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- Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity
- Congress continued to take the wireless carriers to the mat over the wrong issue, specifically the cost of a text message. Now, it looks like there may be an effort to pin them down on a matter that will likely resonate with a greater a number of people: carrier exclusivity...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Should the US government impose wireless fee limits like the EU?
- Zack forwarded me a link to a rather interesting BBC News item on how the EU is setting caps on text messaging, data roaming, and voice calls. As a US wireless carrier subscriber I was a bit surprised to read that government officials are able to set maximum limits wireless...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- New wireless carrier to offer unlimited VoIP and data for $70
- Tired of your traditional wireless carrier here in the US and looking for a change? Sascha Segan reports that a new wireless carrier will be launching soon with no phone calls going over the GSM voice network. Calls from the ZERO1 Mobile network will all be VoIP calls made with...
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- 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,...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- SMS fees impacting Twitter feature
- Just this week, I was applauding Twitter for rejecting an offer from Facebook. One reason I noted was that Twitter's SMS text feature makes alerts from twittering (tweeting?) news outlets such as ZDNet even more valuable. Now, that feature seems headed for the history books as wireless carriers impose fee...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Speedtest 1.0 (Mobile)
- Use the Speedtest application to find better WiFi networks or evaluate your wireless carrier.
- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- Google faces uphill climb forging wireless deals
- Google's wireless plans are coming into focus, but it will face a big hurdle: Convincing wireless carriers that it is a partner and not a foe.The Wall Street Journal reports today that Google is approaching numerous wireless carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless with prototype handsets embedded with its search...
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Service-Optimized Ethernet Solutions Are Critical to Achieving Carrier Business Transformation Goals
- For the next 2 to 3 years, business model transformation will remain the single most important trend among all types of communications service providers worldwide. Whether the company is thought of today as an incumbent telco, cable company, wireless carrier or content provider, business model transformation is a critical first...
- White papers 2007-02-01
- dotMobi aims around the wireless Telcos to boost mobile Internet
- Accessing the Internet from cell phones is possible but the experience is poor. Mobile web browser performance is clunky, few web sites are designed for cell phone access, and the customer bill can be astronomical.I recently spoke with Alexa Raad, who heads up marketing and business development at dotMobi, a...
- Blog posts 2006-12-22
- Unlocking your mobile phone is no longer prohibited
- Last week the U.S. Copyright Office issued a ruling that states cell phone owners are allowed to break their software locks on their devices. There has been quite bit of talk about this on the internet, but the ruling doesnt state anything about requiring wireless carriers to unlock your phone....
- Blog posts 2006-11-29
- Virtual wireless carriers face tough times
- Virtual wireless carriers face tough timesVirtual wireless carriers face tough timesYeah yeah. If you want to be a leader in the wireless carrier market then how about bringing phones over to the U.S. with all the features that they have international? My understanding is that the U.S. is...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-17
- Smartphones: Where the computer and telephony cultures clash
- Smartphones: Where the computer and telephony cultures clashWireless carriers"I've even flooded their networks with traffic without so much as a peep from them. So, if the ISPs able to do it, you can't help but wonder why the wireless carriers can't. Is it the fragility of their...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-11
- Smartphones: Where the computer and telephony cultures clash
- Buried in my recently posted saga of why synch can stink was a comment about how, when using Intellisync to wirelessly (over Verizon Wireless' EVDO network) synchronize email, contacts, appointments, etc. between my PC (an IBM Thinkpad T42) and an Audiovox XV6600 PocketPC phone, I was unable to control...
- Blog posts 2005-08-11
- 60% of US wireless carrier sales come through direct channels
- About 60% of wireless carrier sales come through direct channels, 40% through indirect channels, reports In-Stat. While carriers prefer sales through their own direct channels because Average Revenue Per User ARPU is higher and subscriber acquisition costs are slightly lower, they continue to grow the number of both direct and...
- Blog posts 2005-07-01
- Forget Ballmer's $100 PC. Introducing Schwartz's free PC
- In a blog entry whose date suggests that he finished it well before the IBM/Lenovo concluded (and was just waiting for it to be official before pressing the publish button), Sun COO Jonathan Schwartz talks about how PCs will follow devices like cell phones and cable boxes into the world of...
- Blog posts 2004-12-08
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- Amazon slashes price of Palm Pre to $79.99, Pixi to $24.99
- I don't want ......ANY misleading bargain with a two or three year contract. Sell me the HW at a fair price and let me select the carrier and package of my choice.I am not an idiot. RE: Amazon slashes price of Palm Pre to $79.99, Pixi to $24.99When you limit...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- AT&T loses lawsuit over Verizon's map commercial
- Ha! Take THAT Such a silly waste of the court's time. If they finally lose, I hope they are made to pay treble court costs just as a lesson in frivolous lawsuits clogging the courts. That would send a much needed messageThat if a corporation is going to...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Samsung Behold II (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Samsung Behold IIFirst announced at CTIA Fall 2009, the Samsung Behold II is Samsung's second Android device for the U.S. market the Samsung Moment being the first and T-Mobile's fourth Android offering. Based on the Samsung Galaxy Lite, the Behold II tries to set itself apart from the crowd...
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Memo to AT&T: When you're in a hole, stop digging
- AT&T and Apple were made for each otherBoth are whiny multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year mega corporations that sell substandard products and services to customers who don't know any better. Waaaaaaaaaa!!!!You said it exactly rightquote- [b]"You see, the company thinks consumers are too dumb to know the difference between 3G and non-3G...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Nokia 3711 - sable (T-Mobile)
- Nokia fans in the United States don't get many breaks. Few of the company's phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711...
- Product reviews 2009-11-10
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