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Suura over coffee

Filmed before Mobile World Congress:

[stextbox id=”custom” color=”000000″ bcolor=”0101fd” bgcolor=”e1e1fd”]Suura.com have developed patent-pending technology to silently authenticate 3G subscribers onto existing WiFi networks, without modification to those networks, creating the opportunity for 3G data subscribers to roam, without intervention, onto more cost efficient WiFi networks. Suura also meters the use, so the WiFi provider can be compensated for the offload.

Suura brings the promise of low-cost WiFi access through public hotspots. The system is targeted towards users that wish to surf the Web or make VoIP calls while they are roaming. Suura has the ability to seamless authenticate mobile devices through WiFi hotsposts using a single click mechanism and works on all the major mobile platforms.

Contact john.whelan@tcd.ie for more information or call +353-1-896-3269[/stextbox]… Read the rest

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Searching for a decent set of cans…

The old and fairly reliable Sennheiser RS40’s I was using up until a few weeks ago finally gave up the ghost in the run-up to Mobile World Congress this year – or to be more accurate, the battery packs finally gave up. Despite overnight charging, I was getting only about three hours of operating time; and since the charger in the headphones themselves wasn’t working, I only had the charged battery in the base unit, so I was getting maybe four hours a day from them.

Sennheiser RS40 Wireless Headphones

The RS40s were (and are) really lovely headphones, with the great feature that if you stood up to walk to the printer and forgot you were wearing them, you didn’t treat the rest of the lab to the cartoon Yoink! Thud! sound effects as you nearly strangled yourself with the headset cord.… Read the rest

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