Archive for March, 2010
iPad launch has publishers scrambling to offer HTML5 video
Jay Hathaway, DownloadSquad, 3/31/2010 With the first Apple iPads already shipped and on their way to customers, publishers are in a hurry to dump Flash video and switch to iPad-friendly HTML5 video. Brightcove, which provides video services for a huge number of publishers, including The New York Times and Time, just announced that it’s going [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
4G Essentials :4G technology is on the horizon
Network World Staff, Network World, 3/31/2010 There is plenty of hype around 4G technologies but beyond the rhetoric some real implementations are happening. 4G technologies basically represent the next stage of wireless data technologies and generally deliver average download rates of 3Mbps or greater. In contrast, today’s 3G networks typically deliver average download speeds about [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, CTIA, HTC, LTE, Sprint, WiMax
LTE’s most powerful club against WiMAX: TD-LTE
Phil Goldstein, Fiercewireless, 3/31/2010 The traditional market dynamics between WiMAX and LTE have been disrupted by TD-LTE, argues consultant Monica Paolini. With TD-LTE, LTE swings from being the dominant next-generation mobile technology to almost being disruptive, since TD-LTE uses TDD unpaired spectrum channels that combine uplink and downlink, and splits resources on the basis of [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: LTE, WiMax
Sprint, Clearwire among companies asking for TD-LTE standard in WiMAX spectrum
Chris Ziegler, Engadget, 3/31/2010 Clearwire has made it crystal clear that it isn’t taking a “WiMAX or die” approach to 4G — and frankly, it couldn’t afford to, considering that the infrastructure suppliers and hardware manufacturers could easily continue their trend toward shunning the next-gen underdog. What’s interesting, though, is that the company now appears [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Cisco, Clearwire, LTE, Motorola, Nokia, Sprint, WiMax
Fennec comes to Android
Bill Ray, The Register, 3/31/2010 Firefox’s little cousin is now on Android, showing what an alternative browser can do for Google’s platform. Fennec is the mobile version of Firefox, the free browser from Mozilla. Fennec has been in beta for the Nokia N900 since the end of January, but now an early version has been [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: Nokia
WSJ Reports CDMA iPhone on its way
Yukari Iwatani Kane, Ting-I Tsai and Niraj Sheth, Mobile Tech Today, 3/30/2010 Apple Inc. plans to begin producing this year a new iPhone that could allow U.S. phone carriers other than AT&T Inc. to sell the iconic gadget, said people briefed by the company. The new iPhone would work on a type of wireless network [...]
In: Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, CDMA, GSM, Verizon, Vodafone
Google’s plan to end Android fragmentation
Daniel Ionescu, PC World, 3/30/2010 Users who are confused by the wide variety of Android versions will be happy to hear that help is likely on the way. Google has a bold strategy to tackle Android’s biggest problem: that the OS is available in too many versions, spread across a range of devices. In a [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTC
Cloud-based Mobile Apps Gain Popularity
Herman Mehling, InternetNews.com, 3/30/2010 Analysts predict a bright future for mobile cloud computing, finding that the number of enterprise customers using cloud-based mobile apps will mushroom. Cloud computing is quickly moving beyond just the datacenter servers for supporting desktop users and into the mobile realm. In the process, this will mean more powerful and advanced [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud
No Flash On The iPad? No Problem. Brightcove Turns Videos Into HTML5.
Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch, 3/29/2010 The lack of Flash on the iPad is a sore point for many and often listed as one of its greatest potential weaknesses. Not allowing Flash on the iPhone is bad enough, but on the larger iPad with full-screen browsing, its absence will be much more noticeable. Or will it? Already [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Can Flash Survive HTML5?
Joe Brockmeier, Linux Magazine, 3/29/2010 Is HTML5 going to put the hurt on Flash? Rumors of Flash’s demise may be greatly exaggerated, but the long term prospects for Adobe Flash seem pretty dim indeed. There’s been a lot of talk lately about HTML5 and whether Flash is in it for the long haul. Word on [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5, Linux