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2009-11-20
The initial January testing period for Aircell's Gogo Inflight Internet service will be limited to Air Canada's Toronto-Los Angeles and Montreal-Los Angeles routes.
2009-11-20
Palm Pixi has received a 75 percent price chop at some retailers, just days after its debut. What’s good news for shoppers, however, may prove an image fiasco for Palm and its Pixi smartphone.
2009-11-20
Dell CFO says the company will be “opportunistic” and offer its Android-running Mini 3 smartphone where it can add value to its consumer business. He also said Dell has considered a netbook with Android, but has made no commitments.
2009-11-20
The proliferation of smartphones is increasing the propensity of consumers to use nonvoice communication, a study by BIA/Kelsey finds.
2009-11-19
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris present a lot for the typical smartphone user to like, including crisp call quality and excellent battery life. A few kinks aside, the Google Android operating system seems versatile and able to handle most minute-to-minute needs in the productivity, communication and entertainment qualities. Despite a few form-factor issues that could make the smartphones off-putting to some users, both Droids come closest to being the long-predicted "iPhone killer."
2009-11-19
AT&T’s request that Verizon pull its five “There’s a Map for That” ads has been denied, though attorneys will have another shot to argue their case. In the meantime, AT&T has aired a new ad of its own, starring not misfit toys but actor Luke Wilson.
2009-11-19
BroadPoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie said a Google smartphone made by one vendor would be preferable to devices that pair hardware from Motorola, HTC and others with software and services from Google. The analyst said a Google phone would be a fine growth opportunity for the search engine as it seeks to extend its tendrils on the mobile Internet. Apple, by virtue of its singular choke point for hardware, applications and services, is best positioned to weather any Google phone attack. McKechnie expects 37.3 million iPhones will be sold worldwide in 2010, and said Apple could double its market share within a few years.
2009-11-19
T-Mobile confirmed that an employee at its U.K. subsidiary passed customer data to third-party brokers, potentially leading to a criminal prosecution. Despite the potential damage to customers’ lives, such a data breach is most likely punishable with a fine as opposed to jail time in the U.K. T-Mobile has been dealing with public-relations issues on both ends of the Atlantic, including an incident in which a massive server failure led to Sidekick smartphone users in the U.S. temporarily losing their personal data.
2009-11-19
The Nokia N900 is now in stores, Nokia announced Nov. 18. Nokia is positioning the device — which features a 3.5-inch touch screen, a 600MHz processor and the open-source Maemo 5 OS — as a “mobile computer.”
2009-11-19
The No. 4 ranking handset maker will eliminate another 1,600 jobs and close its headquarters in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
2009-11-19
Sony announces the Wi-Fi enabled Daily Edition e-reader, but notes the device may not ship in time for Christmas.
2009-11-18
Salesforce.com demonstrated a new work group collaboration tool dubbed "Chatter" as the highlight of opening keynote of its annual Dreamforce user conference Nov. 18 at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center. Chatter is designed with a Facebook-like interface and allows users to set up real-time feeds of selected Twitter posts. Chatter will run as part of Salesforce's customer relationship management platform with the object of enabling enterprises to set up collaboration groups to share information, close business deals or solve customer problems.
2009-11-18
The GSMA, with The Climate Group, released a Green Manifesto, suggesting industry-wide changes to help lower greenhouse gas emissions. Contributing to its launch, at the Mobile Asia Congress event, were executives from China Mobile and Huawei.
2009-11-18
Citrix's new options include a Dazzle offering for Windows and Macintosh computers and updated versions of Citrix Receiver for Windows and Mac plus the popular iPhone, BlackBerry and Android mobile devices.
2009-11-18
AT&T introduced the BlackBerry Curve 8520, while T-Mobile launched the BlackBerry Bold 9700. Nearly identical at a glance, the smartphones differ in price, as well as features such as GPS, WiFi calling and camera resolution.
2009-11-18
I read something yesterday that rankled me. In an interview with the New York Times, Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein knocked the Motorola Droid, questioning its mainstream market appeal and dismissing the device as a techie phone. The Droid gracefully enabled me to use the same applications I use on my laptop for work and personal use, with little drop off in user experience. How is that not a sign of a great consumer device? Isn't Apple's iPhone touted for the same? What is a techie phone? Meanwhile, Google is reportedly building the Google Phone we've all been reading about for two years.
2009-11-18
At the GSM Association's Mobile Asia Congress, China Mobile's CEO says his company is still in talks with Apple to bring the iPhone to the Chinese market.
2009-11-17
EMC Avamar is now providing, via the latest version of its Avamar deduplication and NetWorker backup software, enterprise-quality data backup for desktop and laptop computers. The client runs scheduled backups that include deduplication, so that only new documents and changes to existing files and data are sent to storage.
2009-11-17
Chip designer ARM is opening the online Solution Center for Android to help designers and developers more easily build ARM-based devices running the Android operating system and software stack. ARM officials say OEMs are developing for Android—most recently, Dell, Acer and Motorola have announced new smartphones running the OS—but they also are looking for solutions that will help them in their work. The Solution Center for Android will offer various developer tools, software components and turnkey solutions.
2009-11-17
While consumers may love the Apple iPhone, operators should keep their eyes open about this attractive, trendy smartphone, says a report from Strand Consult, which proposes to debunk 10 so-called myths about the iPhone.
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eWEEK Labs tested Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system on the AT&T Pure device and found that while Version 6.5 is definitely an improvement over previous iterations of Windows Mobile, it has too many vestiges of the past.
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