Japan’s largest wireless carrer, NTT DoCoMo, today announced an unusual move to help fund the build-out of AT&T’s 3G infrastructure in Hawaii. Apparently, the tropical island-state is a huge draw for Japanese tourists. NTT DoCoMo says that eager Japanese tourists are making with the sad face when they find that their 2G handsets will only…
Apple iPhone / AT&T collusion under fire in Congress – future of network locked/bundled phones in question
Yea, the iPhone is locked to AT&T. No, it doesn’t seem fair. But, what’s a nation to do? Well, the Congressional Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is holding a hearing today to discuss whether it is “fair” to bundle cell phones with certain wireless carriers. The debate is officially titled, “Wireless Innovation and Consumer…
Shenzhen Aishide Industry Company to sell the iPhone in China
According to China Tech News the iPhone is coming to mainland China! No price point or release date, but I bet the clones with their pirated operating systems will be more open than the iPhone. [Via: Textually]
iPhone CPU supports hardware Java acceleration, yet it is turned off, why?
Java applications running a bit slow on your mobile? You probably don’t have Jazelle in there, a technology created by ARM that speeds up the execution of Java applications and lowers RAM consumption by a factor of 8. It also allows for multiple Java applications to be run with minimal overhead. Why is such an…
Pictures of the 3G Motorola Z9 in the flesh
Boy Genius got his hands on the newest, unreleased handset to roll off the Motorola factory floor. The Motorola Z9 comes to us as an early prototype from deep within Moto headquarters. We can’t tell you much, but we can tell you that this 3G phone is going to AT&T (and even sports an AT&T…
AT&T hooks up Riverside, CA with free municipal wifi
Life in the Inland Empire is about to get a little sweeter. The booming city of Riverside, CA., with its 300,000 residents, will happy to hear that AT&T is working with MetroFi to bring free public wireless internet access to the entire city. MetroFi’s experience in deploying city-wide wireless networks will prove invaluable in covering…
Video: Teasing people on the iPhone line, recorded on a Nokia N95
I have nothing to say except wow. Marketing really does make the world go round. [Via: MyPhoneRocks] I love how the French guy gives compliments to the Nokia N95.
iPhone works sans AT&T service?
Developer Alex King made his iPhone work without AT&T’s service. No guarantees that it will continue to work, but for now it looks like a video iPod and iPhone test device he was hoping for. Personally, I don’t see much point in doing this — you could get the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet for surfing…
AT&T buys Dobson Communications for $2.8 Billion
AT&T must have been anticipating the Apple iPhone to be a huge success, because, on Friday, it agreed to buy-out Dobson Communications for a cool $2.8 Billion. The rural wireless carrier does business under the name Cellular One and has had a working relationship with AT&T since 1990. This new deal represents a $13 per…
AT&T EDGE network goes down amidst intense Apple iPhone usage!
Reports are coming in from all over the various internets that AT&T’s highly criticised EDGE network is down! We can imagine the 500,000 new iPhone users are hitting AT&T network pretty hard, but that’s no excuse for a network outage! Interestingly, our AT&T Go Phone prepaid plan experienced network outages just days prior to the…