Report: All iPhones with OS 4.3 to get mobile hot spots
Matt Hickey, CNET news, 1/12/2011 Verizon (finally) announced that it is getting the iPhone for its wireless network. It wasn’t much of a surprise–the rumors have been around for years and really came to a head in the last couple of weeks. But a revelation that wasn’t widely expected was that the Verizon iPhone could [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, GSM, Hotspot, T-Mobile, Tether, Verizon
Verizon iPhone First Take
Kent German, CNET news, 1/11/2011 After almost four years of endless gossip, analyst forecasts, and so-called leaks, the Verizon iPhone is a reality. We’re thrilled, to be honest, if only because we never have to write another rumor story again. The iPhone 4′s arrival on a second U.S. network is significant, of course, but the [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, CDMA, GPS, GSM, LTE, Sprint, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Wi-Fi Direct provides P2P wireless sans hot spots
Matt Hamblen, ComputerWorld, 10/25/2010 Products now being certified to use ‘groundbreaking’ technology Wi-Fi Direct officially became a concrete technology today with several new laptop components certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. That threshold was reached even before most people even understand what Wi-Fi Direct is. Wi-Fi Direct is a new technology designed to allow peer-to-peer Wi-Fi [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Bluetooth, WiFi
HP Drops Palm From webOS’s Branding, Launches HP webOS 2.0
Matt Burns, TechCrunch, 10/19/2010 HP just announced the next generation webOS and it’s a doozy. This platform now has all the weapons necessary to fully compete in the smartphone wars: true multitasking, an updated version of the social media connection service Synergy, Adobe Flash 10.1, and a whole bunch of new advancements. Hardware is really [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: API, Bluetooth, Cisco, Flash, HP, HTML5, IM, MMS, Skype, SMS, Verizon, VoIP
Mozilla concept phone is a glimpse of the future
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 9/24/2010 The hottest concept mobile phone right now doesn’t come from Apple, Google, Motorola or HTC. It was developed by a designer in his spare time as part of a Mozilla Labs project. Seabird is designer Billy May’s vision for a phone that aims to address some of the frustrations [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Bluetooth, HTC, Motorola
AT&T launches satellite phone
Lance Whitney, CNETNews, 9/21/2010 AT&T has unveiled a new satellite phone that can provide phone reception in areas where there are no cell towers. Available today, the TerreStar Genus is a dual-mode smartphone that uses AT&T’s cellular service by default but kicks in with satellite reception as a backup in remote areas. The satellite service [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, WiFi
T-Mobile Announces G2, First HSPA+ Cell Phone in U.S.
Sascha Segan, PCMag.com, 9/92010 T-Mobile officially announced its G2 smartphone Thursday, the first phone designed for its high-speed HSPA+ network and possibly the Googliest phone ever. Running the latest version of Google’s Android, 2.2 “Froyo,” the G2 is full of Google services, T-Mobile said. The sliding, QWERTY-keyboarded phone comes with Google Voice built-in, including the [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, Flash, GPS, HSPA, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, WiFi, WiMax
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
Cisco plans an Android-based business tablet
Agam Shah, IDG News Service, 6/29/2010 The Cius will sport more networking capabilities than the iPad, plus videoconferencing and keyboard/mouse support Cisco Systems has announced the Cius tablet, a handheld device designed to help users run business applications and communicate in real time. It will use the Google Android OS, feature a 7-inch touch screen [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Bluetooth, Cisco, WiFi
iPhone OS 4.0 – now iOS – is here
John Biggs, TechCrunch, 6/8/2010 The second biggest news out of San Fran today? The announcement of iPhone OS 4.0, Apple’s biggest improvement to the iPhone OS since, well, 3.0. This new version includes multi-tasking (although backgrounding would be the proper term), app folders, a new version of Mail, and a carrier unlock (Not officially sanctioned [...]