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Archive for January, 2010

Augmented Reality Comes Home

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2010

Mobile Portland tonight features two speakers who are early innovators in augmented reality. P. Mark Anderson is the platform architect for Spot Metrix which provides an augmented reality library for iPhone called 3DAR. The second speaker, Tim Sears, created Robotvision, one of the first augmented reality applications for iPhone. Mark and Tim will share how [...]

LTE: Cox Cable Calling

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2010

Cable provider Cox Communications said today it successfully completed voice calling and high definition video streaming using LTE technology in the Phoenix and San Diego. It used the company’s 1.7/2.1 GHz AWS and 700 MHz spectrum holdings. The trial was conducted in collaboration with Cox’s technology partners Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei Technologies using the 3GPP Release [...]

International Calling Tips from AT&T

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2010

AT&T is reminding customers of the availability of international wireless rate plans, especially since the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver are just a few weeks away. For talkers, AT&T offers a $4.99 per month plan, an add-on for customers who anticipate frequent calls from Canada to the United States or vice versa. AT&T Canada [...]

Yota Launches WiMAX in Peru and Nicaragua

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2010

Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has awarded Russian WiMAX operator Yota a concession to operate telephony and internet services throughout the country, reports Telegeography. With the spectrum, Yota del Peru will be able to launch internet and telephony services. According to the report, the 2668MHz-2692MHz band will be used to provide WiMAX services [...]

Haiti: Telethons and CrisisCamps

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2010

Friday’s multi-country benefit, Hope for Haiti Now, could wind up being the most-watch digital fundraising event ever, says Paid Content. Live streaming of the entire two hours was available on more than three dozen sites in the U.S. and internationally, as well as the sites of cable operators and telcos. Mobile live streaming was also [...]

Acer Plans E-reader and Chrome OS Platforms

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2010

Acer, the world’s second- largest computer vendor, plans an online applications store and its first electronic book reader by mid-year, reports Bloomberg. The company also plans to introduce its first netbook running Google’s Chrome operating system in the third quarter, said, Jim Wong, president of IT Products division in a Jan. 22 interview at Acer’s [...]