Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully field tested the world’s first Downlink Dual Carrier EDGE end-to-end call with mobile devices, hence proving EDGE network data speeds can be doubled. The software-based solution can drive EDGE speeds up to 592 kbps on existing EDGE-capable GSM networks without major network investments. Dual Carrier is based on the 3GPP…
Nano-material breakthrough may make voice-powered mobile phones possible!
As wireless devices become ever more integrated into our daily lives, the struggle to keep them all charged and ready to work becomes a real problem. There are only so many different charging cables a person can carry around before going nuts. Now, imagine a future where your mobile phone is actually powered by the…
Bluetooth 2.2 coming in mid-2009
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is planning to release a new version of Bluetooth in mid-2009. As expected, Bluetooth 2.2 will deliver transfer rates at higher speeds than previous versions. The idea of the new High Speed Bluetooth specification is to work with WLAN or USB for improved data rates, and will be known…
Clearwire and Sprint close WiMAX deal, launches Clear WiMAX service in Portland
Sprint Nextel has been working to go live with its WiMAX service in the US, and it looks like WiMAX is about to become a reality for some areas of the US. Sprint and Clearwire have finalized their deal to combine WiMAX network assets and roll out a nationwide 4G WiMAX wireless network, just in…
Fuel Cells Inch Closer to Daylight with Regulation Lift
Liquid fuel cells for mobile electronics have had trouble making it to the mass market, but a recent regulation lift by the U.S. Department of Transportation has given the technology a shot at coming to fruition. Before you start thinking that the last thing we need is a world full of gas-guzzling phones, these fuel…
BlackBerry 8350i Tidbits Leak
A few key points have surfaced about the upcoming iDEN BlackBerry due to land on Sprint-Nextel on December 1st. For starters, it’ll only have a 2.5mm headphone jack, rather than the standard 3.5mm that all BlackBerry Curve models have enjoyed up to this point. Second, this one is a bit bulkier than previous 8300-series devices,…
TD-SCDMA Handset from Nokia Due Before End of ’09
China’s proprietary 3G wireless infrastructure, TD-SCDMA, is a little closed-off from the rest of the mobile world, but Nokia’s still willing to show some love. A handset packing the S60 OS and TD-SCDMA support should be available before the end of 2009, with more likely to follow. Nokia had long ago assured folks that they…
VMware to bring virtualization to mobile phones
VMware has recently announced plans to bring virtualization and its many proven benefits to mobile phones through the new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP). From the release: VMware MVP is a thin layer of software that will be embedded on a mobile phone that decouples the applications and data from the underlying hardware. It will…
Scalado announces new camera phone platform for zero shutter-lag
In this megapixel war that pits camera phone manufacturer against camera phone manufacturer in a race to pack as many pixels on to an image sensor before the competition catches up. Cameraphones are fast approaching the double-digit megapixel-barrier in the mass market, but hardware makers have seemingly overlooked one critical aspect of a mobile phone’s…
iDEN BlackBerry coming to Telus’ Mike service?
RIM’s long-overdue BlackBerry 8350i has been locked into Sprint’s Nextel iDEN network, but we haven’t heard about many other international releases aside from Latin America. Well, word has is Telus’ push-to-talk service, Mike, will also be hosting the new BlackBerry Curve in the near future. No word on release date, but they say that this…