Archive for July, 2010
Wireless broadband network set to launch next year
Peter Svensson, Newsvine, 7/20/2010 U.S. consumers and businesses may get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide competition to the incumbent phone companies. Private-equity firm Harbinger Capital Partners on Tuesday revealed details of the launch of its wireless network, LightSquared, which [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, FCC, Motorola, Nokia, Sprint, Verizon
Adobe FlashTime to bring peer-to-peer video calls to Android
Vlad Savov, Engadget, 7/20/2010 Adobe has named its latest little bit of demo software FlashTime and given it a quick spin to whet our appetites. Built using the forthcoming Air 2.5, this peer-to-peer video chat client harnesses your smartphone’s camera to get some direct visual communication going with your fellow Android lovers. Okay, so Android users [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash
Verizon LTE SIM Card & Documents Leaked
the BerryReview Team, Berry Review, 7/19/2010 I get such a kick when I see a Verizon SIM card. The team over at Engadget has gotten some internal documentation on Verizon’s LTE rollout and their system upgrade to support their LTE network. Verizon’s systems are now ready to charge you and setup a LTE connections so you [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, LTE, Verizon
Firefox Home Hits the iPhone
Brian Heater, PC Magazine, 7/19/2010 Mozilla on Friday announced that Firefox Home is now available on the iPhone. First announced in late May, the app was submitted to Apple for vetting earlier this month. No doubt due to Apple’s long-standing policy of blocking any app that “duplicates existing functionality” of proprietary iPhone programs, the app is not [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology
iPhone-Like Droid X Sells Out Online and at Verizon Stores
Adam Dickter, Mobile Tech Today, 7/19/2010 Despite Verizon Wireless promises of ample supplies, Motorola’s Droid X sold out online and in some areas of the country. The Droid X has been compared to Apple’s troubled iPhone and some buyers may prefer Verizon’s network over AT&T. Motorola’s Droid X also supports Adobe Flash, which Apple has [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Flash, HTC, Motorola, Verizon
Android PHP option planned for Javaphobes
Gavin Clarke, The Register, 7/19/2010 PHP is coming to Google’s Android phones for those averse to programming in Java or going native. The PHP for Android (PFA) site says here that its goal is to make PHP development in Android “not only possible but also feasible providing tools and documentation.” The project’s main sponsor is open-source [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Linux
Windows Phone Live to offer remote wipe, location, and sync for your Windows Phone 7 device
Chris Ziegler, Engadget, 7/13/2010 See, Android owners don’t ever lose their phones, so that’s why they don’t need this capability… right?Right? Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that RIM would be delivering a comprehensive remote wipe solution to BlackBerrys this year, Andy Lees is mentioning at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference today that an all-new Windows [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, WinPhone
Google’s ‘App Inventor’ Makes Developers Out Of Anyone
MocoNewsNET, 7/12/2010 Industry observers are estimating that Google’s Android Market will blow by 100,000 applications by the end of the month. That will be much easier now thanks to a new Google tool that makes it easy for non-techies to build mobile applications for Android phones. At the end of last year, Android had only 12,000 [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Nokia
Citrix enlists iPhone 4 in its quest for ‘Nirvana phone’ portable desktop client (video)
Ross Miller, Engadget, 7/10/2010 Critix has been touting its “Nirvana phone” concept — a handheld device that can be paired with a monitor / keyboard for remote desktop use — for quite some time now. Back in February, the minimum hardware specs were nothing to challenging, and as it turns out, Apple’s iPhone 4 pretty much [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Bluetooth
Fring Brings 3G Video Calls to iPhone 4 — Are Networks Ready?
Kevin C. Tofel, GigaOM, 7/9/2010 Fring has updated its voice-over-IP client, bringing support for the front-facing camera on Apple’s iPhone 4. Unlike the handset’s native FaceTime client, which is restricted to video calls over Wi-Fi and only to other iPhone 4 devices, the new Fring client supports video calls over 3G and calls to non-Apple devices [...]