We had heard that RIM was going to be making a new mono Bluetooth headset after it passed through the special interest group last month, and based on its “Coming Soon” listing in the official accessory store, it seems like the HS-500 is well on its way. The description boasts automatic volume adjustment, support for…
Jabra Bringing Mysterious ‘STONE’ to Market October 20th
Looks like the folks at Jabra are cranking up the PR machine for a new and mysterious looking Bluetooth headset. Dubbed the Jabra ‘STONE’, the new headset is promises to ‘looks, feels and sounds better than anything you’ve ever heard before’. Grand claims. The folks at Jabra are also urging us to prepare for the…
Solar-powered Bluetooth Headset Supports Perpetual Standby
i.Tech has announced a new Bluetooth headset called the SolarVoice 908. Guess what it does? Yeah, it charges by the sun, which, under optimal conditions, can keep the sucker in sleep mode indefinitely. Solar panelling is nice for something that will spend most of its life in a car, but it’s far from the 908’s…
T-Mobile HSPA+ Rolls Out in Philedelphia, Nationwide by 2010
For those getting jealous of Rogers’ HSPA+ service north of the border, you can relax – T-Mobile let out at 4G World that they’ve already covered parts of Philedelphia in HSPA+ and have plans to cover the rest of their 3G footprint with 21 Mbps capabilities by 2010. At the very same conference, AT&T said…
Nokia Braille Reader beta bringing tactile SMS reading to Nokia phones
Nokia’s always on the cutting edge of mobile technology. They may not have the most usable or eye-catching user interfaces in the mobile space, but Nokia’s usually good for having some really high-technology packed into their handsets. The latest high-tech wizardry is Nokia’s Braille Reader that helps vision-impaired users read SMS text messages. Braille Reader…
Clearwire Open to Switching Away from WiMAX
Clearwire has pretty much been synonymous with U.S. WiMAX since they got to work on the XOHM network, but CEO Bill Morrow has decided to clear up that misconception by saying they could change to LTE at the flip of a switch. “We’re the only carrier that can do this. We’ll do what’s right for…
Nokia Siemens Upgrading Hutchison Telecom to HSPA+ in Hong Kong
Nokia Siemens has nabbed a five-year contract to upgrade Hutchison Telecom’s network to HSPA+, in Hong Kong. Included in the juicy contract for Nokia Siemens is a minimum equipment purchase of close to $45 million. That’s a lot of equipment. In addition to the upgrade, Nokia Siemens will also be deploying its NetAct network management…
Samsung to Make First MetroPCS LTE Handset, Due 2010
MetroPCS has just announced who they’ll be working with to bring 4G to the masses: Ericsson in the back end, Samsung in the front. The dual-mode LTE/CDMA device should be landing in the second half of 2010 along with the proper network support in metropolitain areas, so there’s still a ways to go, but it’s…
Brief: Swisscom Updating Data Download Speeds
Swisscom, to follow up on their HSPA 14.4Mbps service (launched at the beginning of the year) has announced they will be working on an HSPA+ upgrade. Their aim is to have the upgrade complete in time for the ITU Telecom World 2009, which is taking place in Geneva from October 5th to 9th. Following ITU,…
Bluetooth headsets – The coolest mobile tech that no one uses
On paper, Bluetooth headsets are all kinds of futuristic “cool.” With a little Bluetooth-connected earpiece, you can use your mobile phone without actually having to press a handset up against your face. These headsets were once just figments of geeks’ imaginations, but now that they’re a reality, it seems no one is really using them.…