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Comcast has just announced a partnership with Novatel Wireless, maker of the popular MiFi card you can grab from Sprint, Verizon or Virgin Mobile. Comcast will now support the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot and Ovation MC760 USB modem for its High-Speed 2go plans. The Ovation MC760 is touted by Novatel and Comcast…
If you though text messaging was just for Justin Bieber-loving tweens, you’re wrong, as a new survey from Pew Internet says that 72% of adults also routinely send text messages. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise, as we know text messaging has been increasing at stunning rate, but the Pew survey does have a…
AOL and Google are at it again as the two Internet giants have announced the renewal of their partnership for another five years. The deal entails Google’s search services being integrated with AOL content networks and properties. Of course, there will be shared revenue between the two and the expansion part comes into the mobile…
The CTIA is weighing in on the FCC’s potential plans to implement net neutrality rules on the wireless broadband space and the mobile industry organization is again stressing that wireless is different. The governmental agency recently put out a Public Notice for comment on its net neutrality plans and mobile broadband will be a contentious…
Sony Ericsson is aiming high, as the company said it wants to be the world’s biggest supplier of Android phones. It has its work cut out for it. Sony Ericsson said it has about 17% of the Android market, although it didn’t cite the sources. We’re not huge fans of its Xperia lineup but these…
We have spotted the Samsung Gem and the Fascinate the wild before and now the duo for Verizon have made their first side-by-side retail appearance. Page 9 of the September issue of Best Buy’s mobile buyers guide features a double page advertisement for Verizon which includes the Samsung Fascinate and the Samsung Gem. Both handsets are shown off…
RIM’s adventures in international security continue today as the International Telecommunication Union, an agency of the United Nations, said BlackBerry data should be shared with the world’s governments as needed. In regards to the security demands made by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India, and others for lawful interception of full text e-mails ,…
We’ve seen plenty of the BlackBerry 9670, RIM’s next upper-tier OS 6 handset, over the last couple of months, and though the codename Oxford has been whispered here and there, a fresh rumour is indicating the market name will be “Style.” How well-received that name will be is largely a matter of opinion, but let’s…
Toshiba officially introduced its Folio 100 tablet at the IFA show in Berlin and the Android tablet is going straight after the Apple iPad and the flood of Android tablets that should soon hit the market. The Toshiba Folio 100 will have a 10.1-inch capacitive multitouch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution. It will…
At yesterday’s iTunes / iPod event, Steve Jobs was bragging about Apple’s iOS adoption numbers, making a jab at Google for fluffing their own with with those who simply upgrade, in addition to first-time buyers. A Google spokesperson stepped in and corrected Jobs on the statement: “The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and…