by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
Sprint?s 4G WiMAX partner, Clearwire has announced the launch of the 4G CLEAR WiMAX network in Las Vegas reports an article over on Intomobile.
Clearwire is also preparing to launch 4G CLEAR WiMAX in Chicago, Charlotte, Honolulu, Philadelphia, Seattle and Dallas/Ft. Worth sometime later this year.
The Clearwire 4G CLEAR WiMAX network in Las Vegas serves 1.7 million people across 638 square miles and is expected to bring real world data speeds in the 3Mbps to 6Mbps range and with burst data speeds hitting 10Mpbs.
Furthermore, Clearwire has launches their dual mode Clear 4G+ mobile USB modem which has support for 3G and 4G networks.
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
It appears Android is taking over as yet another new mobile phone sporting the Android platform is revealed courtesy of pointgphone.
The Android phone in question is from HTC and is called the HTC Click, and although detail is scares apparently the HTC Click does pack a 2.8 inch display, some unnamed camera, , a jog wheel rather than a trackball, and a 3.5mm jack.
The word is the HTC Click is targeted towards the low end market, but other than that not much more is available, but no doubt more will show up sooner or later and we?ll bring the info to you.
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
The word from theiphoneblog is that during Apple?s third quarter 2009 conference call, COO Tim Cook stated that traditional iPod sales would start to decline and this is why Apple has developed the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Apple has sold 10.2 million iPods including iPod Touch, and maintained over 70 percent US share of the MP3 Market.
iPod sales decline year on year while iPod Touch sales continue to grow up 130 percent and added to the iPhone sales last quarter. Apparently Apple has always said if someone was going to cannibalise their market it would be Apple.
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
If you are in the United Kingdom and have been waiting for the release of the new HTC Hero smartphone on Orange, your wait has now ended as Orange has now made the HTC Hero available to the public.
The word of Orange making the HTC Hero available came yesterday via a Twitter which said the ?HTC Hero available from Orange UK retail stores from tomorrow,? and that is all.
The HTC Hero is definitely up on the Orange website, and indeed when I checked by going through to the Orange checkout you can indeed purchase the HTC from free on a pay monthly contract as of today.
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
For all you iPhone gamers out there SEGA has now announced their classic ?Streets of Rage? game is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
iPhone owners can now experience the good old days of the 16-bit game era and enjoy the ?Streets of Rage? mobile iPhone game which can be purchased via the Apple iTunes App Store.
SEGA?s classic game Streets of Rage is a beat-em-up mobile game for the iPhone is available for download and commands a price tag of $4.99, so iPhone gaming fans get it while it?s hot.
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
We reported yesterday on Research In Motion being blocked from purchasing Nortel assets, (see here). Well Research In Motion has now put out a statement on that blocking and are somewhat disappointed.
RIM wanted Nortel?s CDMA and LTE operations along with a few other assets and was willing to hand over $1.1 billion US bucks for the privilege, with Nortel stating RIM can?t bid for any more assets for a year.
RIM co-CEO, Jim Balsillie says RIM is very disappointed that Nortel assets seem destined to leave Canada when it is Canadian taxpayers who have funded in part Nortel development, and that RIM believes this should remain in Canada and Canada?s Export Development Corporation who is helping another bidder to the tune of $300 million is making it difficult.
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
Sad news is hitting the net waves of a 25 year old Sun Danyong a worker at Foxconn committed suicide last week after a 4th generation Apple iPhone prototype went missing. Foxconn produces all iPhone models for Apple and the prototype was one of 16 iPhones the 25 year old was responsible for reports venturebeat.
The word is the guy?s apartment was illegally searched and he was interrogated and physically abused by other Foxconn employees.
Apple, although not confirming that the disappearance of the iPhone prototype was the cause has corroborated the death and has stated Apple is “saddened by the tragic loss of this young employee, and we are awaiting results of the investigations into his death. We require our suppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect.”
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
The guys over at Crackberry have managed to find a way around the software problem that put a dampener on trying out early Blackberry Storm 2 handsets, and have produced a video tour of the Blackberry Storm 2.
And yes we have said video tour for your viewing pleasure which can be located below, and confirms that SurePress is still with the Storm and WiFi has now been added.
The BlackBerry Storm 2 also has 256MB of application along with 1.8GB of storage memory and runs BlackBerry OS 5.1 but is still a work in progress, so check out that video tour and enjoy.
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
INTERVIEW: Smartphone.biz-news spoke to John Dubois, global roaming director for the WiMAX Forum, to hear the latest on the deployment of the 4G technology’s networks – and plans for operators to use a hub model for roaming agreements.
Getting underway are the first commercial global roaming trials, which will involve 14 “ecosystem leaders” carrying out end-to-end testing of roaming over live WiMAX networks.
Continue reading Clearing Houses at Centre of WiMAX Hub Model
Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 22/07/2009
by Techno Witch on July 22, 2009
T-Mobile has announced the arrival of the Samsung Comeback, and the Samsung Gravity 2 reports an article over on engadget mobile.
The T-Mobile branded Samsung Comeback is a side slide handset and sports two displays, one QVGA and the other 128 x 128, a 2 megapixel camera, and microSD expansion up to 16GB.
The T-Mobile branded Samsung Gravity 2 is a side slide QWERTY with 3G and 2 megapixel camera.
The Samsung Comeback is available from T-mobile now and commands a price tag of $129.99 on agreement while the Samsung gravity 2 should hit in August but as yet no pricing.