Over six years after development started, Bluetooth SIG’s Advanced Audio Distribution profile (A2DP) is now making its way on to wireless devices. The purpose of A2DP is to enable stereo output for wireless headphones.
A2DP is not particularly popular at the moment, but some people will begin to cotton on to the fact that if [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Clearwire reports loss, iPCS mourns loss
Posted by admin in May 14th 2008
Due to the costs associated with expanding, Clearwire have reported first-quarter losses. The Kirkland, Washington based company posted a loss of $176.4 million, or $1.08 per share. At the same time last year they posted a loss of ‘just’ $92.6 million, or 64 cents per share.
Although losses almost doubled, Clearwire reported revenue rose 76 percent [...]
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Blackberry Gets Bold
Posted by admin in May 13th 2008
Blackberry has launched its first tri-band – 850/1900/2100MHz – HSDPA 3G handset, understatedly called ‘Bold’.
The phone’s manufacturer RIM states tht the quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge Bold – otherwise known as Blackberry 9000 – is built from “premium materials”, both inside and out.
The handset is finished in an almost leathery material and inside the Bold has an [...]
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Apple iPhone SDK hits 100,000
Posted by admin in May 12th 2008
Apple’s iPhone is likely to see new third-party applications soon.
Over 100,000 developers have downloaded the free software development kit (SDK) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled last week.
Several big name software firms issued statements supporting the SDK, which is currently available as a beta or test form. The complete version, which will include the launch of online Apps [...]
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Best buy and Carphone Warehouse to merge
Posted by admin in May 9th 2008
Best Buy Co. Inc. is looking to step up its European mobile phone business with a $2.14 billion investment.
The American retail giant is in the process of acquiring a 50 percent stake in The Carphone Warehouse Group plc’s mobile retail operations, creating a joint project that will help launch the Best Buy brand across the [...]
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Sprint and Clearwire form WiMAX partnership
Posted by admin in May 8th 2008
The long-rumored national mobile WiMAX partnership between Sprint and Clearwire is now official, both companies have announced.
The new company will be called Clearwire, of which Sprint will own 51 percent. Intel, Comcast, Google, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks combined are investing $3.2 billion based on a $20 estimated per-share price when [...]
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Search the world for free
Posted by admin in May 7th 2008
More than 10,000 people have registered for Livecontacts, a free friend finder service that launched on April 15th. Livecontacts is offered by Findwhere who are the global leader in precision tracking technology. Other companies on the market charge around $2.99 a month for similar software but Findwhere firmly believe that the service should be free.
Jaap [...]
The Cloud makes connecting easier
Posted by admin in May 6th 2008
Wireless broadband provider The Cloud is taking wi-fi access technology from Devicescape to make it easy for customers to connect to the network’s 10, 500 hotspots around the UK.
The software client Mycloud will provide seamless logon to home, office, public and free networks, the company claims.
The Cloud’s business director, Owen Geddes said the company hopes [...]
Have You Embraced The Wireless Revolution?
Posted by admin in May 2nd 2008
We have wireless routers, we have mobile phone systems which mirror the modern office of today and we have access to networks and data 24 hours a day 7 days a week, from almost any place on earth. But are you making the most of it?
Small businesses seem to be in a prime position [...]
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AT&T TV On The Way
Posted by admin in May 1st 2008
They may be the best known of the US carriers, but AT&T have been fairly slow to market with some of the earlier technologies used by their competitors, but not now. AT&T have announced the launch of their mobile TV service which is set to hit the wireless airwaves this Sunday – in a [...]
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