Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturers
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld, 9/1/2010 Windows Phone 7 has been finalized and released to manufacturers, Microsoft announced in a blog Wednesday. The milestone means manufacturers can integrate the software with their hardware and networks to create smartphones and devices for customers prior to the holiday selling season, a Microsoft spokeswoman said. In the blog, Terry Myerson, [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone 7 · Tagged with: AT&T, HTC, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon
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
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, MiFi, Sprint, Verizon
Verizon, HBO planning on iPad streaming apps
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld.com, 8/18/2010 Netflix may provide a must-have app for your iPad, but it looks like it’s not going to have any such luck providing users with HBO content—HBO instead wants to build off its subscription service and release an exclusive iPad app, according to a report from Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Verizon is also in [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad · Tagged with: Verizon
Google Voice Actions
Sam Churchill, Daily Wireless, 8/12/2010 Google introduced Voice Actions for Android. Voice Actions are a series of spoken commands that let you control your phone using your voice. Call businesses and contacts, send texts and email, listen to music, browse the web, and complete common tasks, all just by speaking into your phone. To use [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Motorola, Verizon
‘Unhackable’ Android phone can be hacked
Tim Greene, Network World, 7/29/2010 Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. Not only has suspect software cloaked in a wallpaper application gathered personal information from infected phones and sent it to a Web site in China, but researchers from Lookout Mobile Security [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 4G, GPS, Linux, Malware, SMS, Sprint, Verizon
AT&T Says It Will Be “Premier” Windows Phone 7 Carrier
Jason Mick, DailyTech, 7/29/2010 Phone is months from launch, but bragging match has already started Windows Phone 7 may have its rough edges (no multitasking, no copy and paste), but it does appear to have a number of relatively enthusiastic hardware partners. And now AT&T has revealed itself as a key ally with some big claims. A [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, WinPhone 7, iPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, Verizon
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
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
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 [...]