The FCC is looking to free up to 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband over the next ten years and it will try to buy the airwaves from broadcasters. The move would help avert what FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls a “spectrum crisis” that could leave data-hungry mobile devices like the iPhone, Droid, and 3G-enabled…
Irish company Afilias grabs “.mobi” domain suffix
It looks like the big boys that once proudly stood behind the “.mobi” domain, which should’ve been used by mobile website developers around the world, finally realized just how stupid their idea was. Right from the start when first web-enabled handsets started appearing, many companies started using “m.company.com” instead of “company.mobi.” Heck, in many cases…
Video: Nokia N900 running Google Earth kind of service through Flash Earth
I’m not sure Google will release the official Google Earth client for the Nokia N900 — at least until they don’t see the platform (now Meego) hitting the mainstream — but that doesn’t mean you can’t access something similar called FlashEarth on your Maemo-powered device. It’s not the “official way,” but it works and that’s…
Russia’s MTS to offer co-branded version of Opera Mini
Opera Software scored another carrier partner – Russia’s MTS, which will provide a co-branded version of the Opera Mini browser for its subscribers. This translates into a customized Opera Mini start page as well as different (than the regular version) default bookmark locations. Opera Mini is the most popular mobile browser for mobile phones in…
Opera scores a deal with Indonesia’s Telkomsel to offer Opera Mini to their customers
Indonesia’s Telkomsel and Opera Software announced a deal under which the operator will offer Opera Mini to its 82 million users. Opera on its end will prepare a custom version of Opera Mini 5, which will be “optimized for Telkomsel subscribers.” What that exactly means was not disclosed – I’m guessing Telkomsel gets to choose…
RIM Shows off New Webkit Browser
Another goodie from RIM coming out of Mobile World Congress was the first look at their new Webkit browser, ripe with HTML 5, AJAX, significantly improved Javascript handling, CSS3, along with JIL and BlackBerry widget support. While it’s hard to gauge real-world performance in a prerecorded test-tube demo like this, the browser does score 100/100…
BOLT Mobile Browser 1.7 launched
Just as we expected, Bitstream has launched a new version (1.7) of its BOLT browser, a year after it was unveiled to the world. Let’s go straight to the new features included in this release: Localization – BOLT now includes options for English, Spanish and Russian languages Widgets – still in beta, BOLT now allows…
iDroid Mini Browser for iPhone
If the Safari web browser built-in to your iPhone or iPod Touch isn’t cutting it for you, or, perhaps if you just want a change… care to give iDroid Mini a try? The iDroid Mini Browser was inspired by Safari, the Android Browser and Opera Mini… Wrap them all up in one little package and…
Yahoo! Announces Mobile Site for the 2010 Winter Olympics
Yahoo! Mobile Winter Olympic Games @ Yahoo! Video So here I was thinking I’d call it off with any more Olympic news today. Looks like I lasted a few hours, at best. Yahoo! has just announced via their Mobile Blog that coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics can be found at a new mobile…
Huawei to pre-install Opera’s mobile web browser in its handsets
In an effort to sell devices with better web browsing experience, Huawei will pre-install a version of Opera’s mobile web browser in its handsets. The version that will come with Huawei’s phones is Opera Mobile 10, which was released for operators and OEMs last December. Commenting on the news, Huawei’s Head of handset R&D, Jiang…