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Waterfield Sleevecase review – Custom build, excellent fit, durable and brilliant customer service !

May 24, 2011 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

In this article I will have a closer look at the Waterfield Sleevecase for a Lenovo T61p with an extended 9 cell battery.It will not only be an indepth look at the product and its features, but I will also highlight the pre-sales advice and its underlying process.Waterfield customer pre-sales service The Lenovo T61p is a very robust and reliable machine, that is stall widely used in corporate environments. In my case it is a reliable workhorse for daily work, and with the extended 9 cell … [Read more...]

Filed Under: GADGETS, WINDOWS Tagged With: Lenovo, Sleevecase, Waterfield

HTC Wildfire launch event – Driving a Porsche Carrera GT3 @ Circuit Park Zandvoort

May 21, 2010 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

Tuesday I was invited for the local HTC Wildfire launch event on a special location, Circuit Park Zandvoort. Circuit Park Zandvoort is one of the few car-race tracks in the Netherlands with a rich race history, several race klasses and even Formula 1. This is a special location to introduce a new product like the HTC Wildfire, right ?Introduction HTC Wildfire by Mark Moons, Regional Manager HTC Benelux Mark Moons, Regional Manager HTC Benelux, kicks off the first part of the HTC … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EVENTS, GOOGLE ANDROID Tagged With: HTC Wildfire, Porsche Carrera GT3

Android Experience 2010 – Layar Business Models and the Android Ecosystem

March 26, 2010 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

I was fortunate being invited to attend the highly succesful first edition of the Android Experience, an event that adresses the Android ecosystem from different perspectives. In this article I will briefly summarize some of the highlights of Android Experience 2010 @ the Amsterdam Convention Factory.On the MobilityMinded website I have written an extensive event report, inline with the following structure:The importance of openness for innovation - Vincent Everts, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EVENTS, FEATURED, GOOGLE ANDROID, OPEN INNOVATION Tagged With: Android Experience, Business Model, Creativity, Innovation

Project Natal for Xbox 360 – A Controller Free Gaming Experience

January 7, 2010 By Remo Knops 2 Comments

Last year I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but unfortunately I do need to miss one of the best technology shows on the planet this year. Since I'm passionate about Windows Phones and other Microsoft products I didn't want to miss the Microsoft CES 2010 keynote with Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach. While Steve Ballmer announced to the public that the HTC HD2 will become available in the US via T-Mobile in upcoming spring, I was far more excited by an announcement made by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW (CES), FEATURED, GADGETS, OPEN INNOVATION Tagged With: XBOX 360, Xbox Live

Wallpaper* and HTC team-up for design awards !

December 16, 2009 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

Yesterday I received some interesting news about HTC, which for a change isn't about one of their latest devices, like the sponsorship announcement of Team Columbia-HTC just before the start of the Tour de France 2009 earlier this year. However HTC now teams-up with Wallpaper* and sponsors the Wallpaper* design awards 2010, as you can read on the Wallpaper* website. An intersting move since Wallpaper* isn't about mobile technology, but about design interiors fashion art and lifestyle as you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY Tagged With: Art, Awards, Design, Fashion, HTC, Interiors, Lifestyle, Wallpaper*

Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report

December 10, 2009 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

In November it was time for the annual invitation-only Möbius conference, and I was one of the very fortunate ones to be invited for this great event. The Möbius conference 2009 was held in Seattle, and I was very excited about my first visit to one of the top 10 tech cities in the world. In this article I will provide a short section with background information about Möbius, and than focus on this year's Möbius conference and the discussed contents (which I'm allowed to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EVENTS, FEATURED, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY Tagged With: Conference, Möbius, Seattle, WINDOWS PHONE, Windows Phones

Layar Browser facilitates TNT Mail “explore” Augmented Reality

August 30, 2009 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

During Mobile Monday Amsterdam #11 Robert Rice and Joe Pine II, two excellent speakers, addressed the very interesting topic of Augmented Reality. Both speakers had different approaches and views on addressing the topic, but it resulted in a great event and perception on Augmented reality. This article will show a YouTube video titled: "TNT Post goes mobile with Layar" and it certainly is cool to see a combination of two worlds ! We can't deny that TNT Mail has suffered from modern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: GOOGLE ANDROID Tagged With: Amsterdam, Augmented Reality, Joe Pine II, Layar, Mobile Monday, Reality Browser, Robert Rice, TNT Mail

iPhone Application porting to Windows Mobile – Discussing an interesting case study !

August 12, 2009 By Remo Knops 3 Comments

Constanze Roman -a Community PM with the Windows Mobile Community Team- has published an interesting article on the Windows Mobile Team blog with the title: "Ready to Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile?" Although I'm not a developer, nor having a formal Information Technology & Computer Science education, I would like to have a detailed look at this cool case study from a business administration- and entrepreneurial perspective. It might be a good starting point for discussion, … [Read more...]