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State and wireless firms squabble over blame for high cellphone rates

State and wireless firms squabble over blame for high cellphone ratesShow the taxes on the bill!Allowing governmental bodies to squash the explicit listing of taxes on cell phone bills would be like allowing them to forbid gas stations from posting those signs on the pump which break out the various...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Cellular phones, tax, cell phone, wireless firm, high cellphone rate, cellphone rate, blame, wireless

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

AOL plucks up wireless firm Wildseed

AOL plucks up wireless firm WildseedCAPITALISM :Relax&Enjoy the Ride!I guess,if Microsoft can call the world its oyster,Aol can do anything its little arrogant heart desires;it's capitalism! Relax,and enjoy the ride!

Tags: Wildseed, wireless firm, America Online Inc., wireless

Discussion threads 2005-08-09

Additional Resources

Seamless Communication: Simplicity, Efficiency, and Transparency Achieved Through Integrated Wireline and Wireless Services

Reduce costs, minimize complexity and improve worker productivity by integrating your wireline and wireless services. Respected consulting firm IDC examines the benefits, challenges and the choices available today that will allow you to successfully bridge your wireless and wireline services. Find out how you can simplify...

Tags: Sprint Communications, Worker, Wireless Service, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-11-20

Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)

Editors' note: Over the next few days we will continue to test the Droid and add the results to this review.You have to hand it to Verizon Wireless: though the Google Android operating system now extends to a handful of devices, the carrier was able to get the tech world...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, display, Color Support, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Nook Clarified: Really solid progress for e-readers

Yesterday, I posted a long analysis of what I thought was right and strangely wrong about the Barnes & Noble Nook. Matt Miller today got a clarification about my main concern, which was that Barnes & Noble seemed to have said, according to several published reports, that Wi-Fi would work...

Tags: E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless LANs, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-21

TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it

Television has gone through some major transformations over the years: color, cable, digital and even TiVo. Now, the industry is undergoing another transformation - and consumers are more than ready. A report released today found that consumers are already accessing television-style video content from devices other than...

Tags: TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Logitech Gaming Mouse G500

Logitech might have a firm grasp on luxury mice, but the gaming mouse market is a much more competitive space. We like Logitech's new $70 Gaming Mouse G500 quite a bit, too, but we can't say that we find it an unequivocally better product than its chief competitor at this...

Tags: Mice, Games, Logitech, Gaming Mouse G500, mouse, game, scroll wheel

Product reviews 2009-09-08

Netgear introduces latest Digital Entertainer Live networked media player

Netgear's Digital Entertainer Live streaming device has predated connected TVs and Blu-ray players in the living room by a couple of years, but it needed to step up its game to compete with the new services these other products are offering. Its new EVA2000 can't let...

Tags: Netgear Inc., Home Theater, HDMI, Media Player, EVA2000, Ethernet, Home Networking, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Cisco's Brave New World

An intriguing and very well written article in this week's Economist documents Cisco CEO John Chamber's ambitious plans to conquer 30 new areas of business: ...From “virtual health care” to “cloud computing” and “safety and security” to “routers in space”, the company is tackling more than 30...

Tags: Information Technology, Brave New World, Cisco Systems Inc., Chambers, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-30

News to know: Dell; Word; Firefox; iPhone China; Snow Leopard

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: Dell continues to bet on 2010 enterprise refresh cycle; Confirms working with China Mobile Sam Diaz: "Inadvertent...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Word, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Sam Diaz, E-books, Microsoft Windows 7, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Frustrated developers and scrutiny of other apps: Are things falling apart at Apple's app store?

I'm probably just as tired as all of you over this matter of Apple and the Google Voice app for the iPhone. But I would like to share two related posts that I read this morning and chime in with some reaction to both. The first, which...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., App, NYT, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-25

News to know: Bing; Windows; HP; RIM; ZuiTUbe; CD sales; Wimax

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: Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google Ed Bott: XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., CD, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, E-mail, WiMAX, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Verizon, T-Mobile lead in wireless customer service; AT&T, Sprint below average

J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday that wireless customer service has improved overall as hold times and problem resolution has improved from six months ago. Verizon, T-Mobile and Alltel, which was acquired by Verizon, led the research firm's customer service rankings. Overall, customer care performance has improved...

Tags: Customer Service, Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Sprint Communications, Wireless, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Sony's Reader: The road ahead

Sony's Reader: The road aheadDRMDRM and more DRM. Paper books are so much better. Sony's record on DRM is worst than terrible. How will I trade e books with my sister? How many e books will ever be sold in flea markets or secondhand book...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Sony Corp., Sony Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Palm Pre defect poll prompts analyst to 'sell'

Palm Pre defect poll prompts analyst to 'sell' palm shares - "sell" recommendationWow, I wonder how much this "analyst" might have invested with Apple? Mmmm... Apple was obviously jolted by Palm's unexpected rise in the market and had to cut it's I-Tune support to this device with a "software upgrade"....

Tags: Smart phones, Eller, Palm Inc., Pre, Palm Pre, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Which mobile carrier would you switch to?

Which mobile carrier would you switch to?Im waiting till one carrier stop ignoring DEAF users Nine million people in the UK (15% of the population) suffer from permanent, disabling hearing loss.The estimated demographic figure has ranged from 22 million deaf and hard of hearing to as high as 36 million...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Sprint Communications, AT&T Corp., phone, Deaf user, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Westlaw Wireless 3.0 (Mobile)

Westlaw Wireless is a mobile version of Westlaw, a legal and business research service from West Group. Westlaw Wireless gives legal professionals on the go access to cases, statutes, regulations, law reviews and journals, newspaper articles and other news, the KeyCite service, and much more. Westlaw Wireless allows users to...

Tags: Password, Mobile, Service, Westlaw Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Litigation, Marketing, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Motorola Evoke QA4

Photo gallery:Motorola Evoke QA4We're not quite sure what to make of the Motorola Evoke QA4. Though it offers a touch screen, a full HTML browser, and an appealing slider design, it hardly qualifies as either a smartphone or a multimedia powerhouse like the Samsung Eternity. Also, while we appreciate its...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, widget, Motorola Inc., touch screen, Cricket Wireless

Product reviews 2009-06-23

2010 Mazda Mazda3 s Grand Touring 5-Door

Photo gallery:2010 Mazda Mazda3 s GTAt first glance, the 2010 Mazda Mazda3 s Grand Touring appears to be merely a face-lifted version of the first-generation model. The proportions and measurements are about the same. The previous generation Mazda3 received much praise from the automotive press, so we naturally expected the...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Mazda Mazda3, Mazda Motor Corp., automatic transmission

Product reviews 2009-06-18

Gauging the Palm Pre's success: It'll take time

Palm's long-awaited Pre device is available this weekend and the launch will be closely watched. The lines at Sprint stores will be analyzed. Analysts will guess Pre units sold in the first weekend. And the Pre will be compared to the iPhone launch repeatedly. All of those short-term mileposts will...

Tags: Palm Inc., WebOS, Piper Jaffray T. Michael Walkley, Walkley, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-05