Archive for August, 2010
Firefox Mobile comes to Android in ‘Fennec’
Jessica Dolcourt, CNET, 8/27/2010 Mozilla is one step closer to getting its Firefox browser surfing on Android phones, and on the Nokia N900. On Friday the company issued an alpha version of Fennec, the code name for every instance of “Firefox Mobile” that’s still in development stages. Features-wise, Fennec alpha is very similar to the [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Motorola, Nokia
Hedge Fund Manager Falcone’s Big Bet On Wireless Broadband
Tricia Duryee, MocoNews.net, 8/27/2010 Investors in the Harbinger’s hedge fund are increasingly uncomfortable with Philip Facone’s obsession with building a high-speed wireless broadband network. Falcone, who got rich by out-smarting the subprime housing bubble, has committed roughly $3 billion or 40 percent of the fund’s assets to LightSquared, making the telecom company the hedge fund’s [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, Comcast, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone
RIM Acquires Mobile Software Firm Cellmania
Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 8/25/2010 Research in Motion has acquired mobile software firm Cellmania for an undisclosed sum. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company produces a solution known as mFinder, which allows companies to track downloaded content on mobile phones, offer subscription billing, as well as time- and location-based content management. “Our team has joined RIM’s [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology
Google aims Goggles at Apple’s iPhone
Rik Myslewski, The Register, 8/23/2010 Google Lab’s visual-search technology, Google Goggles, should be available for iPhone users later this year. “We’re working on an iPhone version, and hope to have it out by the end of the year,” David Petrou, a Google staff engineer working on the Goggles project, told his keynote audience at Monday’s [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTML5
Virgin launches contract-free unlimited mobile broadband
Ian Paul, ComputerWorld, 8/24/2010 Sprint’s Virgin Mobile today announced an overhaul of its Broadband2Go mobile broadband service. The carrier plans to offer a new contract-free, unlimited mobile broadband plan for $40 per month. Virgin Mobile will also phase out most of its current tiered mobile data plans. The new broadband plans will be available for [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, MiFi, Sprint, Verizon
Mobile 3D planned for MeeGo Linux
Gavin Clarke, The Register, 8/23/2010 Intel and Nokia are reviving the spirit of Second Life with plans for 3D interfaces on mobile devices running their MeeGo Linux distro. The companies have announced their first joint innovation center at Finland’s Oulu University, and it will specialize in the development of 3D interfaces and environments for MeeGo. [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Flash, Linux, Nokia
Google Mobile App update adds push notifications
David Dahlquist, Macworld.com, 8/23/2010 Those of you who rely on Google Calendar and Gmail to keep your life organized are in for a treat with Google Mobile App’s latest update. Google’s flagship iPhone app can now receive push notifications from your Google account, allowing you to receive alerts and notifications on your iPhone. With the new [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Push
Sprint quietly sells 3G femtocell, Verizon set to follow
Stephen Lawson, ComputerWorld, 8/23/2010 U.S. carriers with EV-DO mobile data networks are stepping up their coverage game with femtocells that offer extended coverage for the high-speed network, after long offering units that worked only with the slower CDMA2000-1x system. Sprint Nextel quietly began offering an EV-DO femtocell to selected customers about two weeks ago, and [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, CDMA, Femtocell, Sprint, VoIP
Mobile VoIP Comes to BlackBerry Devices
Om Malik, GigaOM, 8/22/2010 If there was one app I’ve desperately wanted on my T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold, it was a good mobile VoIP client that allows me to make and receive calls over Wi-Fi and 3G connections. It would be even better if that client was made by Skype. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: 3G, Skype, T-Mobile, VoIP, WiFi
Apple applies for patent to kill jailbroken devices
Steven Musi, CNET News, 8/22/2010 Apple is apparently ramping up its battle to prevent iPhone and iPod owners from jailbreaking their devices. The company has applied for a patent, titled “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device,” that covers a series of security measures to automatically protect devices from thieves and [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: JailBreak