There aren’t too many things super-exotic sports cars, like the $1+ million Bugatti Veyron, hate more than being sentenced to a life of grocery-getting and night-on-the-towning. Salt water is high on that short-list. Being driven by a cellphone-distracted driver also makes that list. Combine those two super car pet-peeves, and you’ve got the makings of…
Here’s your $100 discount to ‘Under The Radar!’
If you’ve got a thing for scoping out mobile technology start-ups while they’re still young and in the “up-and-coming” stage of their business, you’ll want to make sure you get yourself to the “Under The Radar” conference in Mountain View, CA. this week. On November 19, 2009, mobile start-ups will take the stage at the…
The $30 Palm Pixi should make you seriously consider webOS
The Palm Pixi is due to hit market on Sunday, November 15th. Following on the slider-style Palm Pre, the Palm Pixi will launch as Sprint’s second webOS-powered smartphone. It’ll feature the same touchscreen and gesture-support we first saw on the Palm Pre, but trades screen size for a slate-style QWERTY keyboard and does away with…
Apple iPhone takes third place in Q3 global smartphone sales
There’s no denying the almost magical draw of the iPhone and the world of good it’s done for Apple’s bottom line. A new report from Gartner today backs up that notion with data that has the Apple iPhone accounting for 17.1% of global smartphone sales in Q3 2009. That figure puts Apple in the No.…
T-Mobile’s plan to go big with their 3G network
T-Mobile is something of an underdog in the US wireless ecosystem. Going by subscriber counts, T-Mobile trails Verizon, AT&T and Sprint as the No. 4 US wireless carrier. That apparently isn’t going to cut it for T-Mobile. The carrier has announced plans to go big with their 3G network, in an effort to close the…
NaviComputer brings offline GPS maps to your Windows Phone
Any smartphone worth its salt these days comes packing an integrated GPS receiver that allows you to pin-point your location on, say, a Google Map. But, GPS mapping on a smartphone has a critical Achilles Heel – the handset needs an active wireless data connection to pull down map data. Without map data, the GPS…
Bad news for streaming music services – Most students prefer to download music
Streaming music services like Spotify seem like n0-brainer winners. You get unlimited access to a virtually unlimited catalog of music for a nominal monthly fee. How could streaming music not be a runaway success? By not catching on with the all-important youth/student demographic, that’s how. A new survey of 10,000 university students, conducted by the…
HTC Passion/Dragon coming to Verizon in mid-December?
You see this little snippet of a photo of an HTC smartphone? This may just be an image of the rumored Verizon-bound HTC Passion/Dragon’s display. The photo comes bundled with new speculation that has the big-screened Android phone bringing its 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera and Android 2.0 OS to Verizon Wireless sometime in the…
Sprint plans to slash 2,500 jobs
When times gets tough, big corporations get to slashing jobs. Sprint Nextel knows this all too well. Following a round of job cuts that gave thousands of Sprint Nextel employees the dreaded pink slip, Sprint has announced that it plans to lighten their employee-load by another 2,000 to 2,500 by the end of the year.…
Clearwire secures $1.5 billion in funding, mostly from Sprint
Clearwire finally looks poised to go nationwide with their 4G WiMAX network. The company announced today that it has secured an additional $1.5 billion in funding from its partners to help build out the Clearwire network. Clearwire has been pushing to get their 4G WiMAX network up and running throughout the US, but it’s been…