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The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 to write rules which will eventually take away spectrum from major broadcasters in order to allocate more airwaves for mobile broadband. This is part of the long-term plan by the FCC to avoid a crunch – as more and more people use mobile devices to get on line, there…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen the mysterious BlackBerry 8980 code-named Atlas, which looks like little more than a Bold 9700 with a Curve-style keyboard, but it recently passed through the FCC rigamarole. Technically, the first test results for the 8980 went through in early September, but just yesterday the user manual and external…
In an effort that involves launching as many phones as humanly possibly, Samsung is preparing to unveil a new member of its touchscreen family of device – R700. The device has been caught while playing in FCC’s labs and from there we know one thing – we don’t want it. The reason is simple –…
Some snooping around the FCC site has given us a glimpse at yet another Android tablet, and this time is coming to us from Creative Labs. Will this be one of the more desirable Android tablets headed to market in the coming months? Or are we going to see this thing hit the wall before…
At the Web 2.0 Summit, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski had some firm words about Verizon and Google’s attempt to derail the FCC’s plans to eliminate carriers’ ability to prioritize and throttle particular wireless data. “I would have preferred if they didn’t do exactly what they did when they did. It slowed down some processes that…
Ah, the HTC Paradise, it’s been so long since we last caught wind of this Android-powered QWERTY slider phone. Last time we heard of this handset, someone had actually bought the device, along with another unfinished HTC Android device, from Craigslist. We haven’t heard much since. Well, the FCC has outed this bad boy, and…
The Dell Venue (previously known as the Thunder) has passed through the FCC and Bluetooth Special Interest Group on its way to AT&T (considering the docs list testing for their 1900 and 850 MHz HSPA bands). The model number V03B for anybody curious. From what we know, the Dell Venue has a 4.1″ AMOLED touchscreen,…
As it’s gearing toward the launch, Nokia thought it’s a good practice to put its C5-03 smartphone through FCC’s approval process. The problem, however, is that the version we caught at FCC’s website doesn’t work with American 3G networks — AT&T and T-Mobile included. On that note we ask – why bother Nokia – it’s…
Remember that somewhat nice lookin’ Acer Liquid Metal S120? The Android smartphone has been caught at the FCC playing nice on WCDMA II and V bands which perfectly fit AT&T’s 3G network. The test model S120 DVT2 relies on Qualcomm’s 800MHz MSM7230-1 CPU while running the latest version of Android OS – 2.2 Froyo. Rest…
The Federal Communication Commission has previously warned us that we are facing a lack of spectrum mobile data networks which could hamper the country’s ability to innovate at a high level but the latest forecast predicts the situation may be even more dire than previously thought. “The explosive growth in mobile communications is outpacing our…