Pocket PC magazine (soon to be renamed Smartphone & Pocket PC) announces Finalists in its Fifth Annual Best Software Awards at www.PocketPCmag.com/awards/ Over 80 Windows Mobile experts have cast their on-line ballots to determine the best Pocket PC and Smartphone software. They voted on over 700… Read More »
Archive for September 2005
Two out of five US residents have Broadband at home, according to the findings of a recent report by Nielsen/NetRatings, a market research firm. The number of Americans with broadband access reached 42 percent of the U.S. population in August, increasing 16% to 120.8 million. Much… Read More »
Met up with a group of Mobile Devices MVPs at a Starbucks this morning. It was great finally meeting Steven Hughes, Don Sorcinelli and Jack Cook in person. They are much uglier in person than I thought they’d be. Seriously, these are all great guys… Read More »
Interesting photos and news of iTunes running on Windows Mobile have emerged on a European Blog. The authenticity is highly suspect, but you can decide on your own. If it is true, well looks like this could finally give people another reason to buy Windows… Read More »
It seems that engadget has the scoop on the new Blackberry 8700 and anticipates the official announcement to take place any day. It’s another brick form factor, instead of the phone factor of the 7100 series, though supposedly thinner and narrower than the 7200 series. … Read More »
RIM announced that future Blackberry’s will be using Intel’s new chip, code named ‘Hermon’, that adds EDGE technology. Based on other features and past reports the ‘Hermon’ should support 3G and WiFi. Now all that’s left is to wait for the announcement of the new Blackberry’s. [via… Read More »
Musicgiants, a high-def digital music download service is all set to launch on Wednesday. Billed as a download service for audiophiles, the 15-person company will offer songs that are uncompressed and are encoded using windows media technology at 1100 kbps. In comparison, Apple’s iTunes and… Read More »
Despite the doubts about their IPO swirling, Vonage is going ahead and preparing itself for an initial public offering, according to Light Reading and after a six-month bake-off,”has chosen Citibank, UBS AG, and Deutsche Bank AG” as lead managers of the offering that could… Read More »
Update: Apple is doing the “right thing” and kudos for that! If Bill Gates is letting out a cackle over the recent iPod Nano debacle, one can’t blame him. He has been on the receiving end of consumer ire for a decade now, many of… Read More »
A few months ago, I had written a piece about the coming of mobile television, (which is different from what folks like MobiTV already do) and the competition between Nokia and Qualcomm’s MediaFLO. MediaFLO essentially is a parallel wireless network that uses 700-Megahertz spectrum to… Read More »
Five months after calling it quits, and with FCC approval of the Verizon-MCI merger on cards, Qwest is reconsidering making a hostile bid for MCI, reports Denver Post. The new interest is prompted by hedge fund Deephaven Capital Management which is lining up support… Read More »
You may have heard the argument: When talk turns to converged consumer electronics devices, many tech industry observers point to the clock radio as one of the few success stories. Everything else, no matter the maker, tends to sacrifice usability in the name of feature-lust. So… Read More »
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