TuxRunner

I kicked back for a short moment at work today and thought about what make some of these newer cell phones and mobile computing devices so interesting.  Why do we want to have all this power in such a small device?  What makes carrying around a netbook better than lugging around a 15″ laptop?  Why buy an Internet tablet or a mobile phone that can browse the web just as well as a full desktop computer could?

Simple.  Freedom!  The ability to go anywhere and do anything.  It’s all about being able to do things that you used to only be able to do on a computer on your desk at home.  It’s all about taking your music with you, watching your movies and shows on the go, chatting with your friends on social network websites, sharing photos and videos of the places and people you’re visiting. (continue reading…)

So, I was at the Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) yesterday waiting to pick up the wife/kids from a trip they went on.  Brought my Cloudbook with me because I hear airports have wifi access in them now.  I figured it’d be cool to get on and read some news or watch TwitLive.tv while I was waiting for them.

Little did I know, the service provider for the airport, Boingo, doesn’t offer it free.  They have 3 or 4 different plans you can pay for depending on the amount of time you want service in whatever airport you happen to be at.  So that shot all my plans to just kill some time while I was waiting, until I started to do some Googling on my Blackberry. (continue reading…)