Long-Term Evolution is the next step for wireless networks, and RIM wants to be on board the minute the 4G technology gets deployed; according to insiders, a team has been formed to begin work on a 4G BlackBerry using the LTE standard. BlackBerrys were a little late to the 3G game, with the 8703 being…
Okay Skype we get your message: call cheaply abroad from your Mobile!
Well you can’t put down a try-er can you? Skype are nothing if not persistent with hammering home the message of calling abroad cheaply, using your Mobile (on 3UK!). They have now got quite a range of handsets with the Skypephone S1 and S2 (review here), and also the just-released INQ1. This is in addition…
Nokia preparing touchscreen handset with true haptic feedback?
The road to true tactile feedback systems in touchscreen smartphones has been littered with half-baked, so-called “haptic” feedback solutions that do little more than vibrate the entire handset with every touchscreen input. Granted, the technology is still in its infancy, but there are some that would argue that implementing anything less than true tactile feedback…
Sony unveils 12+ megapixel Exmor CMOS image sensor – Cameraphone pixel-war heating up!
We don’t usually condone any type of war, but when hardware manufacturers fight for cameraphone market share (and mind share), we’re all for all-out warfare. One of the many handset-wars going on right now is being fought on the cameraphone battle-ground. With handset manufacturers packing image sensors with every increasing pixel densities into their mobile…
HTC launches HTC MAX 4G – world’s first GSM/WiMAX smartphone for Scartel
HTC shows no signs of slowing down their handset launches in the face of a waning global economy. Following on the launch of the HTC Touch HD, the venerable T-Mobile G1, and the HTC Touch Pro (and the carrier-branded AT&T Fuze), HTC has just announced the launch of yet another high-profile touchscreen smartphone – the…
Rogers outs BlackBerry 8320 in blue
In addition to the recently-discounted Bold and newly-launched BlackBerry Pearl Flip in pink, Rogers will be releasing the BlackBerry 8320 in time for the holiday season for $99.99 on a three-year contract. Rogers has been taking their sweet time getting Wi-Fi BlackBerrys out there, likely in an effort to maintain a stranglehold on wireless data…
Update: Rocketship Apple: email…
As I said before in what turned out to be a long-ish post (!), I have been having all sorts of problems with the POP email handling of the iPhone email client – a problem made all the more ironic by the fact that the mail client (when working) is really very good! (Just for…
AT&T expands Wi-Fi hotspot coverage
AT&T has recently acquired Wi-Fi service provider, Wayport, for $275 million, thus expanding their Wi-Fi hotspot count to 20,000 locations across the U.S. This is hot on the heels of the free Wi-Fi access AT&T had announced to their customers in late October, and allows data access like Mariott and Four Seasons Hotels, as well…
T-Mobile passes on HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) in favor of 4G LTE networks
As it stands, T-Mobile is the last major carrier-holdout on the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) front. Or at least, T-Mobile was the last holdout in the wireless market. T-Mobile’s Chief technology officer Joachim Horn recently stated that his company wouldn’t be rolling out the hardware upgrades necessary to enable HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) data speeds…
FCC OKs White Space Spectrum usage and Sprint-Clearwire merger
The FCC sure has been busy recently. Not only did the FCC beat their own deadline to deliver a decision Verizon’s bid to buy-out Alltel, the FCC has also been considering their position on the use of White Space Spectrum for mobile broadband as well as the Sprint-Clearwire merger. The former, which would allow the…