Andrew Garcia

In his keynote speech at CES 2008, Bill Gates indicated that a primary focus during the next digital decade will be to connect people, and that key elements of these experiences will be high-definition media, superior network connectivity and natural user interfaces. When held to this standard, Microsoft Response Point, the firm’s new VOIP (voice […]

The first day of CES saw some cool wireless developments (new chip sets, more 802.11n), and a major reawakening of the personal NAS space (everyone under the sun seems to have an appliance coming soon). The day was also marred by bad shoes and some unfortunate static discharge. Of the non-visual accounts, SanDisk showed me […]

I flew into Las Vegas today for my first official trip to CES. Somehow, I’m not sure how, I’ve managed to avoid going to the really big trade shows since I started doing tech reviews. I’ve never been to CES, and I somehow missed out on Comdex back when it was THE show. The biggest […]

I went from the keynote directly to the Digital Experience show over at Caesar’s Palace. Pepcom, who put on the show, offered us media types a ride from the Keynote to the Palace in a fleet of red Suburbans they had on hand, or they suggested we could simply walk across the street. Now, as […]

On Monday, Palm announced the release of the Treo 755p for the Verizon network. There have only been a couple substantively new things to happen with the Treo 755p since I reviewed the Sprint edition last May: New Color – Azure Green New Feature – Treo Voice Dialing That’s it for new features. Otherwise, same […]

Updating yesterday’s post about Raketu’s Flash-based voice over IP application for the iPhone, I’ve been trying to get an answer from the company about why on earth they would release a Flash-based program for a device that does not, and currently can not, support Flash. Has anyone over there actually ever used an iPhone or […]

I was pretty excited to see Raketu‘s announcement yesterday of a Web-based VOIP (voice over IP) service that works for Apple’s iPhone or iTouch handheld devices. Visions of unlimited VOIP calls over Wi-Fi danced through my head with sudden surplusses of rollover minutes in my future. Unfortunately, the service is not quite what I expected. […]

Cisco and Microsoft have made their moves to attract small business customers to IP-based voice communications, seriously changing the dynamic in a marketplace previously under-served by a hodgepodge of networking, open0source and lesser-known VOIP (voice over IP) companies. Specifically, the new products — Cisco’s Smart Business Communications System and Microsoft Response Point — are intended […]

Now with support for more users, Cisco’s Smart Business Communications System is an attractive option for most small companies looking to move to a next-generation communications platform that’s future-proofed for applications beyond voice—particularly for companies looking to increase user mobility via voice over wireless. The SBCS is intended to be delivered through and managed by […]

It took a very long time for Palm and Sprint to get around to sending me a review unit of the Palm Centro, which isn’t too surprising since eWEEK’s target audience doesn’t necessarily cross over well with Palm’s intended younger (and hipper) audience for its new smart phone. But after a couple weeks of using […]

Smart phones are becoming a key communications, collaboration and customer-relationship tool for many organizations. The choices abound, and IT managers must carefully consider business requirements when evaluating smart-phone platforms. There are some new considerations that IT managers should think about when preparing an RFP. Does the platform include GPS capabilities? GPS receivers are becoming more […]

10 Things You Should Know About Smart Phones From the Apple iPhones global appeal to Palms new marketing focus, vendors and mobile operators alike are pushing smart phones toward wider adoption. For enterprises, e-mail may still be the smart phones killer application, but the ways these devices c 10 Things You Should Know About Smart […]