Researchers lock down Android to keep data from walking out the door
Sean Gallagher, ArsTechnica, 10/18/2011 A group of researchers at Virginia Tech have developed software for the Android OS that can enforce policies on mobile devices based on what room they’re in. It can even make sure that sensitive data doesn’t walk out the door with them by wiping it from a phone’s memory. The technology, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Bluetooth, GPS, NFC
Sprint set to launch next-gen PTT service over faster CDMA
Matt Hamblen, ComputerWorld, 9/27/2011 Ruggedized Kyocera DuraMax will be first phone to support Sprint Direct Connect push-to-talk service Sprint on Sunday will launch a new rugged wireless phone along with a next-generation push-to-talk service called Sprint Direct Connect that offers speedy data capabilities. The ruggedized Kyocera DuraMax, which will be available on Sunday for $69.99 [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Bluetooth, CDMA, Sprint
Nokia Launches Three New Symbian Smarpthones
MobleTechNews, 8/24/2011 Nokia today announced the launch of three feature-packed, mass market smartphones, bringing the latest smartphone functionality at attractive price points and including market-leading innovation with Symbian Belle. The Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600 extend the range of available designs, features and functionality in the Nokia Symbian smartphone range. Symbian Belle powers [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: Bluetooth, NFC, Nokia
Apple looks at device-to-device transfers while competition heats up
Casey Johnston, Ars Technica, 7/8/2011 Apple appears to be getting on board with a trend that other companies have already made significant headway on: wirelessly transferring content between devices with different owners. PatentlyApple has dug up a patent application from last year showing the various ways Apple thinks consumers might want to flick, vacuum, or [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: Bluetooth
Mobile hotspots: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon compete on price, features, speed
Brian Nadel, Computer World, 6/17/2011 Which carrier’s mobile hotspot packs the most punch? You’re sitting in your hotel room and you need to connect your laptop to the Internet to get some work done. But while many hotels offer free Internet access, you’re staying in one that thinks of it as comparable to the room’s [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, Hotspot, MiFi, Samsung, Sprint, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Deep Shot transfers open websites from desktop to mobile, sans wizardry
Zach Honig, Engadget, 6/16/2011 The “technology” allows you to “capture” the current state of a website on your desktop and transfer it to a mobile device — taking a picture of a Google Map on your desktop with your smartphone camera will open the site in the same state on your phone, for example. Sounds [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Bluetooth, WiFi
Use Bluetooth to tether your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com, 4/18/2011 Any device running iOS 4.3 supports Bluetooth tethering—here’s how to make it work You should know by now that an iPhone of the right vintage can be turned into a mobile hotspot—a portable router that pumps out a Wi-Fi signal on one side and talks to a mobile 3G broadband network [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Bluetooth, GSM, Hotspot, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Using the Personal Hotspot on your AT&T iPhone
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com, 3/15/2011 Throw away your MiFi! Forego the heartbreak of tethering! Give up the struggle of Internet Sharing from a mobile broadband modem through your laptop! The iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature can slice (through your mobile bill), dice (up your cables), and make pounds and pounds of Wi-Fi devices connect to the [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, CDMA, GPS, GSM, Hotspot, MiFi, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
NFC Gets More Flexible with “Open NFC” for Android
Sarah Perez, ReadWriteMobile, 2/8/2011 Semiconductor solutions provider Inside Secure has released an open source NFC protocol stack for Android 2.3, code-named “Gingerbread,” which it will provide to chip vendors, smartphone manufacturers, wireless carriers and software developers for free. The stack, called Open NFC, is the first hardware-independent implementation of NFC (near field communication) for Google’s [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, Linux, NFC, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiFi
AT&T to offer Wi-Fi tethering for iPhone
Gregg Keizer, Computer World, 2/3/2011 Announces 2GB allowance, multi-device Wi-Fi tethering for Android, says ‘working on bringing it to the iPhone’ AT&T said on Wednesday that it will allow tethering of multiple devices to Apple’s iPhone, and add a 2GB data allowance to the $20-per-month service. The carrier declined to spell out a timetable for [...]