FCC moves to free more spectrum for mobile broadband
Updated: 2010-11-30 19:58:28
Holiday Gift Guide Mobile Broadband DISCUSS 0 FCC moves to free more spectrum for mobile broadband Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 11:58 AM PST Marin About Marin Posts by Marin The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 to write rules which will eventually take away spectrum from major broadcasters in order to allocate more airwaves for mobile . broadband This is part of the long-term plan by the FCC to avoid a crunch as more and more people use mobile devices to get on line , there is much fear that there isn’t enough available specturm to keep up with demand . The FCC is ultimately looking to free up to 500 MHz of spectrum for wireless broadband over the next 10 years for mobile broadband . purposed The explosive growth in mobile communications threatens to outpace the
Holiday Gift Guide iOS iPhone OS DISCUSS 1 Apple removes anti-gay iPhone app from the App Store Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 11:28 AM PST Marc About Marc Posts by Marc One has to wonder how some iPhone apps manage to get approved by the Apple app store , but some weird ones have slipped through . This time , a rather offensive anti-gay marriage iPhone application caused a stir and a petition was signed to have it removed from the app store . The app was called Manhattan Declaration , and the it preached the sanctity of life , the dignity of marriage as the union of one man and one woman , and religious liberty . 8221 After an online petition received thousands of signatures to have the anti-gay iPhone app removed , it was finally pulled by . Apple Change.org was responsible for
Holiday Gift Guide Windows Phone DISCUSS 0 Windows Phone Facebook Users Number 135,000 Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 11:00 AM PST Simon About Simon Posts by Simon The last guess we had at Windows phone sales figures at launch was something in the neighbourhood of 40,000 units but the number of Windows phone Facebook app users may crank up that minimum to 135,000 after being on the market for a few weeks . Whether you want to decide that the actual sales numbers for Windows phones isn’t much above 135,00 on the assumption that most owners log onto Facebook is your choice , but I would say that there are at least a couple that . don’t Microsoft has been happy to brag about how many developers they’ve bought but have been shy about talking about how many devices they’ve moved . Of
Holiday Gift Guide iOS iPhone OS DISCUSS 1 Virgin Project’ iPad magazine goes live , is pretty cool Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 10:43 AM PST Marin About Marin Posts by Marin We had heard that Richard Branson’s Virgin was set to launch an iPad-specific magazine and the Project” app has launched and we’re pleasantly surprised with . it You can download the app here and it’s free to download the reader , but you’ll have to pay 2.99 for the magazine itself . I plunked down the cash for you great readers and waited for the large . download The initial issue of the Virgin Project iPad magazine has Jeff Bridges on the cover but it’s not just a static picture the cover shows the Dude walking around with Tron-like effects . It’s a neat multimedia trick and the entire magazine is filled
, Holiday Gift Guide Android DISCUSS 1 Verizon mistakes the 8330 for Curve 3G , brings iOS to the DROID X Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 10:06 AM PST Kelly About Kelly Posts by Kelly Verizon must have been in a rush to bring its holiday marketing materials to the masses and skipped the oh-so-important step of proofing each graphic for accuracy . In two recent holiday marketing campaigns , the wireless carrier has made some glaringly obvious and roaring hilarious mistakes with its cell phone . mock-ups In a recent online holiday marketing campaign , the wireless carrier accidentally replaced the new BlackBerry Curve 3G with the original BlackBerry Curve 8330. A hilarious mistake as the original Curve hit the EOL list a long time ago . Though worthy of a good chuckle , it is
, Holiday Gift Guide iOS iPhone OS DISCUSS 0 MySpace to Get New iPhone App , Revamped Mobile Site Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 9:48 AM PST Simon About Simon Posts by Simon Last month , MySpace promised that they would be bringing their redesigned socidal network to mobile and today they’re delivering with a new iPhone app and an updated mobile site . By pulling information of your music tastes from your iPhone’s iTunes library , the app will populate your news stream with information from the artists you listen to . Of course , all of the usual stuff will be there , like checking in on your real friends , sending messages , updating your status , and uploading pictures that’s all available in the current MySpace app After seeing the redesign I hopped back onto my old profile ,
November is very nearly over and there is still no sign of the HTC Gratia in the UK. However, HTC has stated there is no delay and the smartphone will make an appearance in early 2011 “as originally planned”. Due for European release in November, the HTC Gratia has been released in some countries such [...]
Holiday Gift Guide Windows Phone DISCUSS 0 LG Details Plans to Restructure Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 9:31 AM PST Marc About Marc Posts by Marc LG , the electronics giant who makes everything from televisions to cell phones has announced its plan to remove its business-solutions division next year and focus on the four remaining divisions : home entertainment , home appliance , air-conditioning energy solutions and mobile communications . LG posted some unimpressive numbers and saw a dramatic decline in profits over the third quarter , with a pretty big decline in its handset . business Earlier this year we talked about LG’s performance in the U.S . market and just how it was going to compete with handset makers like Apple , HTC , Motorola and Samsung . To date , LG still
, Holiday Gift Guide Social Networking DISCUSS 0 HootSuite reaches 1 million users , celebrates with an infographic Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 8:57 AM PST Kelly About Kelly Posts by Kelly Popular social networking service HootSuite announced that it has reached one million registered users . To celebrate this momentous event , HootSuite gave away an iPad as part of a Twitter contest and put together an infographic that details the growth and usage of its . service Among all the facts and figures presented in the infographic , HootSuite’s climb to this one million figure is the most interesting . HootSuite was founded in November 2008 and climbed slowly to 250,000 users in little over a year . From January 2010 to November 2010, though , interest in the service exploded .
, Holiday Gift Guide FCC DISCUSS 0 BlackBerry 8980 Atlas” Passes FCC Filing , Gets Photo’d Tweet Tuesday , November 30th , 2010 at 8:13 AM PST Simon About Simon Posts by Simon It’s been a while since we’ve seen the mysterious BlackBerry 8980 code-named Atlas which looks like little more than a Bold 9700 with a Curve-style keyboard , but it recently passed through the FCC rigamarole . Technically , the first test results for the 8980 went through in early September , but just yesterday the user manual and external device photos were made available . If that weren’t indicative enough of a release , this picture and a few others surfaced recently showing the device live with China Mobile branding , much like the model we had seen in late August It’s entirely likely that this is another
Send to Friend RSS Advertise Become an Author Contact HTC Phones HTC Aria HTC Wildfire HTC Evo 4G HTC Smart HTC HD Mini HTC Legend HTC Incredible HTC Desire Nexus One HTC HD2 HTC Hero HTC Tattoo HTC HD HTC Touch Pro2 HTC Desire Z Review The non US version of the T-Mobile G2 and a significant addition to the Desire linup , HTC Desire Z is here to make the competition among the Android QWERTY smartphones hotter With yet another impressive design and close to original Desire hardware , with prices in the midrange leave the Z to be a very desired phone for most of us . The release of . Read more» HTC HD7 review Non can say that HD7 is the new flagman in the HTC linup , as we got Android based Desire HD and other WindowsPhone 7 handsets to pick up with at least similar specs , but the HD7 is a
If you are in India you now have a new 3G mobile phone available that won’t cost you the earth as the W100 3G from Lemon Mobiles is apparently the cheapest 3G enabled mobile handset in India. According to an article over on Tech2, the Lemon Mobiles W100 3G has a SIM slot which supports [...]
Are you looking for a bargain BlackBerry Phone? Well how does a Sprint Red BlackBerry Pearl 8130 mobile phone priced at only 1-cent sound? This is great news if you are looking for that Christmas bargain, Amazon Wireless is selling the Sprint Red BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for only $0.01 (Price varies based on service type), [...]
Great India Phone news in via Mercury, they have just introduced two new entry-level handsets called the Maestro and Tabla and we have a few details covering specs and price. The Mercury Tabla to start of with promises 3D Surround Sound quality and the Maestro has a built-in Yamaha Amplifier, so that makes these phones [...]
It seems that the once-exclusive HTC Aria has been proving hard to bring over to the UK. The device, originally launched in the US as an exclusive device for one of their carriers with plenty of success; the smart phone packed an impressive hardware spec sheet that included a 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, [...]
Send to Friend RSS Advertise Become an Author Contact HTC Phones HTC Aria HTC Wildfire HTC Evo 4G HTC Smart HTC HD Mini HTC Legend HTC Incredible HTC Desire Nexus One HTC HD2 HTC Hero HTC Tattoo HTC HD HTC Touch Pro2 HTC HD7 review Non can say that HD7 is the new flagman in the HTC linup , as we got Android based Desire HD and other WindowsPhone 7 handsets to pick up with at least similar specs , but the HD7 is a successor to one of the most thriving smartphones of its times the HD2, and not surprisingly it should have got the buzz around it . The HTC HD7 is one of the company’s . Read more» HTC Desire HD Review HTC has made the right decision : it joined Android and Windows Phone in their gadget HTC Desire HD . Externally , the model is more similar to HD2, but inside it resembles the
Send to Friend RSS Advertise Become an Author Contact HTC Phones HTC Aria HTC Wildfire HTC Evo 4G HTC Smart HTC HD Mini HTC Legend HTC Incredible HTC Desire Nexus One HTC HD2 HTC Hero HTC Tattoo HTC HD HTC Touch Pro2 HTC HD7 review Non can say that HD7 is the new flagman in the HTC linup , as we got Android based Desire HD and other WindowsPhone 7 handsets to pick up with at least similar specs , but the HD7 is a successor to one of the most thriving smartphones of its times the HD2, and not surprisingly it should have got the buzz around it . The HTC HD7 is one of the company’s . Read more» HTC Desire HD Review HTC has made the right decision : it joined Android and Windows Phone in their gadget HTC Desire HD . Externally , the model is more similar to HD2, but inside it resembles the
Send to Friend RSS Advertise Become an Author Contact HTC Phones HTC Aria HTC Wildfire HTC Evo 4G HTC Smart HTC HD Mini HTC Legend HTC Incredible HTC Desire Nexus One HTC HD2 HTC Hero HTC Tattoo HTC HD HTC Touch Pro2 HTC HD7 review Non can say that HD7 is the new flagman in the HTC linup , as we got Android based Desire HD and other WindowsPhone 7 handsets to pick up with at least similar specs , but the HD7 is a successor to one of the most thriving smartphones of its times the HD2, and not surprisingly it should have got the buzz around it . The HTC HD7 is one of the company’s . Read more» HTC Desire HD Review HTC has made the right decision : it joined Android and Windows Phone in their gadget HTC Desire HD . Externally , the model is more similar to HD2, but inside it resembles the
Send to Friend RSS Advertise Become an Author Contact HTC Phones HTC Aria HTC Wildfire HTC Evo 4G HTC Smart HTC HD Mini HTC Legend HTC Incredible HTC Desire Nexus One HTC HD2 HTC Hero HTC Tattoo HTC HD HTC Touch Pro2 HTC HD7 review Non can say that HD7 is the new flagman in the HTC linup , as we got Android based Desire HD and other WindowsPhone 7 handsets to pick up with at least similar specs , but the HD7 is a successor to one of the most thriving smartphones of its times the HD2, and not surprisingly it should have got the buzz around it . The HTC HD7 is one of the company’s . Read more» HTC Desire HD Review HTC has made the right decision : it joined Android and Windows Phone in their gadget HTC Desire HD . Externally , the model is more similar to HD2, but inside it resembles the
Send to Friend RSS Advertise Become an Author Contact HTC Phones HTC Aria HTC Wildfire HTC Evo 4G HTC Smart HTC HD Mini HTC Legend HTC Incredible HTC Desire Nexus One HTC HD2 HTC Hero HTC Tattoo HTC HD HTC Touch Pro2 HTC HD7 review Non can say that HD7 is the new flagman in the HTC linup , as we got Android based Desire HD and other WindowsPhone 7 handsets to pick up with at least similar specs , but the HD7 is a successor to one of the most thriving smartphones of its times the HD2, and not surprisingly it should have got the buzz around it . The HTC HD7 is one of the company’s . Read more» HTC Desire HD Review HTC has made the right decision : it joined Android and Windows Phone in their gadget HTC Desire HD . Externally , the model is more similar to HD2, but inside it resembles the
Send to Friend RSS Advertise Become an Author Contact HTC Phones HTC Aria HTC Wildfire HTC Evo 4G HTC Smart HTC HD Mini HTC Legend HTC Incredible HTC Desire Nexus One HTC HD2 HTC Hero HTC Tattoo HTC HD HTC Touch Pro2 HTC HD7 review Non can say that HD7 is the new flagman in the HTC linup , as we got Android based Desire HD and other WindowsPhone 7 handsets to pick up with at least similar specs , but the HD7 is a successor to one of the most thriving smartphones of its times the HD2, and not surprisingly it should have got the buzz around it . The HTC HD7 is one of the company’s . Read more» HTC Desire HD Review HTC has made the right decision : it joined Android and Windows Phone in their gadget HTC Desire HD . Externally , the model is more similar to HD2, but inside it resembles the
If rumours are to be believed, HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z which were originally anticipated to arrive in November 2010, will now hit the Indian Markets on Dec 10. Guys at iGyaan who apparently have confirmed the launch with a HTC staff, stated that the prices are still very speculative but it is rumoured [...]
HTC Desire HD and Desire Z launching in India on Dec 10? is a post from Mobile Knots
The black edition of the HTC Wildfire has now been released on Orange deals, first launched alongside the original brown HTC Wildfire this black model has already been made available on T-Mobile and Vodafone deals.
Black HTC Wildfire deals on Orange are available from just £20 per month and this includes a free HTC Wildfire Black [...]
The latest version of Nokia’s C6; the Nokia C6-01 has now been released on Pay As You Go deals, following launches on Orange & T-Mobile contract deals the new C6 is now available to those that do not get on with pay monthly deals and would prefer to top up as they go.
Nokia C6-01 Pay [...]
The new Samsung Wave 723 has now been released on O2 deals, following this new Samsung Wave phones initial release as a SIM free handset the GT-S7230 can now be connected from free to the full range of O2 deals.
Samsung Wave 723 deals on O2 are available from just £10 per month with the phone [...]
The new Lilac edition of the Nokia X3-02 Touch & Type has been released today, joining the recently launched black, white, blue and pink Nokia X3-02 models the new lilac version simply swaps the colour of the external casing keeping the features and specifications exactly the same as the rest of the range.
Nokia X3-02 Lilac [...]
The new HTC Desire Z is now available on Pay As You Go deals, this recently released phone from the Desire range joins the HTC Desire and HTC Desire HD but sets itself apart by including a physical slide out keyboard for those that love to type quick but long messages.
HTC Desire Z deals on [...]
The new Nokia C6-01 is the upgrade to the popular Nokia C6 but without the slide out keyboard, made from much higher quality materials and incorporating better software and applications the new Nokia C6-01 has now been released in a silver colour scheme.
The Silver Nokia C6-01 mirrors the same great features found in the original [...]
The high-end HTC Desire HD has been released today on Pay As You Go deals, this powerful HTC Android phone was first launched back in September on Vodafone deals quickly followed by releases on Orange, O2 T-Mobile and 3 Mobile deals in October as well as being made available as a SIM free phone.
The HTC [...]