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Under the Radar: Mobile Apps

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 12th, 2008

C/Net’s Rafe Needleman says at the Under the Radar: Mobility event today, you can watch the event live from their website or follow it from a variety of blogs.

Of the 26 new companies presenting at the show, I like almost all of them. It’s a really good selection. But, as always, there are a few [...]

GeoSIM Unlocks Smarphones

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 12th, 2008

GeoSIM, an international SIM card supplier, says it has introduced the “SIM PIG”, a SIM-like chip that bypasses the network lock on mobile phones, thus enabling any SIM card from any network to be used in a locked handset.

SIM PIG claims to be able to unlock iPhone, Windows Mobile, HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Blackberry and [...]

G-Phone: BOM=$144

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 11th, 2008

The first phone to be built on Google’s Android operating system, which T-Mobile is selling for $179 in the United States, costs $144 for the components and materials, research firm iSuppli said.
The T-Mobile G1, made by Taiwan’s HTC, has a touch screen and full keyboard as well as popular Google applications such as search, maps [...]

AT&T Buying Centennial Communications

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 8th, 2008

In its second wireless deal in two days (after buy WiFi company Wayport), AT&T announced Friday evening that it would buy Centennial Communications, a regional wireless phone company, for $944 million in cash, a price that is more than double Centennial’s stock market value. It will also expand its wireless network in Puerto Rico and [...]

VZW Search in Play, MS Spurns Yahoo

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 7th, 2008

Microsoft, capitalizing on Google’s regulatory snarl, is working to steal a search deal with Verizon Wireless, the Wall Street Journal said.
Microsoft is reportedly offering a sweeter deal to put its search service and related advertising on Verizon phones, the paper said. Microsoft is offering more generous revenue sharing and a guarantee of higher payments to [...]

Sprint Cellcasting NFL, Looses 3rd Quarter

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 7th, 2008

Yesterday, a National Football League game — the Cleveland Browns vs. the Denver Broncos — was broadcast on Sprint mobile phones as part of an exclusive partnership with Sprint, a deal that’s valued about $500 million over five years, reports the WSJ.

Over the next seven weeks, Sprint will phone-cast the eight games that are televised [...]

Smartphone Growth Metrics

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 5th, 2008

Virtually half the planet has a mobile phone. They’re getting faster and cheaper as smartphones go downmarket.

In the third quarter of 2008, smartphone market share for Nokia fell to 38.9 percent in the quarter from 51.4 percent a year before, says Market researcher Canalys. Apple’s market share jumped to 17.3 percent and RIM’s to 15.2 [...]

FCC Delays Meeting, Okays Mergers & White Spaces

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 4th, 2008

Today’s Federal Communications Commission meeting has been delayed as the five commissioners sought to finalize conditions for Verizon Wireless’s acquisition of Alltel.
The FCC meeting was scheduled to begin at 1100 ET (1600 GMT) but had not yet begun at 1430 ET (1930 GMT). FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told reporters that the other four commissioners were [...]

Election Web Coverage

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 4th, 2008

What’s the best place to watch election results? Here’s a sampling from NewTeeVee, Silcon Alley Insider, Memeorandum, Blogrunner, and Google News.

Mainstream Media (from NewTeeVee):

The Associated Press features a live webcast, hosted by reporters from its Washington bureau, and including voter interviews. Reuters Election Coverage has slideshows and other features.

The New York Times has built [...]

Motorola Tests 700 MHz LTE

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 3rd, 2008

Motorola today announced it has completed the industry’s first over-the-air Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data sessions in the 700MHz spectrum using its LTE platform with a prototype LTE device. Motorola says it will bring its LTE solutions to market in 2009.

“This field test shows the progress we’ve made in preparing to deliver a commercial [...]