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[2005-05-31] Verizon Wireless: Bring on the Hurricanes
Verizon announced their wireless services are ready for the 2005 hurricane season. Verizon was quite pleased with the way their system performed during last years catastrophic hurricane season sighting a 96% call success rate in some areas just hours after the Francis gave a fair attempt at drowning the entire state of Florida.
[2005-05-31] ABI Says WiMax Will Be Here Before You Know IT.
ABI Research announced on Tuesday that WiMax networking options would be here quicker than many anticipated. They said that there are optional specifications built into the 802.16 standard which can boost the sensitivity of receiving equipment to the extent of making WiMAX PC cards and built-in receivers a practical proposition for laptops, PDAs and other portable devices.
[2005-05-30] T-Mobile Says No Buy Outs Planned
Deutsche Telekom U.S. mobile division, T-Mobile USA, discussed the future for the company in the coming months and years and said there are no mergers planned in their future. They plan on growing the business and concentrating on what the future has to offer.
[2005-05-27] Nokia 770 Tablet Arrives At LinuxWorld
The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi and a touch screen.
[2005-05-27] Indy 500 Team Brings IP Technology To The Brickyard
Eddy Cheever's Red Bull Cheever Racing team will have its two drivers backed by wireless IP at The Brickyard.
[2005-05-26] Ericsson Extends Russian GSM Deal
The $150 million USD agreement with Russia's largest mobile provider, OAO Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), expands its GSM capacity.
[2005-05-26] Mobile Phone Sales Hit New Record
Mobile phone sales have increased by 17% over the past year according to Gartner, Inc. In the first quarter of last year, 153.7 million units were sold. That was the record high for mobile phone sales.
[2005-05-26] Linux Loves Nokia’s 770 Tablet
Forget the old PDAs. Nokia's got something cool as school to compete in the same market. The new Nokia 770 Internet tablet gives users some groovy new tools to surf the net with and they told everyone about all about it at the Linuxworld Summit in the Big Apple.
[2005-05-26] Cell Phones Sell, Sell, Sell
Forget about a prospective slowdown in cellphone sales; instead, sales have jumped dramatically.
[2005-05-25] Sex Offender Wireless Alerts Launched
Service from ScanUSA allows for users to be alerted when a registered sex offender moves into their neighborhoods.
[2005-05-25] Wireless Companies Savor China Potential
As the Chinese government prepares to issue 3G licenses, a wide collection of industries watch anxiously.
[2005-05-25] Nokia Doesn't Release A Phone Today
What the Finnish cellphone maker did release was a tablet device powered by Debian Linux inside.
[2005-05-23] Wi-Fi Records Highest Volume Ever
First quarter figures for worldwide wireless LAN equipment see 12.2 million units shipped.
[2005-05-19] Quick tip: Reading Feeds On Your Mobile
Just a quick tip about the perfect(?) solution to keep an eye on your RSS feeds while being away from the computer.
[2005-05-18] PalmOne’s Loaded LifeDrive
PalmOne introduced their newest entry into the PDA market called the LifeDrive. The LifeDrive has a 4Gb hard drive, Bluetooth and WiFi technology built into the little device.
[2005-05-16] Startups, Alliances, And The Promise Of Ultra-Wideband
The last dot-com boom was all about getting wired. The next boom will get everyone unwired. And that's a good thing.
[2005-05-15] Wynn Las Vegas Has Great Signage, But A Lousy Website
Since I took a potshot at Steve Wynn yesterday for having a lame Website, Maryam and I went there today and dropped a few bucks in his casino.
[2005-05-12] Will Mobile Phones Outpace the iPod?
Bill Gates predicts the mobile phone will outpace the iPod as the mp3 player of choice in the near future.
[2005-05-09] PalmOne Lifedrive: Bigger and Badder PDA
PalmOne let information about their new Lifedrive Mobile Manager slip out. This new PDA will have a lot of groovy features although not a huge amount is known about it yet.
[2005-05-09] Cell Phone Text: A New Approach
Being a proud and dedicated early adopter, I read a couple books on my Palm when Palm-enabled books first became available.
[2005-05-06] Securing wVoIP
Wireless security software developer Columbitech recently announced wireless VPN support for securing wireless voice applications (wVoIP).
[2005-05-05] Blackberry Jams Other PDAs Into A Cobbler
Blackberry climbs to the top of the heap in PDA sales over the head of palmOne in sales worldwide of the PDAs. The extraordinary increase is attributed to Western European sales, which grew a whopping 84.3%.
[2005-05-03] ASA 5500 From Cisco Systems At Interop Helps Security
Networking juggernaut Cisco Systems Inc. will unveil their newest offering in the world of networking technology during Cisco CEO John Chambers' keynote address at Interop this morning. The ASA 5500 combines many new features in a sleek new device for organizations that like to one stop shop.
[2005-05-03] Bluetooth Now Poised To Fulfill Its Promise
No question about it, Bluetooth is very handy thanks to its improved integration with computers, cell phones and automobiles.
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