AT&T is bullish on the netbooks. So bullish that they and the manufacturers are taking very aggressive pricing to the streets with the opportunity to buy in for $50.00, and a multi-year contract. As someone who has the Acer Aspire One and the AT&T data service inside of it, I can attest to how snappy … Read more
The potential merger announced last last night Bharti Airtel of India and the MTN Group of South Africa may have shocked some folks, but not me. I’m a big believer that just like with cable television and telephony here in the USA we’re going to be seeing more and more consolidation in the mobile world. … Read more
Well it seems that just like in the gaming world, where Microsoft’s X Box Live has been racking up voice minutes for years, has seen Second Life roll out voice services to a point where 15 million minutes were consumed last year, at a rate of 700,000 users per month signing up. That’s faster than … Read more
Companies like ShoZu and PixelPipe now have a new resident in the same neighborhood. CellSpin is promising to do for content with social media much of the same thing the others are doing, help users get content to more places faster and easier.
Client Nokia is opening up it’s OVI Store in phases, starting in the Pacific Rim first and rolling the service out around the globe. The key here is diversity. Nokia will have apps for various models and platforms, with music, games and apps being a part of it.
MobileCrunch has broken a story exclusively about a new Nokia Tablet that runs something other than Symbian. In this case the reported number is 900, as a follow on to the Nokia N810. As someone who really enjoys the Nokia N810 and whom had the good fortune to trial a WiMax equipped model at the … Read more
I’ve been busy playing catchup on my blog reading after what amounts to almost a full week of being in conferences and meetings in San Francisco. The long weekend gave me time to catch up with Rich Tehrani’s post about his WiFi experience on Virgin America, one I’ll be having this week as I’m off … Read more
I’ve been busy playing catchup on my blog reading after what amounts to almost a full week of being in conferences and meetings in San Francisco. The long weekend gave me time to catch up with Rich Tehrani’s post about his WiFi experience on Virgin America, one I’ll be having this week as I’m off … Read more
James Body of Truphone fame–he’s the one with the Batman like utility belt filled with gadgets and gizmos has his blog up and running. James is always good for tips and tricks. Ask him sometime about Bluetooth Headsets and what they may tell you.
Wired has a story about wireless Internet access, calling the questions as to why we have so little of it. It’s timely, especially in light of the nations (and likely the worlds) looming data network access crush wirelessly until fatter pipe access becomes more ubiquitous. Let’s start with some history. The mobile operators didn’t really … Read more
