Posted on 04 August 2010 by Shane McGlaun
Clearwire has unveiled a new mobile 4G hotspot called the iSpot that was designed specifically for Apple devices like the iPhone and iPad. The device supports eight WiFi connections at a time and will sell for $99.99 with service at $25 monthly with no contract.
Posted on 26 July 2010 by Shane McGlaun
Acer has a new Android smartphone that will use Android 2.1 heading to the UK early in August. The UK launch date was tipped by Expansys and will be the exclusive seller of the handset.
Posted on 23 July 2010 by Evan Selleck
Interesting. We can’t really put our finger on it, but if we had to try and guess, we would say that while Apple is making a bunch of money this year (so far), and they’re selling out of pretty much everything they’re manufacturing (like the iPhone 4), it just seems like things aren’t working as well as normal. As well as Apple is known for, at least. Today marks the announcement from Apple that the white iPhone 4 is proving to be “more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected.”
Posted on 23 July 2010 by Evan Selleck
Every year, around this time, pretty much every major company out there starts prattling off how much money they made (or lost), versus previous quarters, and last year’s results. It’s a great way to see where your company stands amongst the crowd, and obviously it’s good for the executives of those companies to see if their current strategy is working, or if things need to get switched around. When it comes to Verizon (which was still known as Verizon Wireless during the second quarter period), they’re having a good second quarter.
Posted on 23 July 2010 by Evan Selleck
When’s the last time you saw an “old-school,” traditional clamshell flip-phone? Yeah, it probably really has been that long. Apparently Samsung wanted to get back into the game, because they’ve just announced the availability of the Haven, a traditional flip-phone that, for all intents and purposes, looks like it was ripped straight out of the past.
Posted on 23 July 2010 by Shane McGlaun
If you have a smartphone on the AT&T network that features WiFi, you have probably used one of the AT&T hotspots at one point to fix a poor signal or for faster downloads. AT&T has announced that during Q2 2010 it served more than 68 million WiFi connections.
Posted on 22 July 2010 by Evan Selleck
First thing you’ll notice about a few of those companies, is the fact that most of them are pretty much heavily invested in another mobile Operating System right now (Android). But that’s not stopping them from jumping onto the Microsoft train, though. Nor should it: these guys get more money by having more options, and while Android has been a great jumping-off point to get them into the public eye, they can now probably safely go back to their roots: Windows Mobile (heavily upgraded).
Posted on 22 July 2010 by Evan Selleck
Research In Motion is taking a very, very different approach when it comes to BlackBerry OS 6. Instead of keeping everything under the covers until its official release, it looks like the Waterloo-based company is doing just about everything in their power to get everyone excited about their next evolutionary mobile Operating System. And, truth be told, when compared to their previous endeavors, it looks like the sixth version is the charm.
Posted on 22 July 2010 by Evan Selleck
Today, it became evident that Motorola has moved forward with filing a lawsuit against the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. The company’s reasoning is rooted in the belief that Huawei stole trade secrets from Motorola. This comes from the belief that former Motorola employees, which had left the company, made their way over to Huawei and then provided those secrets to the rival company.
Posted on 22 July 2010 by Shane McGlaun
This is one rumor I am having a hard time believing. The rumor claims that AT&T has decided to order up 8 million Windows Phone 7 handsets. That is a ton of the devices when demand for Windows OS smartphones is traditionally low compared to other devices.
