Microsoft expects sales of its Windows Mobile platform products will account for 40% of the global smartphone market in fiscal 2012 (July 2011-June 2012), according to Eddie Wu, managing director of Microsoft ODM embedded devices, Asia, Daniel Shen and Steve Shen report for DigiTimes.
“Microsoft currently focuses its efforts on promoting the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating [...]
AT&T said Wednesday it plans to boost the speed of its 3G wireless network to speeds of 20 megabits per second in 2009, extending the lifetime of 3G.
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley’s annual Communications Conference, the company’s mobility chief Ralph de la Vega said engineers already have a version of AT&T’s HSPA 3G network up [...]
The LiMo Foundation, Android’s chief competitor in the mobile open-source community, today announced eight new members, including Verizon Wireless, along with leading South Korean network operator SK Telecom and Mozilla Corp., parent of the Firefox Web browser.
Like Google’s Open Handset Alliance, which promotes the Android platform, LiMo is a global consortium of mobile communications firms [...]
Qwest Communications and Verizon Wireless just announced that they’ve signed a 5-year agreement for Qwest to market and sell Verizon Wireless service beginning this summer.
Qwest customers will have access to the full line of Verizon Wireless handsets and devices, as well as high-speed broadband wireless services for e-mail, Internet access and multimedia services.
Qwest [...]
T-Mobile became the last major mobile carrier to announce a 3G network today, but the first major carrier to utilize the AWS band (1.7/2.1 GHz) in New York City. But unlike Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon, T-Mobile’s 3G system is focused primarily on voice, not data. T-Mobile plans to expand their AWS service to 20 to [...]
AT&T is planning to cut the price of Apple’s new iPhone to $199, say a variety of news reports. According to Fortune:
AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two [...]
The battle between Long Term Evolution and Mobile WiMAX may be escalating into a “4G” war, explains Unstrung.
The International Telecommunication Union, Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), wants an “official” 4G standard. ITU defines “4G” as 100 Mbit/s (mobile) and 1 Gbit/s in hot spot areas with limited mobility. They call it IMT-Advanced and are looking for proposals.
Currently, [...]
The Qwest Foundation today announced a grant of $10,000 to Cascade Middle School teacher Scott Weide. The funds will allow Weide to purchase new technology so that his students will be able to determine Olson Creek’s viability for salmon habitat.
“In my vision, students are outside, scientifically observing their local community, recording observations digitally, formulating ideas [...]
TapRoot Systems today announced that it is providing free trial versions of its WalkingHotSpot solution to Wi-Fi enabled smartphone users (pdf).
WalkingHotSpot transforms a Wi-Fi enabled smartphone into a hotspot providing access to the Internet. The free trial version, for smartphones using the Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile 6 Professional, can be downloaded at www.WalkingHotSpot.com. The [...]
Alltel this week launched a picture service that automatically transfers photographs snapped with the phone’s camera to a customer’s PC or online photo websites.
Called PhotoCopter (pdf), the solution uses Ontela technology to create a bridge between the phone and the network. It uses Alltel’s CDMA 1X and EV-DO network to upload photos as soon as [...]
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