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So why haven't I upgraded my BlackBerry 7520?

When I first checked my email this morning, I got this message from a reader of this blog:I usually check up on your blog maybe once or twice every week and the question I always asked my self is why do you still have a BlackBerry 7520 and...

Tags: Carriers, BlackBerry Curve 8300

Blog posts 2007-06-30

It's Official BlackBerry 8830 via Sprint around July 15

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and Sprint announced today that the BlackBerry 8830 will be available next month online at www.sprint.com, through Sprint Telesales, Sprint business sales channels and retail locations. We hear July 15ish.The BlackBerry 8830 from Sprint will be priced at $199.99 with a two year-service agreement and $100...

Tags: News, Carriers, BlackBerry 8830

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Sprint's also on the BlackBerry 8830 world phone bandwagon

Sprints version of the BlackBerry WorldPhone is coming in July. Ive heard it will cost $399.99, or thereabouts. Not for sale, of course, but Sprint is already touting the device on its Sprint Enterprise website. Features:Dual-network capability in 170+ countries for voice and 75+ countries for data;Media player for...

Tags: BlackBerry 8800, Carriers, News, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Good news for Sprint and Nextel BlackBerry owners

You can take this as the attested truth or just with a grain of salt, but:I was just told by a Sprint customer service rep that the Nextel and Sprint billing systems should be combined by the end of May.This is good news for BlackBerry customers.If you came to...

Tags: Carriers, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-04-24

Additional Resources

How Verizon might ruin Android

Okay Dana - how might Verizon ruin Android?By not actually writing an answer to the posited headline, it sure appears to me that you are trying to get comments from people like me to write your article for you. It might work a little better if you actually posited an...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Analyst: non-exclusive iPhone could dominate world

Spreading the joyI had Verizon for years. Very good coverage, excellent service, but the control they insist upon over apps and such makes Apple's app store look like a Linux convention. I've read within these hallowed pages speculation that Verizon was where Apple first tried to set the iPhone but...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, ATT, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., GSM, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Will the Palm Pre come to Verizon? Analysts debate

Do any of you realize that analysts get paid to GUESS about things?So here we have a bunch of idiot analysts GUESSING what might, or might not, happen regarding Verizon and the Palm Pre. Give me a break.It's like the report I heard in Bloomberg TV the other morning. The...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Federal government, WebOS, Verizon Communications Inc., Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

10 things I think I think about Palm's Pixi webOS smartphone

It looks like my Treo ProVery few differences from the front point of view.I don't get it. Is it a common knowledge thatSprint is a mediocre wireless carrier? Didn't you all complained that AT&T service sucks? if that is the case, what is left among major suppliers? Verizon? Some of...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Cellular phones, smart phone, Palm Inc., Wi-Fi, Sprint Communications, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, network

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks

The tech industry is always looking for the next big thing: Bing is gaining on Google, the Palm Pre will dethrone the iPhone, and so on. One of the latest "next big things" is the duo of ARM and Android which, if you buy the hype, will wrest the PC...

Tags: Google Android, ARM, Smart Phone, Qualcomm Inc., Netbook, Tech Industry, Hardware Compatibility, SSD, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Studies: more mobile traffic, mobile video in coming years

Mobile computing is here - and it's only going to get bigger, according to projection studies released this week. Cisco Systems today released the results of its Visual Networking Index VNI Mobile Forecast for 2008-2013. The big projection in that study is that global mobile traffic will...

Tags: Mobile, Video, Mobile Traffic, Mobile Video, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Android needs more U.S. carrier support

The Open Handset Alliance--the outfit behind the Android mobile operating system--announced 14 new members Tuesday, but perhaps the focus should be on what U.S. carriers remain absent. In a statement, the Open Handset Alliance, which was hatched by Google, outlined a roster of its new members the...

Tags: U.S., Vodafone Group Plc., Verizon Wireless, Carrier, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Operating Systems, Networking, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-09

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces--unused spectrum between broadcast channels--in a move the agency hopes paves the way for 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'. In a statement following the FCC's 5-0 approval Techmeme, Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., WiMAX, Broadband, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business model

Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business modelBut were is that highway system going?Sure, WiMax is building a highway system, so it was with the cellular network and, so it is now with 3G too. The problem is where are those highways going. They...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Broadband Internet, Network technology, Satellite Service, WiMAX, broadband, wireless business, mobile broadband, wireless, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge

So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Intel's Centrino 2 WiMAX could break the Luddite Telcos

Intel's Centrino 2 WiMAX could break the Luddite TelcosTotally agree with you.surely there are better ways than what telcos do, and i'd like to see. WiMAX is one.iPhone -- not even a trojan rabbit.Just to be clear, the iPhone is about transferring AT&T lock-in control from AT&T to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Intel Corp., telecommunications company, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Intel Centrino 2, Intel Centrino

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Score one for the little guy: FCC entirely backs consumer in Sprint slamming case

The meme that this FCC is highly partial to the interests of large broadband service providers and telcos has often been hammered home on these screens. While I am certainly not ready to contradict those overarching feelings, I nevertheless...

Tags: FCC, Commission, Subscriber, Charge, Rule, Sprint Communications, Carrier, Complainant, Section 258, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-03-04

State and wireless firms squabble over blame for high cellphone rates

Wireless companies want to advertise cell phone plans without including the full monthly cost, which includes hefty taxes and fees to state and federal agencies. The Supreme court declined the case. From Cnet by Anne Broache: Supreme Court rejects cell-phone tax case The case at hand,...

Tags: Wireless Company, T-Mobile, Cell Phone, Taxes, Wi-Fi, Free Trade, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Financial Planning, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-01-23

What a cool idea dept.: First-ever dedicated BlackBerry store opens

Hayden of BlackBerry discussion and forum site Pinstack notes that the world's first BlackBerry-only store has just opened. Apparently the first of its kind, the store is an exclusive deal between BlackBerry-maker Research Inb Motion, and Wireless Giant of Madison Heights, Michigan. On...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-12

Google introduces Android and the Open Handset Alliance

Google announced today in a press release their vision of an open handset along with a list of companies who are part of the alliance. These companies include everything from carriers to phone manufacturers that are all working towards the same common goal -- to revolutionize this industry. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Handset, Web Site Development, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-11-05

NTP: We sue the (wireless) world

NTP is back for more patent goodies. And this time the patent-holding company is suing a lot more than just RIM. NTP is suing AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel. The claims are similar to what were made in NTP's RIM suit, which was a long, drawn out...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., NTP, Wireless, NTP Complaint, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-11