Archive for December, 2009
Clearwire stayed ahead in big year for WiMax
Stephen Lawson, ComputerWorld, 12/31/2009 2009 was a very big year for Clearwire, as the wireless Internet provider took its ambitious rollout of mobile WiMax from just two cities to nearly 30 markets. After years of planning and false starts, a national 4G (fourth-generation) mobile data network began to take shape in the U.S., and in [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, EDGE, HSPA, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi, WiMax
Sprint to get 4G Mobile Hotspot from Sierra Wireless soon
Marc Flores, BGR, 12/31/2009 We get the feeling that early 2010 is going to be big for Sprint’s WiMax. We came by one of these training slides for a new 3G/4G mobile hotspot, precisely like the Mi-Fi, for Sprint. Like many of Sprint’s wireless data cards, this one is also going to be made by Sierra [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Hotspot, MiFi, Sprint, WiFi, WiMax
One leg of GSM encryption cracked, cell industry unimpressed
John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12/30/2009 A security researcher is in the process of building a table that will enable the cracking of GSM encryption, assuming that a parallel effort to crack its frequency hopping algorithm succeeds. GSM is the most popular protocol for cellphone telephony on the planet, with billions of users worldwide. But the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: GSM
Google Nexus One Sold Directly and Only by Google, Officially Supported By T-Mobile
tips@gizmodo.com, Gizmodo, 12/29/2009 It looks like Google won’t be entirely shaking up any wireless industries at the present time, but it will be pushing forward with its own “flagship” device by selling it directly to consumers. While our connect’s internal T-Mobile photo is rather small, we’ve broken down the text for you: Google, with support [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTC, T-Mobile
Coping with the Wireless Data Deluge
Olga Kharif, Mobile Tech Today, 12/29/2009 Software that helps carriers manage subscribers’ data use can shave 10 percent to 20 percent off the cost of supporting growing data traffic. So far, fewer than 10 percent of carriers have implemented subscriber management software, which can tell carriers how much data particular subscribers are using, and which [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Cisco, Clearwire, Ericsson, Femtocell, Motorola, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi
Is Symbian the Mobile Platform for the Masses?
Darryl K. Taft, eWeek, 12/28/2009 As 2009 comes to an end, the Symbian Foundation is looking ahead for ways to ensure that the Symbian mobile platform remains the most popular smartphone platform and that it continues to draw developer mindshare. In a December 24 post about this, Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation, [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), Symbian · Tagged with: Linux, Nokia
Code That Protects Most Cellphone Calls Is Divulged
Kevin J. O’Brien, The New York Times, 12/28/2009 A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, in what he called an attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of global wireless systems. The action by the encryption [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: GSM
eBay’s Holiday Volume Triples on Smart Phone Apps
eCredit Daily, 12/28/2009 eBay reported that holiday volume on its iPhone and other mobile phone applications tripled compared to last year, with 1.5 million items purchased worldwide. Nearly 6 million people are carrying access to eBay on their smart phones. Purchasing items on the go is a trend that analysts say can only increase. According [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology
Give your iPhone a seriously powerful clipboard with Pastebot
Jay Hathaway, Download Squad, 12/28/2009 Remember when a lack of copy and paste was one of the biggest complaints about the iPhone? Well, even though those days are far behind us, copying and pasting on an iPhone could still be a lot easier. That’s where Pastebot comes in. This slick new app from Tapbots lets [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: WiFi
The Best Twitter Apps for your Mobile Phone
Digital Inspiration, 12/28/2009 If you try accessing Twitter from the browser of a mobile phone, Twitter will automatically serve you the mobile-optimized version of their site. However, if in case Twitter fails to recognize your smartphone, you can manually type m.twitter.com to directly access the mobile site of Twitter from your phone. Now that’s one [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: Ericsson, GPS, Motorola, Nokia, Push