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The iPhone Telephony Tragedy

Instant reaction ...... Apple and ATT ... two of the biggest global companies. Products and service in the 21st century? Crap :-(Obsolescence is the rule This does not excuse ATT's bad network, but anybody, buying any digital product should know that it will be surpassed in months, and obsolete within...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Obsolescence, Apple iPhone, iPhone Telephony tragedy, iPhone Telephony, phone, tragedy, AT&T Corp., telephony

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

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Looking beyond iPhone or Android - Ribbit creates a software "clone" phone

Ribbit has launched a mobile service that shows off its telephony technology - it could be be used to create software clones of phones ... by Tom Foremski

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Phone, Telephony, Ribbit, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Google plays a hand of Ogre with Apple

'Ogre' is an interesting - if obscure - analogy. But I would suggest that you'd to better to stick with plain old chess.In my view, the AT&T/iPhone team have a better position, if only by virtue of their early start in the market. But, as a belated entry, Android is...

Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Ogre, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

The iPhone Telephony Tragedy

I've got a first gen iPhone and live in San Francisco, the heart of Apple country. The voice communication part of it has been slowly getting worse and is now virtually unusable. A first gen iphone is of course ancient history to an Apple or Mobile...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Telephony, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Service, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-19

News to know: Microsoft, Yahoo; AMD; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Who will get the Windows 7 bits and when? Microsoft's fiscal 2010 game plan: Seven must-see...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Apple iPhone OS 3.0 update plugs 46 security holes

Apple's latest iPhone OS 3.0 software updates includes patches for multiple vulnerabilities, some with serious security implications. The update, which is only available for download via iTunes, covers a total of 46 documented vulnerabilities, including several that allows malicious code execution if a user simply visits a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Malicious Code, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Security, IPSec, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-17

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer ExperiencePhone as a uniform data device NOT mobile providers' preferenceMobile phone companies prefer NOT to be treated as just a data ISP. Instead they have traditionally maintained false fragmentations, such as separate voice, SMS and lately data streams, when all can be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Wireless Customer Experience, phone, wireless, carrier, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Microsoft adds some multi-touch glitz to Windows 7

Microsoft adds some multi-touch glitz to Windows 7another blog about ithere's another blog about it:http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/rss.aspx..Another stab at Tablet PCsI hope MS does crucial design and engineering work to ensure that Tablet PCs take off this time. I think multitouch and the multitouch onscreen keyboard will be key to making this...

Tags: Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, multitouch, Microsoft Windows, tablet, multi-touch, backend service, keyboard, tablet PC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-05-27

Unlocking Successful Net Access While Globe Trotting

Getting online in places you've never been before can be a huge challenge, especially if you're on the move a lot. Paying for hotel wifi and staying late at conferences or clients are options, but what about when you're visiting a country for the first time - how...

Tags: Internet Access, SIM Card, Phone, Mobile, Network, Service, Murphy, Modems, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-18

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Cable’s Conundrum: Does It Need Wireless?

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The iPhone has been the object of the creation of more applications than any other platform, Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts noted on stage today at the 2009 Cable Show. Now, Skype is available on the iPhone. Besides Skype, there are and will be...

Tags: Phone, Wireless Phone, Wireless, Cable, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-01

RIM has nearly twice the Apple US market, gap should continue to grow

RIM has nearly twice the Apple US market, gap should continue to growProof readingDid anyone proof read this before it was posted?"I imagine their market share percentage in the US may be even [u]great[/u] than double that of Apple"RE: RIM has nearly twice the Apple US market, gap should continue...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Disruptive Technology, Apple Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Apple iPhone, iPhone OS, Apple iPod Touch

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

The new physics for IT shops: PPM

What would Newton tell today's CIOs Sir Isaac Newton’s Second Law of Physics posits that Force is equal to Mass times Acceleration (F=M x A). While this factoid is something many of us learned in high school, it is one of those laws that is bedeviling...

Tags: Group, Information Technology, PPM, Mass, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-16

iPod, iPhone, iNet?

iPod, iPhone, iNet?Ah, another of Murph's False Facts.You said "and since 4.0 was basically just a VMS port to Intel" Hmm, no, NT 4.0 was an evolution of the previous NT code basis. Yes, Cutler came from DEC, and NT has VMS influences, but there was no re-write from 3.5...

Tags: Digital music, Linux, Digital media, Blogging, Microsoft Windows NT, Operating systems, Apple Products, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Stryon iNET

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

The iPod Touch can become an iPhone with a Jajah VoIP app

As you might recall, I bought and then returned an iPhone 3G because my experiences with the AT&T service were so bad. A lot of readers said I made a bad decision but suddenly, I'm feeling redeemed - like I may have made a smart move. Jajah,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wireless Carrier, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Wireless, Jajah VoIP, Sales Strategy, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless And Mobility, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-04

News to know: Jobs' medical leave; Windows 7; BlackBerry PDF vulnerabilities; Tech economy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Jobs to take medical leave; Back in summer at WWDC? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:  Steve Jobs takes "medical...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Larry Dignan, Patent, Microsoft Windows 7, Adobe PDF, Leave, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Apple's future: It's in the Touch

Apple's future: It's in the TouchIt's scary catchup timeBill Gates remarks on the Next 10 years of Digital Media NVTC speech http://tinyurl.com/97zbns Videohttp://www.nvtc.org/events/031308/TranscriptRemarksByBillGates.pdf Transcript"On that tablet we can touch the screen. We have a pen. We can write. We can have the handwriting be recognized and so...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, VOIP, Cellular phones, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, whiteboard, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

Apple's future: It's in the Touch

A guest post on ZDNet yesterday posed the question: Has Apple gotten lazy? It's not the first time I've heard it asked, considering Apple's headlines in recent months: a pullout from Macworld, the distractions of Steve Jobs' health and relatively low-key announcements out of Macworld. Sure, upgrades to iLife, iWork...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Citrix Receiver for iPhone

Citrix Receiver for iPhoneCopy/Paste is inter-process on the iPhone, but...No copy and paste and no backgrounding: these are consequences of compromises Apple made in order to manage memory and optimize telephony, e-mail, and music. (It could also be these were held in reserve to have some sizzle to sell with...

Tags: Flash memory, Copy/Paste, Apple iPhone, Citrix Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-29

iPod touch gets VoIP, steals some iPhone thunder

The 'funnest' iPod ever has kicked it up a notch. Bam! Thanks to a microphone adapter and some free software called Truphone, the second-generation iPod touch is now capable of courting consumers as a VoIP mobile phone, in the most literal of senses (just...

Tags: Apple iPhone, VoIP, Apple iPod, Call, Apple iPod Touch, Truphone, Truphone Application, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04