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Archive for November, 2006

Verizon Wireless Does YouTube

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will deliver selected video clips from YouTube to cell phones starting in December.
According to the NY Times, YouTube, bought by Google this month, will expand beyond computers to phones. It did not reveal the financial terms of the deal.
So far only a small minority of U.S. consumers use features [...]

Large Millimeter Telescope

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

Douglas Quaid: All right, let’s say you’re telling the truth and this is all a dream, I could pull this trigger and it won’t matter.
Dr. Edgemar: It won’t make the slightest difference to me Doug, but the consequences to you will be devastating. In your mind I’ll be dead, and with no one to [...]

NintendoDS Wireless MIDI Controller

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

Engadget notes a cool hack that enables the $129 Nintendo DS to double as wireless MIDI keyboard and controller.

Joining the nearly endless amount of Nintendo DS hacks already in the wild is TobW’s DS Sampling Keyboard, which “uses the DS’s microphone and touchscreen” to interface with a software-based sampling keyboard. A close contender [...]

Sequans + Motorola

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

French chipmaker Sequans, announced an investment from Motorola today along with an agreement with Alcatel to supply the vendor with WiMAX chips for customer premise equipment in India and other emerging markets.
According to RCR Wireless News:
Though Sequans didn’t come right out and say that Motorola will use its WiMAX chips as it launches WiMAX [...]

Draft N Holiday

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

D-link’s circular-shaped USB adapter (left), looks like a hockey puck, but the $99.99 DWA-142 RangeBooster N does have a MIMO kicker. D-Link says you can expect 12x speed and 4x farther range than an average 802.11g network.
Belkin’s N1 line, Buffalo’s Nfiniti (Draft-N), D-Link’s Xtreme N, Linksys Wireless-N and Netgear RangeMax all toot their [...]

WiMAX: 20M by 2010

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

WiMAX technology is entering a rapid growth phase, as service providers are now able to buy WiMAX Forum-certified equipment, reports In-Stat.
Worldwide subscribers are estimated to reach 222,000 in 2006, growing to nearly 20 million by the end of 2010. Most of those subscribers are in the Asia/Pacific region. Almost all subscribers are using a fixed [...]

WiFi Phones: Practical?

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

Om Malik points to a New York Times story, The Air Is Free, about the coming onslaught of WiFi handsets and how people can make calls piggy backing on open wireless connections.

The WiFi phones sound so cool, but many forget that what is cool, is not always that functional. The consumer experience on these [...]

XM/Sirius Merger?

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

ArsTechnica reports that Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin raised the prospect of a merger between his company and rival XM Radio. According to an interview by Smart Money:
When asked about the possibility that the two might join forces, Karmazin demurred at first, saying that he couldn’t really discuss it. Then he did: “I [...]

UK May Dump Analog Broadcasting

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

UK regulator OFCOM is considering shutting off AM and FM radio and using spectrum for mobile TV, reports Red Herring.
Regulators in the United Kingdom are considering the end of AM and FM radio on the grounds that they have both outlived their usefulness, and digital services could make better use of the spectrum occupied by [...]

AT&T & Microsoft: HD On Demand

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 27th, 2006

U-verseusers.com says that AT&T is rolling out their HDTV IPTV system in San Antonio, Texas, the first city to get the standard definition Uverse service from AT&T

Only the limited number of test users that have received the Motorola set-top-box upgrade can watch the HD channels, but the city-wide rollout of the boxes should [...]