Mar

24

Wireless Auction and Google

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March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Even though Google got outbid in the 700 Mhz Wireless Auction and didn’t win any licenses they are now trying to convince the FCC to allow the use of ‘white spaces’, which is essentially the spaces between other bands that some people call a great untapped resource. Some feel that white spaces should be used […]

Mar

21

The race for the 1st Android Mobile

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March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The HTC Dream has been confirmed as the likely flagship of Google’s Mobile OS Android. Details are much the same as before, a hidden qwerty keyboard along with a touch screen interface. The Dream will likely hit the market near the end of this year advised ‘the source’ which spoke to InfoWorld most likely after […]

Feb

27

Yahoo! and T-Mobile take on Google

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February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

More and more companies are starting to see Google as the threat they really are in the mobile landscape and are taking steps to ensure that their growth is tempered. Case in point, Yahoo! has jumped into bed with T-Mobile, while T-Mobile has kicked Google to the curb.
T-Mobile International announced plans to make Yahoo its […]

Feb

13

Blackberry’s go dark and users go beserk

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February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

Blackberry service went down for about 12 hours yesterday and once again the wolves were nipping at RIM’s jugular. Some don’t seem to believe it was due to a software upgrade as that is just too similar to the 2007 outage. Others just want to vent their anger because they have come to depend on […]

Feb

12

Microsoft purchases Danger

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February 12, 2008 | 3 Comments

In a move that shocked virtually everyone, the Redmond based software company purchased the mobile phone company Danger who’s lone product is the SideKick. Some speculate that Microsoft is trying to compete with the likes of Apple and Google by purchasing a ready made market of young mobile phone users.
However, many pieces of this puzzle […]

Feb

1

The Next Generation of Mobile Phones

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February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

With the rapid advancements of mobile phone technology in the past few years, some wonder what is in store for us in the immediate future. I for one don’t want to wait and certainly don’t want to hear about vaporware, like the flying cars we were all promised as kids. So lets take a rational […]

Aug

8

Google and their G-Phone

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August 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

Reportedly, allegedly, and maybe even theoretically Google just might be giving a sneaking and a peeking to some manufacturers in hopes of getting some positive feedback in regards to both design and software capabilities of its oft rumored mobile phone. Rumors and conjecture are that it will be run on an open source Mobile Operating […]

Jul

31

Cell phones under attack

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July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Recently in the news there has been a decidedly negative slant to the media’s coverage of cell phones. The following stories have appeared but somehow my take is decidedly different.
Jail time for those that are in an accident where someone was using a cell phone.[Link]
But what about rewards if you can use a cell phone […]

Jul

29

Google and Sprint marriage

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July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Google is set to provide fee web search, interactive communications and social networking tools to Sprint’s next generation WiMax wireless data network. This is yet in another agreement from Google trying to firmly implant their presence into the mobile industry. This along with their interest to take part in the FCC wireless spectrum auction with […]

Jul

16

Money money everywhere…With Google AdSense Mobile

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July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Google has decided that mobile browsing isn’t awful enough so they want to stick an add or three on every mobile web page. This week they have started Beta testing their AdSense Mobile service and you too can be the next blog millionaire just like me. All you need to do is start hoarding all […]

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