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The Wall Street Journal this morning had a short article pointing out the somewhat obvious reasons why location-based services on cell phones are still not mainstream . It also helpfully pointed out that carriers were working on it. To recap, LBS services need three main things: a way to get location...
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So what’s a 2D barcode? These are barcodes that you see in printed ads or on billboards in heavy populated pedestrian areas. They have the ability to provide a potential customer the ability to easily access more information about a service or product. A 2D barcode can contain data, web links,...
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If you are a wireless company, the two things you probably don’t want to be declining in would be net operating revenue and subscribers. Unfortunately for Sprint, that is exactly what’s happening based on the company’s latest financial report for the third quarter. The only highlight...
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Cable company Cox Communications said today it plans to launch a nationwide wireless network to offer voice and data in the second half of 2009, and it will evaluate using the LTE fourth generation wireless standard for future network buildouts.
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Cable company Cox Communications said today it plans to launch a nationwide wireless network to offer voice and data in the second half of 2009, and it will evaluate using the LTE fourth generation wireless standard for future network buildouts.
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Today Intel Corp. said it would add HSPA functionality to its Moorsetown chips slated to hit mobile Internet devices in 2009 or 2010. Coming from a firm that has spent billions pushing WiMAX the news reads like an admission of doubt for WiMAX, but it's really just a recognition that wireless broadband...
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Sprint and Samsung have announced the long awaited upgrade of Windows Mobile 6.1 for the Samsung ACE. The new upgrade features Windows Mobile 6.1, Office Mobile 6.1, GPS, and the ability to install unsigned applications.
We reviewed the ACE back in June and at the time thought it was a great phone that...
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Today marks the formal launch of Sprint’s Xohm network, and celebrants are gathered in Baltimore to show off their new WiMAX-enabled gadgets. But after chatting with an executive from Lenovo, I wonder just how open Sprint’s network will be, and how that lack of true openness might slow the...
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Of those people that purchased the new Apple 3G iPhone this summer, some 30 percent of them defected to AT&T from other networks, according to a report out today from analysis firm The NPD Group.
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The worsening financial environment could slow the deployment of the Clearwire nationwide network. The Sprint-Clearwire joint venture should close before the end of the year, but building a nationwide network might take longer if debt stays expensive.
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Sprint has announced the launch of their 4G XOHM WiMAX mobile broadband commercial service in Baltimore. Customers will be able to choose between daily and month-to-month service options. Currently, subscribers can choose between a US$10 Day Pass, US$25 monthly Home Internet service and US$30 monthly...
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UPDATED: After six months of waiting and a few leaked launch dates, Sprint announced commercial availability for its Xohm WiMAX network in Baltimore with a good pricing plan that undercuts 3G data but only provides limited coverage. However, there are no bandwidth caps.
John Polivka, a Sprint spokesman...