While surfing “The Korea Times”, I have noticed a whitesmoke ad in Korea. WhiteSmoke is a Israeli startup aiming to help individuals writing English essays/e-mails and more.
Korean screen captur:
Dafna Boots
Dafna rubber boots are manufactured in Israel (in Kibbutz Dafna). Their website is not that good. But part of their Catalog is online.
Dafna boots are sold in Japan, both online (Rakuten) and in selected shops. Last year, I saw them being sold at Sony Plaza (I think it is now called just Plaza).
It is interesting to see a product with almost no sales/presence in Israel, but global reach (Finland, UK, Japan and many more). Can’t really say they compete with Hunter, but rather a cheaper alternative.
Rakuten Dafna boots page – link.
Screen Capture:
Sprint's WiMAX analysis
An interesting article claiming that Sprint’s WiMAX (Xohm) is doomed to fail.
Excerpt:
“Like EarthLink, Sprint is targeting incumbent cable and DSL providers with its service. The big difference is that it’s also offering mobility. But because there are only a handful of devices that support WiMax today, most people subscribing to the service will likely only be as mobile as they can be with an air card plugged into their laptop. In other words, they probably won’t be walking around town surfing the Net. Instead, if they aren’t at home, they’ll be parked in a coffee shop or library where Wi-Fi is typically already available.
And even though Sprint is competing directly with fixed broadband providers, it is not offering customers a huge discount. The home service, which requires users buy a $79 WiMax modem, costs $25 initially, but will eventually be priced at $35 per month. It’s also offering a mobile only service, which requires users buy a $59 WiMax wireless card for their laptop. This service starts at $30 and will increase to $45 after six months. The combination service, which allows users to share their bandwidth with other users at home and also offers mobility, will initially cost $50 a month. But the price is expected to eventually jump to $65 a month.”
Motorola WiMAX USB
Although not officially launched, Chicago has a live Xohm (Mobile WiMAX) network.
The following blog shows a live video of Mobile WiMAX using Motorola USB device and a CPE with WiMAX and VoIP.
Nokia E71
Just go a Nokia E71 (white one), which people claim it has the “Oligarch look”. Extremely happy with it, as it connects very well to the internet, Browser is good and has a decent music player; Already synchronized to my Exchange Server,but still could not get the GPS to properly work, but I am sure it will.
So happy I didn’t fall into the iPhone trap, i.e. having something really cool, that doesn’t really fit my needs.
A quick search found a similar (more lengthy) review by Joel (Joel on Software). He also likes it – Link.
Samsung
Engadget Japan wrote a nice piece and produced a magnificent logo following the offer made by Samsung to acquire Sandisk.
Sandisk is partially a Israeli company, following the acquisition of M-systems. (Plus, Sandisk founder is a former Israeli).
The original Japanese article – link
And the Logo:
FCC 700 MHz winners update
AT&T and Verizon won the 700 MHz auction. It was quite obvious it is not going to remain a secret for long.
Google is obviously not on the list, and for a long time there were discussions that Google was not really interested in the license, but played the game to make sure the FCC apply “open-access” rules to this spectrum.
For more, read Unstrung
FCC end 700 MHz Auction
As reported in Unstrung, the FCC ended the 700 MHz Auction at 19.592$ Billions. The Dollar is not what it used be, but this is still a hefty sum.
Now, the big questions are:
1) Who won?
2) Will it be used for WiMAX?
Keter (K&D Design) In Japan
While visiting Japan, we purchased a child Toilet seat. Turned out it is a Israeli product by K&D Design (Keter).
Photos below of the product and of course, placed in the Toilet. 
Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía
Two pictures from the Parque Technologico de Andalucia.
I enjoyed the atmosphere and 
nature around the office buildings.