Adobe’s Connect Pro Mobile for the iPhone and iPod Touch is a solid, free way to connect to Web conferences on the go, but what’s really interesting is that this is the first app that has shoehorned Flash on the platform. The app was created in Flash Professional CS5 beta and uses Adobe’s Packager converter…
Video: Recognizr brings face recognition to Android
Are you tired of having to remember what your friends look like? Well, The Astonishing Tribe‘s Recognizr app will enable Android phones to recognize your friends’ faces and associate them with online services like Skype, YouTube, Facebook, and more. In addition to the aforementioned online services, the app will also associate the face with profile…
T-Mobile stops bleeding subscribers, kind of
T-Mobile USA gained 371,000 subscribers for the fourth quarter but the majority of these were the less-lucrative prepaid customers. The company is still squarely in fourth place with 33.8 million customers, while Verizon and AT&T remain the big dogs with 91.2 million and 85.1 million subscribers, respectively. Sprint’s customers have been leaving in droves over…
Skype for Windows Mobile Pulled from Shelves
Just when Skype was making such great progress with stuff like carrier deals and plugging into TVs, they retract download availability of their voice over IP app for Windows Mobile. Why, you ask? This knowledgebase article explains: “We’ve chosen to withdraw Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Mobile because we want to offer our new…
Fly the Wireless Skies: Alaska Airlines to Offer WiFi on All Aircraft
If you’re flying Alaska Airlines, you’ll have something to look forward to, once you finish getting through security. Sure, you can have your full-body scan, you can take off my shoes, you can even frisk me and put me in that little room where you look at me with a grin as you snap on…
Hi, I’m Marin and I’ll be your editor
I thought it would be prudent to do a proper introduction as I’m the new guy and you’ll be seeing my mug around here a lot. I’m a tech reporter who’s written about mobiles for InformationWeek, CNET, Androinica, Know Your Cell and various other sites. I’ve spent a ton of time thinking about smartphones and…
FCC seeks more wireless spectrum for mobile broadband data networks
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…
AT&T tops 3G speed test
It looks like AT&T’s network upgrades are paying off, as the carrier’s 3G network bested Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon in PCWorld’s 13-city mobile data test. The report said AT&T’s download speeds were 67 percent faster on average than its competitors, with an average download speed of 1410 kbps and 773 kbps upload. This is a…
Swype gets money from DOCOMO Capital as part of its series B funding
After getting some cash from Nokia and Samsung, Swype continues with its money raising activities. The company announced that it has raised $1 million in series B extension funding led by DOCOMO Capital, bringing the combined series B funding to $6.6 million. Swype said it will use the new funding to expand its global footprint,…
Beceem BCS500 integrates LTE and WiMAX in a single chip
Provider of 4G chips Beceem Communications used the Mobile World Congress to announce the “game-changing” BCS500 chip that integrates 4G LTE/WiMAX technology. The multi-mode chip supports the latest revisions of the IEEE 802.16 standard (16e and 16m), as well as the 3GPP-LTE standard, based on Release 8 specifications. Beceem goes on to add it’s the…