All 23 wards of Tokyo face certain high-speed wireless convenience at the hands of the ruthless UQ Communications. Today, they have unleashed mobile WiMAX service to all customers willing to voluntarily submit to its sheer awesomeness, and although in time subscribers will have to shell out 4,480 yen (or $50 US) monthly for the privilege,…
Motorola Successfully Trials LTE
Right on the heels of their i9 announcement, Motorola has announced a successful LTE call and high-speed data transmission in their lab at Swindon, in Wiltshire, UK. The test was using standards compliant LTE on 2.6 GHz with a prototype device we may very well see at Mobile World Congress in two weeks. Samsung, LG,…
Motorola Launches i9 on Sprint’s iDEN Network
Motorola has launched the much-spied-upon i9 iDEN handset, officially dubbed the Stature. Of course push-to-talk over the Nextel network is a given feature, but the i9 will also be packing a 3.1 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, GPS, expandable microSD memory, haptic feedback, and ModeShift, which will which will highlight different keys on the…
Nortel shuts down Mobile WiMAX division
The WiMAX standard has just been dealt another blow by a major manufacturer. Nortel has announced that they will be shutting down its Mobile WiMAX business in an attempt to “narrow its focus, better manage its investments and strengthen its broader carrier business” for the long-haul. The announcement follows on Nokia’s decision to discontinue their…
CSR’s low-cost BlueCore BC7830 chipset integrates GPS, Bluetooth and FM transceiver
CSR announced its new product — BlueCore BC7830 chipset — which at just 11mm2 in silicon size manages to incorporate GPS, Bluetooth v2.1+EDR, FM transmit and receive technologies. In addition, the chipset also packs support for the forthcoming Bluetooth low energy standard. As a result, manufacturers will be able to add GPS functionality to their…
Mobilkom Austria develops NFC Mobile ticketing service
Mobilkom Austria has developed an NFC service, working alongside the railway operator ÖBB. Cellular News has the details: The new chip-based NFC application is based on the interoperable international standard VDV-KA (Association of German Transport Undertakings – Core Application) and has been integrated into the mobilkom austria mobile ticketing platform. Tickets can be validated with…
Video: Bluetooth File Transfers on a Jailbroken iPhone 3G via iBluetooth
If you’ve been waiting for the ability to do bluetooth file transfers with your iPhone, I’ve got some cool news for you this morning. No, this isn’t a feature built-in to a new Firmware from Apple, this is a very unofficial 3rd party application available via Cydia. To use it, you’re going to need a…
Nokia Locate Sensor trials have started
Remember that tiny Nokia Locate Sensor we’ve seen at the CES? Well, Nokia Research Center is in the midst of several trials of the technology within 40 buildings worldwide. Here’s how it works: Indoor positioning is being developed using existing Wi-Fi technology and wireless RFID tags, triangulating your position within indoor buildings such as shopping…
Samsung Bringing SRS to Mobile
Samsung has just licensed some nifty sound tech that will juice upcoming phones for years to come with simulated 5.1 surroundsound. The first time I had even heard of SRS was after finding it tucked away into Windows Media Player, and it honestly makes quite the difference, although I’m still a little iffy about those…
Qualcomm nabs some handheld graphics and multimedia tech assets from AMD
In order to strengthen its handheld multimedia capabilities — and to take advantage of the down market, we might add — Qualcomm acquired certain graphics and multimedia technology assets, intellectual property and resources from AMD’s handheld business. The deal is already approved and signed, and Qualcomm agreed to pay AMD $65 million in cash, an…