You have to love how the carriers protect the airwaves for us! CTIA works to get F.C.C. involvement to tighten up regulations on cellular signal boosters sold for home use. In fact, CTIA wants the carriers to control this market. (NYT) When Sean Kirkland, an executive vice president for sales and marketing for a company… [Read more…]
November 5, 2010
Time to bone up on your 4G standards, or not. The newly defined 4G standard may become a meaningless marketing tool and the consumer is the one left in the dark. Truth in advertising watch out! On Thursday, October 21st, 2010 the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) announced it had finished its assessment of… [Read more…]
November 2, 2010
This article from the Times accentuates the impact mobile has on every day lives. More over, it shows to this commentator, that the death of Nokia is somewhat over exaggerated. The issue of Nokia survival is not just about their current OS or the life expectancy of Symbian, but also about the general business strategy… [Read more…]
October 30, 2010
(WSJ) TOKYO—The headline feature of Nintendo Co.’s forthcoming 3DS portable videogame system is the ability to play 3-D games without the need for eyewear, but it is the device’s ability to locate other players that may prove critical to its success. Nintendo’s 3DS game machine goes on sale in Japan in February, and in March… [Read more…]
October 29, 2010
This is just the beginning of what will be a full 3 months of tablet launches (look at CES in January!). IDG News Service – Acer plans to launch “multiple” tablet devices at an event in New York on Nov. 23, with different OSes and multiple form factors, the company’s CEO said Friday. The market… [Read more…]
October 27, 2010
(NYT) A federal judge in New York issued an injunction on Tuesday that will essentially shut down LimeWire, the big music file-sharing service that has been mired in a four-year legal struggle with the music industry. The case has already resulted in the company and its founder being found liable for potentially hundreds of millions… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
(Release) Openwave Systems Inc. a global software innovator delivering context-aware mediation and messaging solutions, today announced that Sprint has selected Openwave’s Integra technology to deploy a new ecosystem of enhanced services within the browser. The Sprint Browser-VAS (value-added services) ecosystem powered by Openwave will provide developers the tools they need to develop apps and value-added… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
(NYT) For many people, their mobile phones often double as a second brain. But efficiently searching through that reservoir of information to quickly locate contacts, upcoming events and addresses is still time-confusing and often frustrating. Is there an opportunity to reinvent the way people find things on their phones? Kiha Software, based in Seattle, is… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
Google-owned mobile advertising network AdMob is introducing interactive video and interactive interstitial ad units optimized for applications running across the Android smartphone platform. According to AdMob, the rich media units identify a device’s screen resolution, size, and network connection speed to serve users the optimal viewing experience; ads may be placed either at app-open or in-app.… [Read more…]
October 22, 2010
(NYT) In the latest sign that Google may struggle to transform television viewing with Google TV, its new service for Internet-connected TVs, three major broadcast networks and Hulu are blocking people from using the service to watch full-length TV shows on their Web sites. Initially, people could watch the full shows on TVs and set-top… [Read more…]
November 18, 2010
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