The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Phone, which also goes by the name Nexus One, and the HTC Passion, has hit the FCC and it looks like it will support T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)’s 3G network (1700 MHz), and Europe’s 3G standard (2100 MHz). Devices that hit the FCC usually reach the market within 90 days so you…
TeliaSonera launches LTE in Stockholm & Oslo: $85/month, 30 GB cap, dongle can’t do 3G or Mac OS X
The 35 minute video streaming press conference that TeliaSonera just held can best be described as: “WE ROCK, WE’RE FIRST, SWEDEN, SWEDEN, SWEDEN!” The company is officially the first operator in the world to launch a commercial LTE network. Starting tomorrow, customers in the cities of Stockholm and Oslo will be able to pick up…
Nokia to lay off 2,000 people at their Salo factory in Finland
YLE, think of them as the Finnish version of the BBC, has just discovered that on Monday Nokia is planning to announce that they’re going to lay off 2,000 people working at the Salo factory located in Finland. The lay offs will be cyclical, meaning no one person will be laid off for more than…
Conspiracy Theory: Google Phone rumours were started by Apple; it’s all lies
Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review, is calling bullshit on this whole Google Phone (aka Nexus One, aka HTC Passion) saga. Here are several of his tweets: “Hmmm Google Phone is a kind of fake finaly. Just finish conversation with some guy from Google, story looks in other way then it was discuss” “Google…
Photo: The Nexus One, aka HTC Passion, aka Google Phone, has leaked
Google employees tweeting they have a Google Phone, combined with Google posting an official statement on their mobile blog saying that employees have been given a device to test over the holiday season, meant that a photo of it showing up Twitpic would be an inevitable event. That’s exactly what happened when Cory O’Brien, based…
Ultrabrief: Rumour: The Google Phone has a name: Nexus One
The Wall Street Journal, in their old journalism way of working, has gathered up what the internet has been talking about over the past 24 hours, without linking to their sources, and made a neat and concise article explaining the situation behind the “Google Phone”. If you’re been reading IntoMobile today then you’re familiar with…
Google gives employees an unannounced Android device to test over the holidays [NOT A GPHONE]
The rumours are again running wild that there will be a Google branded phone, this time due to a few Google employees tweeting about an unannounced product they’ve just received. Google has just issued an official statement, copied below in full: An Android dogfood diet for the holidays At Google, we are constantly experimenting with…
The 13 patents Apple is saying Nokia has violated
Just a few moment ago Apple filed a countersuit to Nokia’s charge that the company has violated 10 of their patents essential to the GSM, UMTS (WCDMA) and WiFi standard. Apple has said that Nokia has violated 13 of their patents. I’m surprised how old some of these are, especially the 10th patent which dates…
Apple Countersues Nokia: Oh. My. God. [Update: AAPL calls out Anssi Vanjoki’s “copy with pride” quote]
A little less than 2 months ago Nokia sued Apple for violating 10 patents the Finnish company deemed critically for making GSM, UMTS, WCDMA and WiFi work. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said Apple may be looking at paying $200 to $400 million in damages, while Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston said that figure was…
Up to 19 LTE networks to go live in 2010, 36 networks to be operational in 2012; list of who and where!
The GSA (Global Suppliers Association) is reporting that over the past 8 months there has been a near 100% increase in the number of operators around the world committing to the LTE standard. There are now 51 network commitments in 24 countries, an increase of 96% over the past 8 months. Not all is rosy…