or am I missing the point?

O2 grovels for London network failure

I may be being cynical ...

Lots of O2 data users are iPhone owners.

Nokia is suing Apple over patent infringements in the iPhone.

Nokia Siemens maintain the O2 network in the UK.

I know Nokia Siemens is supposed to be nothing directly to do with Nokia's mobile 'phone business, but ...

Wisconsin Tourism Federation wisely rebrands

Not a patch on the OGC logo ...

Nuff said.

Database billionaire trampled by elephant

Databases ... elephants ...

Maybe the elephant in question was encouraged to do it by PostgreSQL?

OK, I'll get my coat ...