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Electromagnetic Fields

If I was ever forced to retire and do something new with my life I might just choose a profession where I could help people protect themselves from electromagnetic fields. I would then do my best to stay out of Tom Keating’s blog.

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Blackberry Up To Their Neck

Yes indeed Blackberry is up to their neck in, well you know. Their service is in jeopardy of being shut down in the US but few analysts think this will happen. They could be forced to spend a billion dollars to settle the dispute. Ouch.

In my conversation with Jerry Weinberger of Rates Technology earlier this year, he made a point to tell me that Canadian companies aren’t as concerned about US patents as they should be. I am paraphrasing a bit but that was the gist of what I remember.

He seems to be pretty correct. At least at this juncture.

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Gartner IT Predictions

Here are a few predictions Gartner makes for the future. Gartner’s pretty well-respected and their predictions carry a great deal of weight. My biggest concern is the point that is made in the report suggesting that companies are spending more on regulatory compliance and less on innovation. This is a chilling thought and should be a major concern for anyone concerned about effectively competing with companies from other countries.

If there is a bright side it is that smaller companies with less regulatory burden can still compete effectively as they have less paperwork and more time to be creative.

Here is an excerpt of the full story.

By 2008, 10 percent of companies will require employee-purchased notebooks. (“Gartner predicts that notebooks will begin to move from company ownership to personal ownership. Since notebook prices have declined dramatically during the past few years, this transition is mostly likely to be managed through the implementation of a notebook allowance, much like car mileage today.”)

The job market for IT specialists will shrink 40 percent by 2010. (“The coming decade will see the emergence of IT ‘versatilists,’ people whose multidisciplinary assignments, roles and experiences create a valuable blend of synthesized knowledge, competencies and context to fuel business value.”)

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service providers will capture $11 billion of insurance revenue by 2008. (“Gartner analysts predict that by 2008, BPO will have the intellectual property and technology platforms to align with the distribution channel - for example, bank and investment houses - and launch insurance ventures that capture up to one percent of the global annual premium total of life, annuity, and property and casualty products. Using the U.S. as an example, this translates into a shift of nearly $11 billion to BPO which will have a substantial impact on the market landscape.”)

A 50 percent growth in healthcare software investment could enable clinicians to cut the level of preventable deaths in half by 2013. (“Healthcare has historically underinvested in IT, however, this is changing. Gartner analysts predict that by 2009, healthcare investments in IT will increase by more than 50 percent, which could enable clinicians to reduce the level of preventable deaths by 50 percent by 2013.”)
Through 2008, investigation of new technologies will slow as discretionary budgets divert to regulatory compliance. (“Gartner analysts said that regulatory compliance spending is growing at a rate twice that of IT spending, and in many case, discretionary IT budgets are entirely consumed by compliance efforts, stifling initiatives that are important to business growth.”)

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No Israeli VoIP Blocking

Apparently Israel is not blocking VoIP as originally reported.

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Nokia 9300i

What can I say except that I desperately want one of these smartphones from Nokia.. I may even switch from Verizon to a GSM provider just so I have access to this phone.

I really want to ditch my Blackberry because while it does a good job at e-mail I need something that also lets me browse websites if needed. The 7750 is abysmal as a web surfing tool. The scroll wheel while great for e-mail just doesn’t do what you need when interacting with websites.

Enter the 9300i from Nokia that is taller and skinner than a typical smartphone but is packed with features such as a native e-mail client that supports POP3, IMAP4,SMTP and OMA data sync. The device can even support fax, mobile VPN, and firewall protection.

The 9300i weighs a scant 172 grams or 6 ounces, has 80 MB of memory and a MMC slot with hotswap capability.

The display is a good size at 640x200 and the color support is great at 65,536.

As you might have guessed there is WiFi (802.11g) support and the phone doubles as a music player, alarm clock and virtually anything else you can think of.

Here are some additional features worth noting:

Multimedia Messaging (MMS)

• Multimedia messaging (MMS) with compatible devices: send and receive messages with text, a sound clip, and an image or a video clip to other compatible devices
• Multi-slide presentations as MMS with compatible devices
• Delivery reports
• Multiple recipients
• Scaling
  

Email

• Access your own and private email accounts
• Support for Nokia Business Center email
• Supported 3rd-party email clients: BlackBerry Connect, Seven Always-On Mail, Visto email technology
• Support protocols: IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, and OMA Data Synchronization

Text Messaging (SMS)

• SMS distribution list
• Message register
• Predictive text input (T9) in cover
• Picture messaging: receive graphics with text from other compatible phones

Imaging

• Possibility to attach portrait images to contacts Imaging
• Video player: RealVideo, MPEG4, and H.263 formats supported

In short this is a killer device and I want to get my hands on one as soon as possible. This could be the single tool business people need to act as a phone and e-mail device.

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300GB DVD

High Density DVD wars… Keating details it in all its sweaty and bloody glory.

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Russell on E911

I agree with Russell on the 911 situation and how to solve it.

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