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Archive for August, 2008

HD Channel Size War

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2008

Dish Network and DirecTV are battling amongst themselves to promote the most HDTV channels, as well as outflank cable competitors like Comcast and Time Warner Cable.
Dish Network is beating DirecTV and cable competitors to the punch, reports Light Reading. They have begun to roll out standard-def and high-def service in the eastern half of [...]

VoIP on Mobile: The Singularity is Here

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2008

Business Week summarizes a variety of mobile VoIP services that allow you to make phone calls from your cellphone over Wi-Fi networks.

VoIP calling is already raising a ruckus in telecommunications, putting pressure on the price of land-line calling and luring subscribers toward upstarts like Vonage and Comcast away from incumbents such as AT&T, and [...]

Telephony Reviews City/State Fiber Nets

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2008

Carol Wilson of Telephony Magazine has an in-depth review of municipal broadband in the United States. She says that despite some high-profile failures, the deep-seated need for broadband is keeping municipalities on the fiber-to-the-home-track.

These projects are being fueled by the falling cost of Fiber To The Home (FTTH) technology and the growing experience in deploying [...]

Nikon D-90 Gets Eye-Fi Control

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2008

Eye-Fi’s SD memory cards come with built-in WiFi, allowing ordinary cameras to transmit photos over nearby WiFi hotspots. But WiFi drains the battery, so the ability to turn the wireless feature on and off is a much desired feature.
Today Eye-Fi announced they have collaborated Nikon to deliver enhanced integration of the Eye-Fi wireless memory [...]

Android: Sleeper Cell on Clearwire?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2008

Phones with Android let users more easily download software from third party developers. But an Android App Store, featuring “open access” software, could steal the revenue from traditional carriers, explains Market Watch
The T-Mobile Android phone (and T-Mobile’s app store), is currently getting a lot of buzz. T-Mobile will use their new spectrum in the AWS [...]

Satellite Radio: Terrestrial Receivers or Not?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2008

When the FCC approved the merger of Sirius and XM satellite radio this summer, it ducked the Ibiquity mandate question, explains Ars Technica. Ibiquity, otherwise known as HD Radio, is used by terrestrial broadcasters. A mandate to include terrestrial digital radio tuners would help promote local broadcasters (at the expense of satellite broadcasters).
The FCC [...]

Nokia N96: Maps & More

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2008

Nokia today announced the Nokia N96, for 3G HSDPA networks used by AT&T. Available in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Nokia N96 combines a large 2.8 inch screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and compatibility with a wide range of video formats, including those using Windows Media. Users can also download video content [...]

Photoshop on a Phone?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2008

Adobe is releasing a Photoshop-like application for Windows Mobile. Of course, it’s not real Photoshop, but the mobile app will work with Adobe’s existing Web-based image editing and storage service, Photoshop Express which is being rebranded as Photoshop.com.
The Windows Mobile app won’t have image-editing features, but it will let you organize and easily upload your [...]

T-Mobile’s Android G-1?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2008

Androidguys.com has what they say is an engineering drawing of T-Mobile G-1 Android phone. The screen slides to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. By using the FCC dimensions and doing a little measurement it looks like the phone’s body is around 0.64-inches (16.35mm) deep which makes it fatter than the iPhone’s 12.3mm, but thinner than [...]

Plane Talking

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 25th, 2008

Andy Abramson of VoIP Watch has figured out how to make voice calls using the data-only Aircell service on American Airlines. They tried Flash Audio (which isn’t blocked).

And guess what? It worked.
Phweet. Yup, the unfunded brainchild of pals Stuart Henshall and Mr. Blog David Beckemeyer (who I consider one of the true great [...]