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- 3G
- (3rd Generation) Refers to the current generation of data transmission capabilities over a cellular network in order to provide Internet access via smart cellphones. EV-DO, WCDMA, HSDPA, GPRS...
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- Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizon
- Hey there, it's Jake, Jason's evil twin. It's Friday which means that it's my turn to take the wheel for trip down Apple rumor lane. Fasten your seat belts because here we go: Apple Developing Wiimote-Like Controller? – AppleInsider reports that a new Apple patent application reveals...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iLounge, 3G, E-mail, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- T-Mobile USA officially announces 3G rollout
- T-Mobile USA officially announces 3G rolloutw00t!This is exciting. I can't wait to play with it in Phoenix.
- Tags: Cellular phones, T-Mobile, 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- T-Mobile USA officially announces 3G rollout
- There were rumors of the T-Mobile 3G rollout last week in New York and this morning T-Mobile USA issued the below press release officially announcing that 3G is beginning. Unlike one of the rumors that made little sense, the 3G rollout is for both voice and data and begins in...
- Tags: Network, T-Mobile, T-Mobile International, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- MobileTechRoundup show #131, WiFi or 3G, what is the mobile users preference?
- Listen here (MP3, 31.5 MB, 34:20 minutes) Subscribe to the show with this link (RSS) AT&T is starting to take over for T-Mobile in providing WiFi access at Starbucks and other locations so to kick off...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Mobile, Wi-Fi, 3G, Podcasts, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA
- Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Update: T-Mobile 3G voice and data launches in NY
- I was getting all excited today after reading the rumors that T-Mobile was going to start rolling out its 3G network in New York tomorrow. I contacted my T-Mobile PR person to try to get some confirmation, but never heard anything back except for the continued party line that T-Mobile...
- Tags: Network, Voice, T-Mobile, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Even an unlocked 3G iPhone will still be an AT
- Even an unlocked 3G iPhone will still be an ATPDA data plan -- does the iPhone have a keyboard?AT&T charges people who use Smartphones with keyboards $40/month for the PDA connect plan.For example, the Blackjack has a keyboard and accessess the Internet and e-mail using the 3G network.That's pricey compared...
- Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Hacking, Apple iPhone, 3G, unlocked 3G iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Even an unlocked 3G iPhone will still be an AT&T iPhone
- Saul Hansell wrote up a good response to the $199 iPhone rumor. He stated that the report may actually mean that AT&T wants to lower the price of the iPhone and raise the price of data plans and/or Apple will start selling unlocked phones. However, even if the 3G iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- iPhone 3G: Release the rumors!
- iPhone 3G: Release the rumors!Not consistent......with Apple's market or policies. Subsidizing and thus devalueing the iPhone is not what Apple wants. It WANTS the iPhone to be expensive because that is the market it caters to. I think Apple wants the iPhone to be competitive. The...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- News to know: Microhoo; Taming Vista UAC; iPhone; Google; CIO Sessions
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC. Images: Taming Vista's User Account Control (right) Larry Dignan: Microhoo: Wall Street gets antsy Mary Jo Foley: XP SP3 delayed by glitch New test releases...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vista UAC, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199
- Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199But..But Wait...No_Ax Predicted This Wouldn't Happen!!Oh Lordy...THREE predictions to fall?VonageYahoo takeover...Now the IPhone selling 10 million???Man, this is gonna really hurt Don's reputation here.RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199Will it still be available only on AT & T ???RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, US$199, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, ATT
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- T-Mobile rolling out 3G data service on Thursday (updated)
- iPhone users will have to wait at least another 60 days for our US$199 3G iPhones, but in the mean time T-Mobile will be rolling out their new 3G data service in a bunch of cities beginning on 01 May (this Thursday) according to Boy Genius Reports. ...
- Tags: Data Service, Apple iPhone, HSDPA, T-Mobile, HSUPA 3G, Cellular Phones, 3G, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- iPhone 3G: Release the rumors!
- Will the new iPhone be had in July for $199? Despite the buzz, nothing is certain about the next-generation iPhone — except that it will be the biggest mobile game machine of the back-to-school season. The story of the moment is by Scott...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, 3G, Apple Inc., Volume Button, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Will AT&T really be offering a $200 subsidy on the 3G iPhone?
- I've been saving up my mobile device PayPal funds for the upcoming U.S. 3G version of the HTC Touch Dual, but with Fortune's news of serious iPhone deals that may have the 3G iPhone available from AT&T for as low as US$199 I think the 3G iPhone just moved to...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Subsidy, US$200 Subsidy, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199
- In Fortune's TechLand blog Scott Moritz cites a "person familiar with the strategy" as saying that Apple will drop the price of the new 3G iPhone as much as US$200 when it's launched this June. The only catch: buyers will be required to sign a new two-year contract. AT&T...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- iPhone-optimized Evernote client improves an already great service
- I've been having a ton more followers of my Twitter feed lately and just added the Evernote feed to my account. I then found out that Ars Technica posted a review of Evernote and also revealed the new iPhone formatted Evernote site. As readers know, I am a big fan...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhone-optimized Evernote Client, E-mail, 3G, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- IM+ for Skype for Palm OS (prc)
- IM+ for Skype is a fully mobile application that enables chat with other Skype users and provides cost-effective calling to landlines and mobiles. It works worldwide in any 3G, GSM, CDMA network and does not require Wi-Fi. IM+ for Skype is based on SkypeOut service that allows users to make...
- Tags: Operating System, Palm Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Shape, Palm OS, 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-04-29
- Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple (updated)
- Hey there, it's Jake. It's Friday, which means it's time to round up the latest Mac rumors. Earlier today my brother Jason reported that Salesforce.com is rumored to be dumping all their 4,000 PCs for Macs for "security reasons." Salesforce.com's stock (NYSE: CRM) popped yesterday on rumors...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Rumor Mill: What you should be saving up for
- Howdy. It's Jake, Jason's evil, rumor-mongering twin. It's Friday, which means that it's time for a peek at the current raft of Apple rumors: iPhone 3G – This one is getting more persistant, so it's probably getting closer to being real. The latest word...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, MBP, 3G, Cellular Phones, Notebooks, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Apple leaks iPhone 3G chipset in SDK
- Apple leaks iPhone 3G chipset in SDKspeed but not enterpriseIt is very good for users who likes very much to share media files an upcoming faster speedy tech for mobile internet and maybe for video calls But what about for users like me that would like to create office files...
- Tags: Chipsets, Cellular phones, 3G, iPhone 3G, SDK, chipset, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
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