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Archive for June, 2009

WiFi Monitoring and Planning Tools

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 24th, 2009

Craig Mathias at Network World overviewed Wi-Fi network survey tools that enable planning your network ahead of the actual installation. All enterprise-class WLAN products today include some form of site-survey capabilities. However, at least a partial installation of the system to be purchased is required before these can be used. For this reason, and because [...]

Italy Unwired by Alvarion WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2009

Alvarion announced today an agreement with Italy telecom operator Aria to deploy Mobile WiMAX throughout Italy. The network will be at the 3.5 GHz frequency to offer broadband services to all 21 regions in Italy using Alvarion’s 4Motion Mobile WiMAX solution. Italy’s 58 million highly-dense population makes WiMAX the most economical and high-performance technology says [...]

Smartphone Flash: Coming Soon?

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2009

Adobe CEO Shantanu Naraye says a beta version of Flash Player 10 for mobiles will be released in October. The new Flash player will support Android, Nokia Symbian, Palm Web OS, and Windows Mobile. The iPhone Flash implementation is problematic in that it competes with Apple. The mobile Flash player is expected to be unveiled [...]

Nokia + Intel Atom

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2009

Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, will sell Atom processors to Nokia will work with Nokia on mobile devices, marking the biggest breakthrough in Intel’s expansion into the phone market, report the companies. The collaboration may lead to Atom chips on Nokia phones but nothing definitive was said in today’s press release. Intel’s deal with Nokia, [...]

Femtocell World Summit

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2009

The Femtocell World Summit, in London, 23-25 June, will have many new products announced and demonstrated. The Femtocell Applications Live Showcase will take place between 6pm and 8pm on Tuesday 23rd June. Femtocells, of course, are tiny cellular transmitters that you can put inside buildings or residents. They use low power, licensed cellular frequencies, and [...]

Pictures Shot Near Your Phone

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 22nd, 2009

MocoNews points out that Flickr is offering a new photo service today that provides a gallery of images based on your location. When users go to the mobile Flickr site at m.flickr.com on either an iPhone 3.0 phone or an Android phone, there’s a new feature called “Photos taken nearby.” When clicked on, Flickr will [...]