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Archive for August, 2010

Free Airport Wi-Fi: Risky?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2010

C/Net warns of using free Internet access at airports. According to Symantec, these terminals might not be secure at all. In a recent article on the company’s Web site, Nick Johnston, senior software engineer at Symantec, wrote that at one Internet terminal at a large airport in England, he saw an unusual “Defense Center Installer” [...]

iWork Does ePub

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2010

Apple’s iWork productivity suite is getting an update that makes it simple to export documents in the ePub format. It also enables authors to add books to its iBookstore application. iBooks supports both ePub and PDF file formats. Apple suggests using ePub when text is the most important part of your document and PDF when [...]

Droid Incredible Gets Froyo

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2010

Verizon’s Droid Incredible, launched in late April, will begin getting the OTA update to Android 2.2 today, Verizon tweeted this morning. The Droid Incredible packs a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8GB of internal storage, 3.7″ display (480×800), microSD and until today, Google’s Android 2.1 operating system (with HTC Sense layered on top). It includes an FM [...]

MetroPCS: 1st with LTE Phone?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2010

US regional operator MetroPCS, the 5th largest mobile carrier in the U.S., is said to be on track to switch on its first LTE networks next month, making it the first operator in the United States to offer LTE service. The operator is also thought to be launching the first US LTE smartphone – the [...]

GAO on Wireless Competition

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2010

This is the world’s most precious resource, we need to control as much of it as we can. — Quantum of Solace Consolidation over the past decade has left just four big carriers in control of 90 percent of the wireless market, making it harder for small and regional companies to compete, according to a [...]

Cricket: No Contract $249 Android Phone

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2010

Cricket Communications today launched its first Android-based smartphone, the Sanyo Zio by Kyocera. The Zio is available online and at Cricket-branded stores and dealers nationwide for $249.99 without a contract. The smartphone features a Qualcomm MSM7627 system-on-chip that features two ARM cores integrated into a single chip, allowing tasks to be split between a 600MHz [...]