Just a few years ago, France was considered to be late in term of Internet usage, broadband, mobile phones, etc. compared to its European neighbors and the US. This is currently changing very quickly and in some areas, like broadband, France is now a leading country.
In this longer post, I will try to present some […]

While I blog a lot about wireless stuff, I have actually never written about which mobile phone I own and what I think about it.
My phone is NEC 22i, which is an i-mode phone. The i-mode services were created by NTT DoCoMo and have encountered a big success in Japan. DoCoMo has been licensing the […]

It’s getting a bit late to make New Year’s resolutions, but I suppose it makes sense for me. I’m starting a new job in a new country in March, so we could even say that for me New Year starts two months later this time.
So here I go:

Get a new job: Ok, already done, but […]

Like many geeks I have been doing some computer support during the holidays. I installed a firewall, a spyware remover, Firefox. I did some education on good practices, warned about viruses, phishing, etc. It became tiring after a while I must say.
That’s when you see that computers are still very complicated and people really know […]

It’s been now two weeks I have started using my GMail account (thanks Christophe for sending me an invitation) as my primary email tool (I forward my oberle.org address on it).
Like most people I was very impressed. The interface is very responsive, often faster than Outlook I have to use at work. The labels are […]

I have been writing before that the iPod doesn’t have a future once the mobile phones get enough storage space. I even believe that the iPod killer will come from Microsoft, and this future phone from Samsung doesn’t contradict me, on the contrary:

this phone includes a 3GB hard drive and an iPod-like jog shuttle for […]

Why do I still have to hold a phone against my ear or wear a headset to have a phone conversation?
In spite of VoIP and applications like Skype becoming so common, I’m was badly surprised not to find a hands-free setup without a headset. I’ve been looking for a hands-free solution for Skype that would […]

It’s been some time I haven’t posted something, and a lot of things happened in the last weeks, so it’s time for an update.
Main news is that we are leaving Nice and the south of France. My wife Ingrid found a great job in Tallinn, Estonia. She started last week. Myself I signed by Elcoteq […]