CDMA, as a wireless technology, died when Verizon, the world’s largest CDMA operator with over 92.8 million subscribers as of Q1 2010, joined the GSMA and said that they’re going to deploy an LTE network. It’s on track to be turned on this year too, with field tests involving real users happening right now. The…
China Telecom Launches BlackBerry Storm
As expected, China Telecom has confirmed that they’ll be launching their first BlackBerry this month: the CDMA Storm. The BlackBerry Storm, as many of you know, has a 3.2 megapixel camera, HVGA display, and RIM’s patented SurePress clicking touchscreen. This is the first time SurePress is finding its way into China; it’ll be interesting to…
Lenovo has big plans for the mobile space
We knew Lenovo was going to introduce their LePhone into the world at some point. It was unveiled at CES earlier this year, and is quite the phone. The LePhone will be launched next month, but the Chinese company held an event for the device, and shared it’s ambitions as they begin to enter the…
Motorola Titanium XT800 eyes SK Telecom
Motorola’s MOTOROI has been the go-to Android device in Korea, but Motorola is prepping a lower end phone to hit the shelves soon, the Titanium XT800. The Titanium will ship in two different variants, the XT800C and XT800W. The ‘C’ version is a CDMA device, while the ‘W’ will be a UMTS capable phone. The…
Google partially blocking mobile services in China
The Google China beef is getting real, and the search giant said it is partially blocking mobile services. This means Chinese users may get disruptions of Google Maps, search, Buzz, and other services. It’s unclear if this only applies to Android-powered devices, or any phone that uses the many mobile Google apps. The standoff with…
China Telecom, China’s 3rd largest operator, confirms Palm Pre coming in July, BlackBerry in May
Way back, in November of 2009, we told you that China Telecom may be, might be, could possibly, bring the Palm Pre to their network. Today, during China Telecom’s full year results conference call, the company took the opportunity to announce that not only will the Palm Pre be coming to China’s 3rd largest network…
China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless join the GSMA since they’re all switching to LTE; CDMA is dead
China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless all use CDMA today because when they deployed their networks, CDMA offered superior voice quality and data speeds. Earlier this century UMTS came, then a few years later HSPA became the golden standard in Europe and Asia. America is getting there, but it’s taking some time; blame AT&T. But…
Sagem Orga shoves WiFi on a SIM card, while JCET prefers to stick NFC onto that little piece of plastic
When you think of a SIM card, innovation isn’t exactly the first word that pops into mind. For Europeans and Asians, a SIM card is where they keep all their contacts, and what they actually pay for every month out of pocket. Most people purchase their devices unlocked. For Americans, the SIM card is still…
Ultrabrief: China adds 8.86 million mobile subscribes in December 2009
China Mobile added 4.2 million subscribers in December 2009, brining their total to 522.3 million. China Unicom added 1.56 million subscribers during the same month, their total is now 147.54 million. China Telecom added 3.1 million subscribers, their total is now roughly 56.1 million. Good job at deciding to pull out of China, Google, why…
Windows Mobile-powered Philips D908 gets official in China
Although we don’t see that many Philips-branded handsets in the Western hemisphere, that never stopped the electronics giant from pushing its products to the ever-growing Chinese market. Their latest phone is marked as D908 and it relies of the latest version of Windows Mobile (6.5), as you can see from this page on Microsoft China’s…