Sacramento 3G!

This may not be earth shattering news to some of you, but for those of you certified techno-philes like myself, this is big news!

Sacramento is going 3G!

I see some of you scratching your heads out there. You're saying to yourself "But Amir, I thought AT&T had been giving us 3G for quite some time now. What gives?" Well, you're right, the Death Star telecom company has been providing Sacramentoans (Sacramentians? Saramentoians?) with 3G. The big news now is that T-Mobile is joining (albeit late) the 3G party.



Sacramento is one of the last stops on their nationwide rollout of new 3G networks. This launch comes just in the nick of time as we are waiting with baited breath for the launch of the T-Mobile HTC G1 (aka...the Google Phone). With 3G, T-Mobile opens the possibilities for adding an exciting new range of phones, such as the Blackberry Bold 3G.

Time will tell how the T-Mobile network will stack up to the AT&T 3G network, which has had several years to mature and expand. I'll keep you all up to date as soon as I get my hands on my shiny new T-Mobile G1 next Wednesday (yes, I'll be there before the sun comes up to make sure I get mine).

Happy Surfing!

John Cleese on Sarah Palin

I think Mr. Cleese has pretty much summed it all up. Leave it to someone from another country to be the most accurate about our candidates.

No on Prop 5

One of the propositions on the ballot here in California is Prop 5 - or the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act (also referred to as the "Drug Dealers Bill of Rights"). Basically, if a criminal breaks into your home to rob you or deals drugs or commits any other number of crimes and is caught, he simply has to tell the judge that he did it due to addiction to drugs, and rather than serve hard time for being a criminal, we the tax payers get to foot the bill for him to go to Club Rehab.

I am all for the rehabilitation of people who need help. Everyone needs help at some point and we have a responsibility to help people who need it. This prop, however, is not the answer. Spend that money on people who need the help AND have not victimized others. Unfortunately, too many criminals will take advantage of the good intentions of this bill and abuse an already severely abused system.

32 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AGREE!

Vote NO on Prop 5!

The Deadly Outcome of Phone Sex

Techno Blogging - T-Mobile G1

Ok, as everyone that knows me knows, I am a huge techie. And yes, people always come to me asking what's the latest and greatest tech gadget out there. So, I thought I'd take a minute to talk about something that I'm getting very excited about.

T-Mobile is getting ready to roll out the first Android powered phone next month. What's Android, you ask? Well, its the new open source operating system created by Google. What's open source? What's an operating system? What's Google? (OK, if you asked that last question, you are beyond help. As a matter of fact, if you don't know Google, you probably don't even know how to long onto the internet, in which case you probably can't read this, which means you are receiving this by reading my brain somehow. Get out of my head!!!)



So what is open source? Open source is the idea of creating something, and then putting it out there for the whole world to enjoy FOR FREE! For example, the software on the iPhone is owned by Apple so no one can touch it without Apples permission, which is as about as easy to get as getting permission to enter Angelina Jolie's sweet poon palace. What Google has done is to create an operating system that is free for any handset manufacturer to use however they want and is also free to any software developer to create programs for or modify.

What does this mean? Lower cost phones (since they aren't paying anyone for the software on the phone) and far greater innovation since developers aren't limited to whatever Mr. Steve Vader...errr...I mean Darth Jobs, oops, I mean Mr. Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) wants them to create. This is the only way that true innovation will occur and this is a HUGE development in the world of mobile internet and technology.

People will look at the G1 and compare it directly to the iPhone 3G and think, "Hey, this doesn't look as shiny and pretty! What gives?!" Well, the significance of this phone isn't what is actually is right now, but what it holds in store for the future. Score one for Google.