During the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas, Gemalto and Texas Instruments announced collaboration to enable Gemalto Mobile Financial Services on TI’s OMAP platform and M-Shield security technology for mobile devices. As a result, the two companies unveiled a new solution that integrates security platform for conducting mobile financial transactions. Here’s how it works (from the…
Boingo brings WiFi to iPad
Sometimes it sucks to pay for Internet connectivity. The hotel I was staying at for CTIA wanted $13.99 a night for one ethernet port and that wasn’t going to happen. Fortunately, Boingo’s newest app will enable you to buy credits for the more-than 125,000 Boingo hotspots around the world. Aptly called Boingo WiFi Credits, it…
New satellite LTE network could challenge AT&T, Verizon
The hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners will be purchasing the satellite operator SkyTerra and using the satellite network to create a nationwide 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution technology. The company will be using about 23 MHz of spectrum throughout the 1.4 GHz and 1.6 GHz terrestrial band and the 10 MHz of the satellite…
CTIA 2010: Android, mobile data ruled the roost
The IntoMobile team spent last week destroying Las Vegas for the CTIA Wireless 2010 tradeshow. Despite having no luck at the blackjack tables, we were able to fully cover the most important conference for the U.S. mobile industry. Read beyond the jump for a thorough take on the big hits and misses from Sin City.
Hands-on video of BlueAnt’s text-to-speech Android app
BlueAnt makes some pretty cool Bluetooth headsets but it is taking its game up a knoch by releasing an Android app. The free app – which will only be for Android 2.0 devices and above – will read your text messages out loud, as well assist with pairing, volume control and support information. The program…
Verizon announces Skype Mobile application for select 3G phones
As promised, today Verizon Wireless and Skype announced Skype Mobile, an application that allows customers to call any of the 500 million customers for free. It was at Mobile World Congress that Verizon and Skype announced that they were joining forces, and now we the announcement of the goods to be shown Starting Thursday, the…
HTC EVO 4G Announced – WiMAX, 4.3″ Screen, 8 Megapixel Camera, HDMI-Out
Sprint and HTC just announced the EVO 4G, a beast of a device that we had seen glimpses of under the monicker Supersonic. The overall package is extremely impressive: 4.3″ display, 8 megapixel primary camera with a secondary 1.3 megapixel video conferencing camera, 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor, Android 2.1 with HTC Sense, HDMI-out, GPS, and…
T-Mobile swings for fences with HSPA+
The nation’s fourth-largest carrier may have dragged its feet with 3G in the past but it is trying to make up for it. T-Mobile said it plans to cover 185 million people in its HSPA+ network, and it says this will be better and faster than 4G networks. This super fast data network is already…
Motorola i1 Brings Android, Ruggedness and Push to Talk to the Yard
The Motorola i1 has gone all official-like at CTIA today, offering push-to talk over Sprint’s iDEN network, Wi-Fi, and a 5 megapixel camera, topped with a dollop of Android and wrapped a velvety coat of military-spec ruggedness. Plain Jane vanilla Android here – no Blur, but the folks who use PTT and need a rugged…
Get ready for CTIA
The CTIA Wireless tradeshow kicks off this week in Sin City and we’re going to be busting our humps to bring you the best coverage. We already have boots on the ground and are prepped for a big show full of news. Read after the break for a thorough preview of what to expect from…