Sprint converts its network to LTE, plans ‘aggressive rollout’ to be completed by 2013
Joseph Volpe, Engadget, 10/7/2011 We knew more or less that an announcement of this sort was coming. Back in July, Dan Hesse had teased us face-to-face with the promise of a “great story this fall around 4G,” and now the time to tell that tale has arrived. At its strategy event today, Sprint finally went [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, Ericsson, FCC, LTE, Samsung, Sprint, WiMax
Leading Mobile Device Makers Pledge Support For Carrier-Led NFC Venture Isis
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, 9/27/2011 Isis, the carrier-led joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is today announcing support for its mobile wallet system from the majority of leading device makers, including HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as from NFC hardware provider Device Fidelity. All of the handset makers are now [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Ericsson, HTC, Motorola, NFC, Samsung, T-Mobile, Verizon
Skype enables video on more Android smartphones
Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service, 8/4/2011 Seventeen smartphones and tablets are now on Skype’s list of compatible products Skype has released version 2.1 of its application for Android, which allows more smartphones and tablets based on Google’s operating system to use its video calling feature, it said in a blog post on Thursday. The company [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, Samsung, Skype, VoIP
Android: The Smartphone OS with Multiple Faces
Christof Kerkmann, Mobile Tech Today, 5/31/2011 Many manufacturers have decided to make use of the open-source mobile operating system Android, but everything can change from one Android-operated smartphone to the next: interface, functions, options available. The one thing that stays the same: With an Android-enabled smartphone, you’re only a click away from the Internet. Android [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, Flash, HTC, Linux, Motorola, Samsung, WiFi
NFC coming to BlackBerry smartphones
Stuart Miles, Pocket-Lint.com, 2/16/2011 Blackberry maker RIM has said that “many” of its future devices launching in the rest of the year will come with NFC capability. The comments made by Jim Balsillie, the company’s co-CEO, at his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be good news for those looking to pay for [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, NFC, Nokia
“SMS of Death” Could Crash Many Mobile Phones
Erica Naone, Technology Review, 1/4/2011 The phones in many people’s pockets today are miniature personal computers, and they are just as vulnerable as PCs to viruses, malware, and other security problems. But research presented at a conference in Germany last week shows that phones don’t even have to be smart to be vulnerable to hackers. [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, Malware, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, SMS
Gartner: bullish on Android, bearish on Windows Phone 7
Clint Boulton, Linux Today, 9/12/2010 Google Android will become the No. 2 mobile operating system in the world behind Symbian, edging past Research In Motion and Apple’s iOS in 2010, according to new numbers from Gartner. Meanwhile, fifth-place Windows Phone will recover only slightly in 2011, and falter thereafter, the research firm adds. Gartner says [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung
Mobile group drops Java price against Apple and Android
Gavin Clarke, The Register, 6/22/2010 Mobile phone providers are fighting back against Apple and Google by cutting the cost of doing business using Java on mobile. The Unified Test Initiative, a body comprising handset and service providers, has slashed the price it charges Java Mobile Edition (Java ME) developers to test and verify their work [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Vodafone
Mobile Milestone: Data Surpasses Voice Traffic
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM, 3/24/2010 Mobile data bits traveling around the world outnumbered voice traffic for the first time during December of 2009, according to wireless equipment vendor Ericsson. Worryingly, that data traffic was generated by an estimated 400 million smartphones set against 4.6 billion mobile subscribers making voice calls. What happens when everyone has a [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Cisco, Ericsson
Telstra to trial future wireless technology, LTE, on Next G
Stuart Corner, ITWire, 3/18/2010 Telstra has announced plans to start trialling in its Next G network the Long Term Evolution (LTE) 3G technology capable of delivering wireless broadband at, theoretically almost 200Mbps. Telstra plans to conduct trials starting from May in its laboratories and in the network in urban and rural areas in conjunction with [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Ericsson, HSPA, LTE, Nokia