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iPhone Shortage Dissipating

It is true that in the wake of the recent iPhone 3G launch, Rich Tehrani had trouble finding one. But according to Top Muffin's iPhone 3G Availability Tracker -- which tracks which stores have inventory based on Apple's own information --...

Posted on July 24, 2008 1:24 PM

Mobile Giving and the MLB: A Grand Slam!

Here's a great concept... Use technology to help raise money for sick kids. This Sunday, the Washington Nationals and MLB.com will debut the use of "mobile giving" to benefit the creation of a Diabetes Care Complex for Children's National Medical Center.  Here's...

Posted on July 11, 2008 10:48 AM

Truphone Hits iPhone App Store

If you spend any time traveling internationally for business, you understand the challenge of maintaining a high level of connectivity while keeping costs down. Let's face it, international calling plans are expensive, and frankly the various roaming agreements can be confusing,...

Posted on July 11, 2008 7:44 AM

iPhone App Store Goes Live; Get Salesforce To Go

Apple's iPhone App Store is now live. And Salesforce.com has announced that its Salesforce CRM applications and Force.com platform are available as Salesforce Mobile applications for iPhone from the App Store.  In order to get access to the App Store, you...

Posted on July 10, 2008 12:13 PM

ATT Offers iPhone Sans Service Agreement

Has AT&T seen the light? Will it offer what is arguably the hottest gadget around -- the iPhone -- without a service agreement? Yes. For a nominal service charge. The two new iPhones (8MB and 16MB versions) go on sale...

Posted on July 1, 2008 1:59 PM

WiFi Heads Out to Sea

You didn't think I would leave boaters out of today's rash of WiFi/transportation related news did you? The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced yesterday that WiFi service was available immediately on eleven MBTA commuter boats, providing customers free connection...

Posted on June 25, 2008 2:28 PM

WiFi Takes to the Skies

American Airlines was set to begin testing in-flight WiFi Internet access on two flights today, with broader service expected to begin in the following couple weeks. American's technology partner, Aircell LLC, is expected to charge between $9.95 and $12.95 for...

Posted on June 25, 2008 2:25 PM

WiFi Hits the Open Road

Today's LA Times has a story on Chrysler's latest bid to entice more customers to buy its vehicles. The automaker has announced it will offer wireless Internet as an option on all its 2009 models. So if you can't bear...

Posted on June 25, 2008 2:22 PM

iPhone... iRobot.... iLike

From Gizmodo, via Engadget, to the VoIP Authority blog... This entry highlights the intersection of two of the more exciting areas in technology today (in my view) - mobility and robotics. Apparently a pair of University of South Florida students...

Posted on June 20, 2008 2:49 PM

Nortel's LTE Patent Licensing Play

Last month a group of vendors agreed to commit to a licensing framework, whereby they would license their patents relating to the next-generation wireless technology LTE, or Long-Term Evolution, according to “fair and reasonable” terms.   Long-Term Evolution is a...

Posted on May 8, 2008 9:01 AM

Industry Players Agree on LTE Licenses

LTE is that much closer to becoming a reality, as a number of industry players have agreed to commit to a licensing framework, whereby they would license their patents according to “fair and reasonable” terms.   The group is a...

Posted on April 14, 2008 3:41 PM

3D World Drives Minute Plans, Mobile Purchases

I recently met with Gemini Mobile Technologies at CTIA. Gemini Mobile recently made headlines with the release of its HyperScale Software Development Kit, which is designed to enable system integrators and partners worldwide to harness the power of Gemini’s powerful...

Posted on April 14, 2008 9:12 AM

Samsung's iPhone Challenger

Samsung Mobile announced the Samsung Instinct at CTIA last week. Hailed by many as the “iPhone killer” (or at least a worthy alternative) the device offers full touch screen functionality and promises to accelerate the user experience by enabling access...

Posted on April 8, 2008 8:51 AM

Android Prototypes Abound in Barcelona

  Those folks at Gizmodo have all the fun.   Right now they’re in Barcelona going ga-ga over the working demos of a variety of Android prototypes.   They had this to say about ARM’s offering:   ARM had theirs...

Posted on February 11, 2008 11:02 AM

'Moto Out Of Handset Biz' Gets Legs

Rich — who is technically on vacation this week — has caught wind of the fact that Motorola is exploring the possibility of spinning off its mobile handset business.   In a press release, Motorola announced:   …it is exploring...

Posted on January 31, 2008 5:17 PM

Android Developer Deadline Extended

 Writing on the Android Developers Blog, Developer Advocate Quang Nguyen announced the extension of the submission deadline for the first Android Developers Challenge to April 14 2008.   The folks at Android have apparently taken feedback to heart and have...

Posted on January 29, 2008 9:17 AM

Is Motorola Finished With Handsets?

Goodbye Moto? There are early reports that Motorola might be getting out of the handset business to concentrate on serving their enterprise and government customers. Speculation is based on a single analyst’s report to clients. Richard Windsor, an analyst with...

Posted on January 29, 2008 7:28 AM

Android: Here Come The Hackers

Nilay Patel, writing for engadget, has an interesting piece, saying that by making available the entire software development kit for its Android mobile phone software platform, Google has opened up the platform for hacking and (as Patel writes) “…hopefully that...

Posted on January 10, 2008 7:50 AM

Latest Wireless Musings

In his latest column for TMCnet, former CTIA and NCTA head Tom Wheeler discusses  the recent news that UK carriers T-Mobile and Hutchinson’s “3” will combine their networks and share the capacity, saving $4 billion in the process.   Instantly,...

Posted on January 4, 2008 3:47 PM

Apple Files Patents for Location-Based Services

  Forbes is reporting this morning that Apple is keen on getting into the location-based services game and has gone to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to file several interesting patent applications to that end.   In one filing,...

Posted on December 28, 2007 8:59 AM

Will February See Launch of Google Phone v1?

Rumors are swirling that phones based on Google’s Android platform might see the light of day as soon as February 2008.   And no, it’s not because my birthday falls in that month. You see there’s this little trade show...

Posted on December 27, 2007 10:05 AM

Patience Google Developers... Patience

What’s that? Could it be a chink in the armor of the all-powerful Google? More likely it’s just a sign that they need to spend a few more hours fully cooking their Android mobile phone development platform.   What am...

Posted on December 20, 2007 8:07 AM

Packet8 Adds Mobility

Packet8 today announced the Packet8 MobileTalk international calling service for mobile phone users.   Over 340 handset models are supported out of the gate, including mobile smartphones running the Windows, Palm or Symbian operating systems. Blackberries are also supported.  ...

Posted on November 19, 2007 8:21 AM

Open Handset Alliance Member List

The Open Handset Alliance is a group of mobile and technology leaders who share a common vision for changing the mobile experience for consumers. The Alliance is made up of mobile operators, software companies, chip makers, handset manufacturers and commercialization...

Posted on November 5, 2007 12:54 PM

Tom Wheeler on the Discovery Dilemma

  I saw a great article titled The Discovery Dilemma that was published on TMCnet’s Billing global online community.   In the article, the author — Tom Wheeler of CTIA and NCTA fame — talks about the challenge facing wireless...

Posted on November 5, 2007 11:11 AM