I had a great night last night, leading to a late start this morning. I walkeed into to a rousing round of applause for Dart Devices, which the little book says, makers mobile phones interoperable. On the dais, they were making a couple of toy birds flutter their wings. I have not a clue what was happening, but they seem to have been well-received.
What I did see left my sock unblown off my feet. Several nice features claiming to be a company, some of who had difficulty stretching their demoes to a full six months because of the simplicity of their products, services and er... features.
Whisher.com, of Barcelona is software that aggregates all WiFi networks into one free global wireless community
Inelix.com is a little software add-in that add high fidelity quality to Skype and Wifi moble phones, even on seaker phone. The quality we heard sitting in the audience was definitely better than anything I've yet heard through the half dozen gizmos I plug into my computer to use Skype.
The Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Endpoint Management System introduced a pocket sized devices that lets you find any mobile device, turned off or on, nearby or remotely, alledegly anytime or anywhere. Can secure a remote laptop through encryption. This will probably appeal to enterprise who has continued to fret the security issue on the edge of mobile networks, ever since they began.
Seagate Technologies--sponsors of both the Scoble Show and this year's DEMO previewed a wireless storage device that can charge your cellphone through BlueTooth. Called DAVE (for digital video audio experience), when it is available at some point this summer, the device will give you up to 40 GB, so you can bring your movies photos and god-knows-what with you.
Inelex, of Chandler Arizona is a device you stick somewhere in your car to track it if it gets stolen. Then you can track the car on your computer while you call the police, who will apparently believe you are not a clairvoyant as you tell them where you see your car going on your Google map. This, of course assumes you didn't leave your phone and your computer in your car when it got ripped off.
Brevient Technologies introduced Jyngle, a voice and text Instant Messaging system in one-to-many mode. You go to the web site nd your create groups, whose membership is password-protected if you choose. The company CEO used an example of moving a football team from one field to another.