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- WiMAX Device Partnership Focuses on Patents
In a move meant to support the impending Clearwire/Sprint Xohm WiMAX rollout, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp. and Samsung have all decided to jointly support would-be device makers with a unified patent strategy. Sprint-Nextel Inc. and Clearwire Corp. will work with the vendors to pool together intellectual property patents, essentially creating a single repository for device makers wanting to ...
- iPhone 2.0: It’s Cheap! And Even Cooler! And Business-y!
So...the new version of the iPhone will retail for $199 (8GB). Screeeeeech. That was the industry and the public at large saying: Say what? Announced by Steve Jobs today at the Apple developer’s conference, iPhone 2.0 also provides new functionality—the expected 3G capability (from the “it’s about time” file), plus GPS and a host of new compatible applications, including a ...
- Standard Text Messaging Rates Apply
T-Mobile is making TaraBytes unhappy. Because the messaging bundle that offered unlimited domestic texting and pictures has mysteriously disappeared from her rate plan. So it was off to call up the not-quite-enthusiastic customer service team and...is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a...?* The happy colors and cute tubular fonts and the “MyFaves” attitude of the brand? Well, let’s just ...
- AT&T 3G Buildout Almost Done as RCA Decries Handset Exclusivity
AT&T Inc. soon will complete its 3G network upgrade to HSPA, the first operator in the United States to do so. The announcement comes as AT&T, conveniently, plans the June release of the AT&T-exclusive 3G Apple iPhone, the very sort of arrangement the Rural Cellular Association (RCA) is decrying. The RCA, which represents dozens of small and rural wireless providers, ...
- Beyond the Laptop: iPass Adds Hotspot Support for Handhelds
Getting with the gestalt, hotspot aggregator iPass Inc. has widened its focus beyond providing Wi-Fi for laptops to include handheld devices. Specifically, Wi-Fi-enabled Windows Mobile 6 devices will now have access to the iPass treatment. Support for BlackBerries, the iPhone and the iPod Touch is planned for later this year. “The popularity of consumer-driven handheld devices changes the paradigm for ...
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