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A new city-wide broadband technology came to Wilmington, NC yesterday, and it may help connect rural homes to broadband and power public Wi-Fi hotspots in cities. It could become a real threat to cell phone carriers' 3G data monopoly, and could bring the Internet to rural homes. But there's one thing the radical new "TV white spaces" network technology most certianly isn't: it isn't "super Wi-Fi," as a press release dubbed it. "Wi-Fi is a trademark, there is no such thing as 'Super Wi-Fi,' and white spaces is not Wi-Fi," Wi-Fi Alliance marketing director Kelly Davis-Felner said. "This could cause confusion among consumers who may actually expect the technology to be Wi-Fi, and it isn't." The Wireless Innovation Alliance, the trade group for TV white spaces technology providers, doesn't seem to care much for the Wi-Fi Alliance's complaints. "The term 'wifi' has always been a general term for the family of 802.11 protocols and products using these protocols. The term 'Super WiFi' is a verbal tool for conveying a thought or concept in an easy-to-understand way, such as when a child asks for a Band-Aid for a boo-boo, and you give him or her a generic brand plastic adhesive," a Wireless Innovation Alliance spokesperson said in a statement." The phrase is also being used for a trade show, the "Super Wi-Fi Summit." Scott Kargman, the COO of Crossfire Media, one of the directors of the summit, said the company is using the phrase because "it's a commonly used term, and people seem to understand it." Davis-Felner isn't impressed.
Just over six months ago, well-known hacker George Hotz, a.k.a. Geohot, joined the straight and narrow and got a day-job at Facebook.
Apple could be getting back on its summer release schedule for the iPhone, if you want to believe a new rumor. Citing a "reliable source at Foxconn in China," Apple-focused blog 9to5Mac says Apple's got a handful of sample devices for the next iPhone "floating around," and that based on previous production scheduling, the company could be looking to release a new model this summer.
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Jan 22, 2012 -- The Board of Directors of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that, acting on the recommendation of its Co-Chief Executive Officers to implement the succession plan they previously submitted to the Board, it has unanimously named Thorsten Heins as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Heins was also appointed to RIM's Board. The Board acted after conducting its own due diligence. Both appointments are effective immediately.
A new theory has emerged, from the Apple-hewn mind of John Gruber, examining why Android devices have proliferated in size of the past two years. For a long time, the standard display size of an Android device was between 3.7- and 4-inches (think Nexus One and then Nexus S), but since the advent of WiMAX and LTE chips, handset sizes have increased dramatically to compensate for the bigger chips needed to power them. Not only that, since we do not have an all-in-one SoC solution (yet) for LTE, all devices with the high-speed technology must have room for an extra chip on the very small motherboard. This is likely the reason Apple decided to hold off on LTE for a generation (or two). And, with the need for LTE (to differentiate from the market) these Android vendors needed bigger batteries to deal with all this extra power. Hence, the 4.3-inch handset era was born.
Las Vegas (CNN) -- The International Consumer Electronics Show, the giant gadget convention that wrapped up on Friday, has brought some frustrating news for AT&T or Sprint customers who bought a cutting-edge 4G smartphone last year. That phone will soon be outdated. AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel unveiled some of the first smartphones that will tap into their new, even faster fourth-generation networks. But wait, Sprint has been talking about its 4G network since launching one in 2008 followed by its premier phone, HTC's Evo 4G, in 2010. And AT&T began adding "4G" to the names of many of its smartphones early last year. Now, two of the largest U.S. cellular carriers are ramping up yet another 4G system. They will have LTE, or Long-term Evolution, to compete with the one Verizon Wireless launched more than a year ago. T-Mobile USA says it has 4G, which is similar to AT&T's old 4G, but the carrier has not talked about plans for 4G LTE deployment. (Get all that?) Since AT&T and Sprint have already exhausted their usage of 4G in marketing, it's unclear how they will explain to customers the major investments they've made to have the latest network technology. "I don't think the majority of our customers understand the monikers," AT&T executive Glenn Lurie said in an interview here at CES. Sprint product chief Fared Adib declined to comment on the company's marketing plans. Lurie, who serves as AT&T's liaison to Apple, declined to comment on why Apple refused to adopt the 4G moniker in the iPhone 4S, which uses last year's HSPA+ technology that AT&T also describes as 4G. more
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 will support T-Mobile’s network, giving the struggling fourth-place carrier an opportunity to gain ground on its competitors. T-Mobile’s chief technology officer Neville Ray at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week told CNET and several other sources the chipsets in the new iPhone 5 will support the Advanced Wireless Services, or AWS, frequency the carrier uses in its 3G network. Just because the iPhone 5 is capable of running on T-Mobile, however, doesn’t mean the companies will be able to strike a deal. Apple largely ignored past requests from the carrier to create an AWS-friendly version of the iPhone, and T-Mobile aggressively promotes Android phones it says are as good, or better than, the iPhone.
Wireless carriers, hustling to catch up to Verizon in 4G, used CES 2012 as a showcase for new 4G LTE phones and tablets. T-Mobile, however, was conspicuously quiet. It is all about LTE this year at CES with three out of the four major carriers launching phones and tablets compatible with the wireless standard. And LTE isn’t just restricted to high-end Android smartphones anymore. We saw tablets, inexpensive smartphones, Windows Phones, mobile hotspots and even a tablet/phone hybrid. At last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Verizon introduced the first LTE-capable phones for its young 4G network. Press and attendees fawned over the HTC Thunderbolt, Samsung Charge and Droid Bionic’s hardware and praised Verizon’s mega-fast data speeds in Vegas. They might be a year late, but Sprint, AT&T and MetroPCS have stepped up their LTE game--regardless of the fact that the carriers’ respective LTE networks are fairly limited today.
OnLive is famous for its rather impressive cloud gaming service, which allows subscribers to play console-quality games on devices like smartphones, tablets, and TVs. However, the company is about to make a name for itself once again by bringing Windows 7 to the iPad.
Several Chinese authors have sued Apple, alleging copyright violations, a new report claims.
This is a basic Review for the BlackBerry 9790 Bold Touch, this is basically a thinner lighter 9700 with a touch screen and speed bump. But this device is 1 Ghz clock speed with 768 ram, and 8 gig internal. So thats a bit more than the 9700 any day lol