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Google + Broadband + Anything = WSJ Story
02.20.08 | Permalink | Comments Off“Stratellites” — giant blimps that could supposedly deliver wireless broadband to land masses the size of Texas — were, for a long time, my favorite BS broadband idea. The obvious pun, that the company behind them was full of hot air, was irresistable. A close second was the concept of putting reusable balloons in the [...]
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Cars, Mobile Data and Platform Agnosticism
Generally when we discuss the idea of platform agnosticism — that is, supporting a multitude of platforms, instead of just one — it usually pertains to mobile operating systems, mobile web vs. Java, or handset brands. But that narrow perception might soon become outmoded.
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Point & Find: Forget Typing When You Want To Search
12.04.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsOne of the real problems for mobile search is how hard it is for users to simply enter and perform searches. The difficulty of entering search terms makes using search services unattractive, except in extreme cases of need, while the impact of each additional click on the likelihood a mobile user will complete a task [...]
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Verizon Confirms LTE Plans, Things Get A Bit More Interesting
11.29.07 | Permalink | Comments OffVerizon Wireless, the US mobile JV between Verizon and Vodafone, has confirmed that it will use LTE for its next-generation mobile network. This is significant because it, in essence, will bring Verizon into the GSM-based camp (though LTE isn’t technically a GSM technology, it’s viewed by most GSM operators as the logical upgrade path from [...]
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EU Messin’ With Mobile — Some Good, Some, Well…
11.29.07 | Permalink | Comments OffEU telecom meddler-in-chief Viviane Reding’s effort to get DVB-H made an official EU standard for mobile TV has been successful, giving the technology a boost on the continent. Reding said earlier that the ruling will help make “DVB-H a similar success story as the GSM standard for mobile phones 20 years ago.” It’s not entirely [...]
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Standalone Apps vs. the Mobile Web, Again
With all the attention being garnered by the mobile web these days, further life’s being breathed into that age-old argument of which is the better strategy for mobile: developing mobile web content, or standalone applications.
Like so many things, this argument gets ridiculously oversimplified in a desire to make it a black/white, either/or proposition — ignoring [...] -
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Initial 3G LTE/SAE Trials Billed As A Success
11.07.07 | Permalink | Comments OffNokia says that trials of next-generation mobile networks using LTE and SAE technology have delivered their first set of successful results, as the 3GPP carries on with the LTE standardization process. LTE, or Long Term Evolution, seeks to evolve the UMTS radio interface standard to deliver 100Mbps download speeds and 50Mbps up in 20 MHz [...]
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20.4 Million Symbian Devices Shipped in Q3
11.06.07 | Permalink | Comments OffWhile Apple and Google attract all the attention, Symbian keeps chugging along in the background. The company says that 20.4 million smartphones running its OS shipped in the third quarter of 2007 That’s up 56% over the same quarter a year earlier, and means a cumulative total of 165 million Symbian devices have been sold.
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Forget the Blimps, We’ll Use Soviet Spy Planes To Offer Wireless Service
11.05.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsCellular-News reports that somebody is considering using the Russian Myasishchev M-55 spy plane as a flying mobile mast. The story appears based on a piece from the Russian site Novosti, which alleges that makers of the plane are negotiating with “an unnamed Western firm” about the resumption of manufacturing of the plane, last made in [...]
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Symbian Book Giveaway and Another UIQ Fast Track Event
10.25.07 | Permalink | Comments OffUIQ has announced another Fast Track event, scheduled for November 29 and 30 in Budapest. I went to the San Francisco Fast Track back in May, and was really impressed. If you’re just getting started in UIQ or mobile development, it’s well worth attending.
Along with the announcement, I’m going to do a little giveaway of [...]
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