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Canada’s Cell Providers Dump CDMA for GSM

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 10th, 2008

Telus (wikipedia), Canada’s No. 2 phone company, said today that it will build a next-generation wireless network with Canada’s biggest telecom company, BCE (Bell Canada), as they fight for market share with rival Rogers Communications.
Bell Canada and Telus currently provide CDMA/EVDO 3G service across the country. The new GSM upgrade will overlay this network.
“Bell’s [...]

Lifecasting Goes Mobile

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 9th, 2008

Next2Friends, a mobile social media platform, today announced the availability of its ‘Live’ mobile video application for the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl. It’s already available for the Symbian S60 & S40 range of devices and the Windows Mobile 6 platform.

Next2Friends Live enables people to broadcast their life from virtually anywhere. The application, soft-launched in [...]

WiBro Evolution: Would You Believe 149Mbps?

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 8th, 2008

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea, and Samsung Electronics announced plans to demonstrate next-generation WiMAX technologies at an upcoming ITU-R conference to be held in Seoul, Korea.
The demonstration will stream HDTV-grade content at over 200 Mbps using a platform called WiBro Evolution.

In July 2004, South Korea’s Ministry of Information [...]

BlackBerry Development Storm

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 8th, 2008

Research In Motion officially announced the BlackBerry Storm today, RIM’s first touchscreen cell phone, designed to compete with the iPhone. Engadget, Phone Scoop and Crackberry have reviews. Verizon Wireless will carry the device as well as Vodafone - so no WiFi.
New developer tools from RIM include a BlackBerry Java Development Environment and desktop [...]

AWS: Strike Out for Comcast?

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 6th, 2008

Comcast is expected to launch WiMax femtocells during the second half of 2009, reports Unstrung. Comcast is investing more than 1 Billion in the Clearwire/Sprint/Google joint venture. Cable doesn’t have mobile voice. They want in.

Dave Williams, senior VP for wireless and technology at the cable giant, revealed earlier this year that Comcast is looking [...]

BlackBerry App Store

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 6th, 2008

You’re looking at the BlackBerry Application Center, says TechCrunch. It’s RIM’s answer to Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market.

The Application Center is set to debut with the BlackBerry Storm software version 4.7. RIM has created its own store, says the Boy Genius Report.
The BlackBerry Application Center features:

The Application Center will be [...]

iPhone: 10 Million Sold

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 6th, 2008

Apple’s iPhone 3G is now the second best-selling mobile handset in the US, just behind the Motorola Razr 3, according to market researcher NPD Group.
Mac Observer, which has tracked IMEI numbers on iPhones, has determined that Apple has drastically surpassed analyst’ Q4 iPhone sales estimates, and has already reached its goal of selling 10 million [...]

Motorola Car Computer

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 6th, 2008

Motorola today announced a new in-vehicle/fixed mount mobile computer. The new VC6096 mobile computer provides wireless voice and data capabilities for transportation and logistics providers.
The unit’s digital and analog ports can interact with the vehicle’s engine management computer (usually called Electronic Control Unit, or ECU), onboard machinery, or any type of sensor. It runs [...]

Nokia iPhone Killer Launched

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 3rd, 2008

Nokia has just released its 5800 Express Music phone, an “iPhone killer” previously known as “Tube”. The 5800 will be available from a range of telcos, in contrast to the iPhone. It will only be available in Europe, at first.

The Nokia 5800 Express Music phone costs about $390, simfree. Nokia will test the waters [...]

Streaming Media West 2008

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 2nd, 2008

Dailywireless asked our friend, Joe Christenson, what’s new and exciting in streaming media.
We got an earful. Joe is developing a streaming media business, and attended the Streaming Media West 2008 conference last week. Here’s what he had to say about the show:

Streaming Media West 2008 was held at the San Jose Convention Center. It [...]