Google filed a trademark for “Nexus One” on December 10th of this year, meaning the probability that a “Google Phone” does exist has dramatically increased. We’re still going to have to wait to hear how Google plans on selling this without pissing off other handset makers and operators if the rumours that this thing will…
Brief: First benchmark of TeliaSonera’s LTE network: 37 ms ping, 5.3 Mbps up, 43 Mbps down
TeliaSonera’s LTE network went live today, and as the world’s first commercial LTE network in existence the first question everyone has on their mind is how fast is it? How does a ping of 37 ms sound, with 42.78 Mbps (5.3375 megabytes per second) download and 5.3 Mbps (0.6625 megabytes per second) upload sound to…
Video: HTML5 SVG and Canvas support shown in Firefox on Nokia’s N900
In 5 years we’ll all be looking at the dedicated application stores of today and laugh at how fucking stupid we once were. The only reason developers care about app stores, the ONLY reason, is the ability to monetize their applications. Once operators make a billing element which taps into the SIM card that can…
ST-Ericsson demonstrates dual mode LTE/HSPA modem in Sweden
ST-Ericsson, possibly using TeliaSonera’s brand spanking new LTE network, successfully demonstrated their new M710 dual mode LTE/HSPA platform. Consumers buying USB dongles, laptop cards, or devices with the M710 chipset built in will have access to both LTE and HSPA (3.5G) networks, and will be able to handover between the two. People buying an LTE…
Swype, touch screen rapid input made by the creator of T9, gets $5.6 million from Nokia and Samsung
Swype, which is a new way of inputting text based on drawing on a touch screen display that was created by the guy who invented T9, Cliff Kushler, just got $5.6 million in a second round of funding from Nokia Growth Partners, Samsung Ventures and Benaroya Capital. Swype has been in development for 7 years,…
Brief: Toshiba: 64 GB memory chips to begin mass production in Q1 10 [64 GB + 128 GB iPhone soon]
Toshiba makes a lot of things, but they’re best known in the mobile industry for their memory chips. They’ve just announced a 32 nanometer based, 30 micrometer thick, 64 GB chip that will begin mass production during the first quarter of 2010. You can expect them to be in the upcoming 64 GB and 128…
O2 UK achieves 150 Mbps over LTE using Huawei equipment
Yesterday TeliaSonera turned on the world’s first commercial LTE network, and earlier this month I posted a lengthy list of operators around the world currently committed or trialing LTE equipment. Add O2 to that list, they’ve just successfully completed a test of Huawei equipment in the Slough area of the UK, where O2 headquarters are…
Analyst: Gartner: Mobile phone unit sales in 2009 to fall less than 1% short of 2008 figures
This time last year the mobile telecom giants were predicting a 10% drop in volumes for 2009 citing the dreadful economy. During Nokia’s Q3 2009 financial earnings call, held on October 15, the company said they expected “industry mobile device volumes to be approximately 1.12 billion units in 2009, down approximately 7% from approximately 1.21…
Rant of the Year: Fake Steve Jobs’ brief chat with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson about mobile data
Writing well is a skill bestowed upon few, and those who have the power of wrangling English to produce persuasive, enlightening and entertaining work are idolized and envied by writers all over the world. Dan Lyons, also known as Fake Steve Jobs, recently wrote a satirical rant describing a phone call he had with AT&T…
Brief: Samsung Electronics to get new CEO, split into 7 smaller companies, mobile is one of them
2010 looks to be the year of musical chairs. With Nokia recently changing their CFO and then reorganizing their mobile division into phones, smartphones, and mobile computers, it looks like Samsung Electronics is aiming to do roughly same thing. Previously the mobile division of Samsung Electronics was lumped together with the people working on televisions,…