BellSouth has launched a pre-WiMAX service in Georgia, becoming the first major (regional bell) phone company to launch a fixed wireless service. 384 kbps down and 128 kbps up “Wireless Lite” package costs $30, while Wireless Ultra (1.5 mbps down/ 256 kbps up) costs $40 a… Read More »
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Given that their browser based search is still a bit of hit and a miss, it is tough to figure out how they improve the Technorati experience on the mobile phone. As I said in my previous post, Technorati optimized for Palm Treo (how of… Read More »
David Beisel is quite impressed by Trip Hawkins’ portrayal of the mobile phone as a social computer. Hawkins’ who is the founder of Digital Chocolate, a mobile gaming company is of the Silicon Valley set that came of age in the PC era. He was… Read More »
Business 2.0: While Qualcomm and Nokia will win big by building the infrastructure, TV-on-phones technology will create a passel of opportunities for entrepreneurs too. Some channels will broadcast standard TV, but thumb-jockeys will also enjoy interactive programs that blend television with the Web. And because… Read More »
With mobile blogging technology, sharing your cell-phone pictures is finally easy. And that’s just what carriers have been waiting for. By Om Malik, July 26, 2005 Put camera phones together with blogs and you get the next big thing in mobile communication: “moblogs.” A moblog is a blog… Read More »
Nextel-Sprint is mulling various technologies for their 2.5 GHz spectrum. Unstrung says they are looking at NextNet in addition to IPWireless and Flarion’s technologies. “We expect that we will build a network at some point on 2.5,” said Nextel CEO Tim Donahue on an analyst… Read More »
This Google map will help take the mystery out of the weak cellular signals and help pinpoint cell phone locations. You can find cellphone reception and dead spots mapped as well. Good work Allen! Read More »
Real men use Nextel for a phone service, while 18-year-old boys love Sprint, according to M:Metrics, a San Francisco research firm. In other words, SexTel, is the perfect name for the new combined service. All they need to do is replace the black coat guy… Read More »
EVDO – Next Generation doesn’t sound sexy. That perhaps that explains why KDDI is staying away from the EVDO mumbo-jumbo, and is calling its post 3g network, The Ultra 3G. (No relation to Ali-G!) The Japanese giant along with rest of the CDMA… Read More »
South Florida Sun-Sentinel says, ‘Taxpayer-funded Internet access seen as a boon for economic growth.” And that is why the tiny communities of Boynton Beach, Coral Gables, Delray Beach, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Pembroke Pines, West Palm Beach and Wilton Manors are building wireless Internet networks. Broward,… Read More »
The Boston Globe reports on yet another tiny town building its own wireless network at a cost of between $120-to- $160,000. Read More »
You can buy the Nokia 6682 directly from Nokia. Someone asked me about this handset, earlier today. We all know how carriers in the US drag their feet, and most of us have to resort to import websites and pay a premium for the phone… Read More »
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