Archive for September, 2009
Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support
Douglas Gresham, Google Mobil, 9/22/2009 Earlier this year, we launched Google Sync which allows you to synchronize your Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar with your iPhone, Windows Mobile, and S60 devices. Today, we’re adding Gmail support to Google Sync for iPhone, iPod Touch and Windows Mobile devices. Using Google Sync, you can now get your [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Push
Palm Pre beats expectations, drops WiMo to focus on WebOS
Prince McLean, Apple Insider, 9/17/2009 Palm announced smaller than expected losses on sales of the Pre, but its outlook failed to excite investors. Going forward, the company plans to raise new capital and bet the farm on WebOS, dumping both its older Palm OS and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile. Palm announced sales of 823,000 smartphones, including [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: HTC, Motorola, Sprint, WiFi
First 4G Android-Based Smartphone May Arrive in 2010 From Sprint
Mark Sullivan, PC World, 9/17/2009 4G World Conference, Chicago — After talking to wireless carriers, handset makers and analysts here, I believe we’ll be seeing an Android smartphone (possibly made by Samsung) and sold by Sprint next year. Sprint openly confirms plans to sell a 4G smartphone next year, but is quiet on the maker [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, Samsung, Sprint, WiMax
iPass Announces BlackBerry Wi-Fi Client
Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 9/16/2009 iPass, the enterprise mobile service company, announced a Wi-Fi client for BlackBerry iPassConnect Client for BlackBerry lets corporate mavens hook into over 140,000 hotspots across 83 countries.The idea is to give BlackBerry users the ability to connect to Oracle, Siebel, Salesforce.com, and Microsoft systems over faster Wi-Fi networks, instead of [...]
In: Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: 3G, EDGE, Nokia, WiFi
Peugeot to offer in-car Wi-Fi in 2010
Tony Smith, Register Hardware, 9/15/2009 Peugeot is to turn its cars into mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. Early next year, the French carmaker will offer an optional in-car wireless router that uses a HSDPA 3G modem as a backhaul. Dubbed WiFi On Board, the box will allow the user to connect using whichever carrier he or she [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, HSPA, WiFi
Free BlackBerry Tethering for Linux & Mac OSX with Berry4All
Ronen Halevy, BerryReview, 9/14/2009 Linux users and some Mac users have been left out in the cold when it comes to tethering your BlackBerry to your computer. Stefano let me know about a forum thread by Jaricanese that mentions Berry4All which used to be called BBTether. This free application lets you tether your BlackBerry to [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Linux, Tether
BlackBerry, iPhone and Palm Pre Reduce Mobile Carriers to Dumb Pipes
Don Reisinger, eWeek, 9/10/2009 In today’s mobile phone market, the features and performance of the most popular phones determine customers’ choice of wireless carriers, not the performance or reliablility of the mobile networks. The top carriers have been reduced to little more than dumb communication pipes. But that situation may soon change if the top [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, HTC, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon
Apple working on iPhone theft prevention technology
Neil Hughes, AppleInsider, 9/10/2009 A new patent application filed this week by Apple suggests the iPhone maker is looking to use the device’s accelerometer to detect possible theft of the hardware. In a application entitled “Acceleration-Based Theft Detection System for Portable Electronic Devices,” Apple describes a system that would analyze movement via a device’s accelerometer [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology
WPtouch 1.9.3, iPhone 3.1 Updates
Dale Mugford, BraveNewCode, 9/9/2009 Today we’re excited that Apple has officially released OS 3.1 for iPhone & iPod touch, bringing a few new features and several bug fixes. WPtouch 1.9.3 was also released, and brings with it a new feature and several bug fixes as well. In 1.9.3 you can now choose to disable Ajax comments [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ajax
Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200
Yardena Arar, ComputerWorld, 9/9/2009 Travelers in need of frequent Internet access have more options than ever these days, but the choices aren’t always satisfactory. You can try to find a Wi-Fi hotspot, but sometimes one isn’t handy. You can get a mobile broadband USB modem from a major carrier, but that typically requires installing special [...]