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If there’s one thing Clearwire is guilty of doing wrong, it’s launching their service way too early using a technology that most people in the industry knew wasn’t going to be supported. Looking to right that wrong, Clearwire has been in the process of conducting tests using LTE technology, otherwise known as Long Term Evolution,…
One trend that was painfully obvious at CES was that mobile phones are not only getting more powerful, but that they’re getting larger as well. It used to be that having a screen size of larger than 4 inches was considered a rarity. Now it’s common place. Depending on the type of person you are…
Picochip, a company based out of England that designs femtocells and is backed by both AT&T and Intel, have announced a new product that they say will enable the creation of a 3G base station that fits onto a USB stick. Femtocells, for those who have no idea what I’m talking about, are like tiny…
Now that CES is finally over we can start looking forward to the real trade show that focuses on the wireless industry: Mobile World Congress. Make no mistake about it, the devices you read about CES may be the most cutting edge mobile phones ever to be revealed, but they’ll quickly be rendered out of…
Thanks to the rise of application stores on mobile phones scammers are having a ball at digging out exploits that can yield them extra pocket money. This latest application however, called Cancerblock, just screams disingenuous and frankly makes me a little disgusted after having to watch my father lose his battle with colon cancer. Cancerblock…
John Garber, an employee at Club Halo in Atlanta, was at the wrong place in the wrong time. Two people who that were thrown out of the club got into an argument outside in the parking lot which resulted in both men running to their cars, grabbing pistols, and then proceeding to fire at each…
After a 6 month trial of near field communication (NFC) technology in the Spanish town of Sitges that began in May 2010, results have been released showing how people used what many are calling the future of cash. The trial was run by Telefónica, one of the largest operators in Europe, and La Caixa bank.…
It’s difficult to believe that Apple, with only one device, has owned such a large chunk of American smartphone market for this long. According to the bean counters at comScore, during the September to November period Apple’s iOS platform went from 24.2% to 25% market share, meaning one in four smartphone users has the Jesus…
Once upon a time Dell used to made a fantastic lineup of personal digital assistants (PDAs) called the Axim. Dell proved with each new generation of Axim devices that there were competent enough to create outstanding hardware. What happened to the people behind Axim is a story no one really knows, but there was a…
ViewSonic, a brand many of us remember from the golden days of CRT monitors when you could pick up a 22 inch tube that weighed as much as your girlfriend for about the same price as an unlocked unsubsidized iPhone, is looking to get into the smartphone game. Why wouldn’t they? Everyone and there mother…