Devices like the Apple iPhone 3GS, the Google HTC Nexus One and the Nokia N900 all run on the ARM Cortex A8 processor, albeit at different speeds. The A8 is a huge leap ahead in performance compared to the old ARM11 processors that have powered a majority of smartphones during the middle part of the…
Google single handedly started the push to get the USA market to where the EU and Asia have been for ages
I feel bad for you people in America. All your networks suck, well except maybe for Verizon, your voice, SMS and data rates are ridiculously expensive, and you have to wait an inordinate amount time to get devices that are already shipping in Europe or Asia because your operators want complete and total control over…
AT&T turns on 7.2 Mbps HSPA, deploying fiber backhaul to towers during 2010 and 2011
As a response to T-Mobile’s decision to turn on 7.2 Mbps today it appears that AT&T has done the same thing. Realistically speaking these two events were probably scheduled months in advance and press releases were written several weeks prior, but I’ll ignore the logic and just say it’s AT&T responding to T-Mobile and then…
Forrester: 17% of Americans have smartphones, 15% of Americans have dumbfones with QWERTY
Charles Golvin from Forrester Research has just reported that they’ve received data back from a survey they issued during October and November of 2009. It wasn’t mentioned how many people were surveyed, but here are the results anyway, and they’re rather interesting: Smartphone penetration, and a smartphone is defined as something running an operating system…
Apple: 9 months to hit 1 billion apps download, 2 billion 5 months later, 3 billion 3 months later
Apple has just issued a press release announcing that they’ve hit 3 billion applications downloaded less than 18 months after the App Store opened. Here are some key milestones: July 14 2008: Apple App store opens and during the weekend over 10 million applications were downloaded. April 24 2009: 1 billion applications downloaded; took 9…
OmniVision OV14825: 14.6 megapixel photos, 1080p video at 60 fps
OmniVision has just announced the OV14810 and OV14825 image sensors. The OV14825 is a 1/2.33 inch sensor designed to be put into mobile phones and can provide 14.6 megapixels of questionable image quality, optics matter people, and 1080p video at 60 frames per second. It’s going to be a while until we see any sort…
U.S. Justice Department and National Telecommunications and Information Administration ask for more spectrum
The United States Justice Department and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration are asking the Federal Communications Commission to free up more wireless spectrum to connect more Americans to broadband. The NTIA is asking for an additional 800 MHz of spectrum to be released, which is huge when you consider that today the U.S. only…
ABI Research: In 2014 there will be 58 million mobile broadband equipped devices sold
The Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, what do they have in common? They both have wireless capabilities built in. It’s a feature that many wireless operators are only now starting to capitalize on. After all, what better way for operators to increase their bottom line than to partner with companies who then go…
Ultrabrief: Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner steps down after 15 years, replaced by Lars Boilesen
Jon von Tetzchner, one of the founders of the Norwegian browser company Opera, has been CEO since 1995; Will even had the pleasure of interviewing him earlier this year. Today that has changed. Effective immediately the new CEO is Lars Boilesen, age 42, he used to be Executive Vice President of Opera Sales from 2000…
Apple spending $275 million to buy mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless
Massachusetts based Quattro Wireless, a competitor to AdMob that was recently bought up by Google to the tune of $750 million, was purchased by Apple for $275 million according to sources that have informed Kara Swisher from The Wall Street Journal. While Google is busy making blue text that only 1 out of every 100…