Monthly Archives: July 2005

PalmOne and Palm – Together Again

Posted on July 15, 2005 by srp

As of today, PalmOne and Palm have merged, becoming Palm….again. The roller coaster naming ride where companies were bought out, new companies were formed, bought again, merged and products were created all in the meantime, is documented on Engadget.

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Roomba

Posted on July 6, 2005 by srp

The Roomba, the robot vacuum from iRobot will soon be getting a new version. The Roomba Scheduler programmed to automatically turn on and vacuum while you’re away. The current version of Roomba must be started manually. The Roomba Scheduler will … Continue reading →

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Google Maps on your phone

Posted on July 5, 2005 by srp

Cristian Streng has created a J2ME midlet called MGMaps to put Google Maps on your phone.

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Java, Jini and RFID

Posted on July 5, 2005 by srp

InfoWorld has an article about Sun’s new RFID readers with embedded Java. Jini is also used in the system to add additional services.

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