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Archive for March, 2007

Nokia & Sony: Free WiFi for Webtablets

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 31st, 2007

EarthLink is offering FREE internet service for Nokia N800 users on EarthLink’s municipal Wi-Fi networks until January 1st, 2008.

The EarthLink Wi-Fi network is currently available in the following cities:

Anaheim
Corpus Christi
Milpitas
New Orleans
Philadelphia
The $400 Nokia N800 web tablet (review) allows portable web browsing and email access. The Devicescape service also automates logins to [...]

Geotagging Photos - Cheap

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2007

Automatic geo-tagging of images just got cheaper and easier using the Breeze Systems’s Downloader Pro software ($29.95). It automatically syncs GPS data collected from devices like Sony’s GPS-CS1 tracker ($150), right.
The software automatically tags photos with embedded location information as the images are later downloaded to your computer.
Sony’s stand-alone GPS device (right) can [...]

Personal Telco Finds Portland WiFi Coverage Lacking

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2007

Red Pollard: Everybody thinks we found this broken down horse and fixed him, but we didn’t. He fixed us. Every one of us. And I guess in a way we kinda fixed each other, too.
– Seabiscuit

At last night’s monthly meeting of Portland’s Personal Telco Project, Russell Senior and Caleb Phillips described their independent [...]

AT&T, Verizon & Qwest Share $50B Contract

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2007

Qwest, AT&T and Verizon on Thursday were awarded the government’s largest telecommunications contract ever, a 10-year deal worth up to $48 billion.
In the deal of the decade, the federal government plans to spend at least $20 billion for telecommunications services over the life of the Networx Universal contract, which is capped at $48 billion.
The [...]

Justin.tv: Mobile, Live, Everywhere, Now

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2007

Craig Schwartz: There’s a tiny door in that empty office. It’s a portal, Maxine. It takes you inside John Malkovich. You see the world through John Malkovich’s eyes, then, after about fifteen minutes, you’re spit out into a ditch on the side of The New Jersey Turnpike.
Maxine: Sounds delightful. Who the fuck is John Malkovich?
– [...]

Personal Telco’s Independent Report on MetroFi Coverage

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2007

Two Personal Telco volunteers are conducting their own test of Portland’s free Wi-Fi project, reports the Oregonian.
Russell Senior and Caleb Phillips bid, unsuccessfully, to conduct the official evaluation of the city’s network but performed their own tests anyway. They will post their results on their website, Unwirepdx-watch.org tonight.
They plan to release their results at [...]

International Wireless Communications Expo

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2007

While CTIA 2007, the giant cellular/wireless show is going on in Orlando, Florida (March 27-29), another expo for public safety professionals, the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) is running concurrently in Las Vegas, Nevada, (March 28-30).
IWCE is sponsored by MRT magazine and is generating lots of news for public safety and Land Mobile Radio [...]

Google Apps on LG Phones

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2007

LG Electronics announced it will install Google Inc.’s software for cellphones on “millions” of LG phones through a new partnership between the two companies. The agreement is the latest such handset deal for Google, which announced similar deals with Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and others.
“Building on our efforts to set new standards for wireless handsets, [...]

Frontline Files 700MHz Plan with FCC

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2007

Frontline filed their Public Safety Broadband Deployment Plan with the FCC today (pdf) which would share 10 MHz of commercial spectrum in the 700 MHz band with public safety users.
In the FCC’s Ninth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (pdf), the FCC proposed that 12 MHz of public-safety spectrum currently would be licensed to a [...]

Sprint’s WiMAX Cities

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 26th, 2007

Sprint announced further WiMAX details today, citing wireless device and chipset initiatives and identifying additional service markets.
“Recent developments attest to the viability of our strategy, as more companies align with our vision and apply their expertise to the momentum building behind Sprint WiMAX services,” said Barry West, president, 4G Mobile Broadband for Sprint.
Sprint announced additional [...]