Filed in archive RFID
by jeff goldman on February 15, 2007
Wired's David Becker today picks up on Pink Tentacle's report that Hitachi has introduced a prototype RFID chip measuring 0.05 millimeters square and 5 microns thick -- about the size of a...
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Filed in archive 4G
by jeff goldman on February 15, 2007
According to Electronic News' Colleen Taylor, a new report from ABI Research entitled Mobile Handset Royalties states that while just 12 companies own 80 percent of the essential WCDMA...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on February 14, 2007
TG Daily's Humphrey Cheung reports today that Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa "has announced a wireless initiative that would partner the city up with a private provider and give...
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Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman today picks up on a blog post by Alereon CEO Eric Broockman, which Fleishman calls a "love letter to ultrawideband." "UWB in the form of...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 13, 2007
The San Francisco Chronicle's Ryan Kim reports that HP unveiled its new iPAQ 500 Series Voice Messenger this week at 3GSM in Barcelona. The phone, which runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 and connects...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on February 13, 2007
The Houston Chronicle's Alexis Grant and Matt Stiles report that the City of Houston, Texas today selected EarthLink Municipal Networks to provide it with a citywide wireless network. "While...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on February 12, 2007
Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman reports that Boingo has launched an impressively affordable $7.95-a-month VoIP-over-Wi-Fi plan. "The firm had soft-launched this offering before,...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on February 12, 2007
VNUnet's Robert Jaques reports that the Wi-Fi Alliance is about to certify its 100th Wi-Fi phone. "The growth in certification reflects the momentum for Wi-Fi cellular phones, and...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 10, 2007
An interesting article by the Ethiopian Reporter's Abiy Solomon looks at the growth of mobile telephony in ethiopia. "During the first few years of its introduction, it was considered to be...
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CrunchGear's Matt Hickey reports that Microsoft has filed an application with the FCC for a wireless device that can be used to talk over the Internet. More specifically, the device will be used...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on February 08, 2007
Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman reports that Skyhook Wireless' Wireless Positioning System (WPS) will be incorporated into chips from GPS silicon supplier SiRF Technology, resulting in...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on February 08, 2007
Wi-Fi Planet's Eric Griffith today picks up on a report by InfoWorld's Stephen Lawson stating that the ACLU has "turned up the political heat" on San Francisco's plans for...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 07, 2007
CNET News' Marguerite Reardon reports that EarthLink yesterday reported a loss of $24.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, largely due to its stake in Helio. EarthLink said it lost $85 on the...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 07, 2007
Reuters reports that millions of Mexicans were left with no mobile phone access yesterday when the Telcel network, Mexico's largest, crashed due to a technical fault. "When part of the...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 06, 2007
Engadget's Thomas Ricker reports that Sony Ericsson's new PC300 Mobile Broadband PC Card supports HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS at speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. It automatically hands off between...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 06, 2007
Gizmodo's Louis Ramirez reports that RIM will launch its new oh-so-sexy BlackBerry 8800 on February 20th. "If you've been shopping around for a new Crackberry, you'd be wise to wait...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 04, 2007
According to Korea's Chosun Ilbo, lawmaker Kim Tae-hwan said today that, for more than a year now, South Korean wireless providers have been operating location-based services in violation of the...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on February 04, 2007
MobileBurn's Brad Kellett reports that Verizon Wireless is releasing three new handsets for Valentine's Day, special pink or red editions of the MOTOKRZR K1m, the MOTORAZR V3m and the LG...
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