Archive for August, 2009
Analyst says iPhone to go to multiple U.S. carriers in 2010
Peter Cohen, Macworld.com, 8/31/2009 Gene Munster, senior research analyst with Piper Jaffrey, predicts that the iPhone will be available through multiple cell carriers in the United States beginning in 2010. Munster says that multiple carriers will be a boon to Apple. He points to France as an example. In that country, the iPhone is available [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Verizon
FCC inquiries could spawn new wireless regulations
Joelle Tessler, AP Technology, 8/27/ 2009 The Federal Communications Commission is taking a closer look at the practices of the wireless industry, potentially the first step toward more regulations intended to push down prices and increase choices for consumers. At its first meeting with all five commissioners seated since the inauguration of President Barack Obama, [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, CTIA, FCC, Verizon, WiFi
AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity likely to end next year
Phil Goldstein, FierceWireless, 8/31/2009 AT&T Mobility’s exclusive rights to sell Apple’s iPhone in the United States has been the subject of intense speculation and scrutiny, most recently from the FCC. However, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, within a year all that noise will be largely irrelevant. According to Munster, Apple is slowly transitioning [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, FCC
Smartphone Wi-Fi Use Quadruples, Sales Up 47%
Michelle Megna, InternetNews.com, 8/22/2009 As smartphone sales and Wi-Fi use surge, a symbiotic relationship between the two is causing waves throughout the wireless industry. As smartphone sales continue to grow, Wi-Fi is emerging as an integral component of the lucrative mobile market, with a recent study showing a triple-digit spike in consumers using the wireless [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Nokia, Skype, WiFi
Wireless service costs too much, and all but the carriers agree
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld, 8/20/2009 Sharp criticism of wireless industry mounts over pricing, exclusivity Criticism of U.S. wireless carriers has reached a peak during the dog days of summer, with cries that carriers are charging too much for wireless voice, data and texting even as consumers have benefited lately from cheaper smartphones. The outcry against wireless [...]
In: Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: AT&T, Clearwire, MMS, Sprint, Verizon, WiMax
Why AT&T Killed Google Voice
Andy Kessler, The WallStreet Journal, 8/20/2009 Earlier this month, Apple rejected an application for the iPhone called Google Voice. The uproar set off a chain of events—Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt resigning from Apple’s board, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigating wireless open access and handset exclusivity—that may finally end the 135-year-old Alexander Graham Bell [...]
In: Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: AT&T, FCC, Verizon
Palm releases Mojo application SDK for webOS and Pre
Brian James Kirk, MobileBurn, 7/20/2009 Palm has released its much anticipated Mojo Software Development Kit to developers who plan on creating applications for its new webOS smartphone operating system, which is used on the Palm Pre. Palm’s developer portal provides the development kit along with documentation and access to an online community of webOS developers. [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: SDK
Analysts see alarming development in mobile malware
Jeremy Kirk, ComputerWorld, 7/16/2009 The first worm that spreads between mobile devices by spamming text messages has developed a new communications capability that one security vendor says signals the arrival of mobile botnets. Trend Micro has analyzed a piece of mobile malware known as “Sexy Space,” which is a variant of another piece of mobile [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: Malware, Nokia, SMS