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by jeff goldman on August 15, 2007
The Montreal Gazette's Roberto Rocha today looks at the inevitable implications of rogers wireless' announcement earlier this week that they're introducing a $5-a-month MySpace Mobile...
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by jeff goldman on August 14, 2007
Dutch mobile software company Makayama has released a new version of its Pocket Wi-Fi Radar software for the Pocket PC. The software was previously only available for Windows XP. The Pocket PC...
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A recent study by Infonetics Research entitled Service Provider Plans for Next Gen Voice & IMS finds that nearly 80 percent of service providers are planning to offer fixed-mobile convergence...
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by jeff goldman on August 13, 2007
Canada's Rogers Wireless today announced a partnership with MySpace to offer a wireless service called MySpace Mobile. The timing is no coincidence, according to rogers wireless chief marketing...
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On July 31st, the FCC rejected a prototype device from Microsoft and other members of the White Spaces Coalition, which was designed to operate in TV spectrum without interfering with existing tv...
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In a looong-overdue move, UK regulator Ofcom yesterday announced a change to British law resulting in the fact that, starting on Monday August 13th, no license will be required to use ultrawideband...
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by jeff goldman on August 10, 2007
ABI Research today published a study entitled Wi-Fi in Consumer Electronics, which says the growth of 802.11n Wi-Fi will outpace all other networking technologies for consumer devices. The firm...
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by jeff goldman on August 10, 2007
Motorola today announced the imminent launch of the RAZR 2 V9m on Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon Wireless, all within the next few weeks. "Thanks to EV-DO,...
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LinuxDevices' Henry Kingman today broke the news that Sprint is readying a WiMax-enabled Nokia N800 Internet Tablet for use on its upcoming WiMax network. According to Kingman, Nokia's Ari...
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by jeff goldman on August 08, 2007
The new Apple iMac is out, and I'm soooo jealous of guys like Engadget's Ryan Block who got one to play with... CNET's Rich Brown says one of the best features is the Wi-Fi. "The...
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by jeff goldman on August 07, 2007
Yesterday, Dell announced plans to buy wireless digital media software company Zing Systems, signaling a move into the MP3 player market... "The acquisition is the latest move in Dell's...
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by jeff goldman on August 07, 2007
Qualcomm had a rough day yesterday. The Bush Administration chose not to veto the ITC order banning Qualcomm chips from entering the U.S. - and a separate court ruling found that Qualcomm had no...
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by jeff goldman on August 06, 2007
The ongoing impasse in San Francisco over the EarthLink/Google Wi-Fi deal looks like it's heading to a somewhat logical (or, at least, democratic) conclusion. According to the Wall Street...
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by jeff goldman on August 06, 2007
On Friday, People for the American Way (PFAW) joined the MVNO craze by launching Democracy Wireless, a mobile phone service powered by Working Assets (over Sprint's network), through which every...
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by jeff goldman on August 03, 2007
Much buzz online today about a Wall Street Journal article promoting the rumor that Google is close to entering the mobile phone market by releasing an advertising-supported smartphone called the...
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by jeff goldman on August 03, 2007
At the BlackHat Conference in Vegas this week, the first-ever Pwnie Award for Most Overhyped Bug was given, oh-so-appropriately, to David Maynor for starting a media frenzy around his unsubstantiated...
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by jeff goldman on August 02, 2007
Boingo Wireless yesterday announced that it's giving iPhone users free Wi-Fi throughout the month of August in 13 U.S. airports. The offer is obviously intended to get iPhone types hooked on...
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LG's Cyon label today officially announced its Korean 4G WiMax phone, the LG-KC1, which supports new apps like remote PC control and video calling. The phone was first demo'd last December,...
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by jeff goldman on August 01, 2007
The FCC yesterday set the rules for its upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction, most notably requiring the winner of the auction to provide access to any mobile device, without restrictions on hardware or...
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by jeff goldman on August 01, 2007
American Airlines today announced plans to work with AirCell to provide high-speed Internet access via Wi-Fi in-flight on its Boeing 767-200 aircraft, which are primarily used for transcontinental...
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