The latest wireless news from a selection of quality online publications:
Wireless IQ
The Register
T-Mobile dates BlackBerry Bold launch - Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:36:51 GMT
RIM's first HSDPA 3G BlackBerry coming next month
T-Mobile will launch RIM’s first tri-band HSDPA 3G handset into the UK next month.…
Apple's secret iPhone app blacklist - Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:52:45 GMT
Cloak-and-dagger app wipes imminent?
A researcher has discovered a URL buried in the iPhone hardware that appears to point to an application blacklist - potentially allowing Apple to retroactively remove applications it decides no longer fit the bill.…
Deutsche Telecom sees income dip - Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:24:00 GMT
And UK mobe subs stand still
Deutsche Telecom is reporting a good first half of 2008, with income dipping only slightly by three per cent to €30.1bn, though that can be "adjusted" into an "organic" increase of 0.3 per cent. This produced an adjusted net profit of €1.4bn.…
Nokia's Trolltech renews Windows mobile vows - Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:26:13 GMT
No Symbian monogamy
LinuxWorld Nokia-owned Trolltech has re-committed its Qt cross-platform application framework and toolkit to Windows.…
ColorWare's colourful iPhone 3G - Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:56:03 GMT
Grab yourself a multi-tone phone
Almost everyone owns an iPhone 3G now, or so it seems sometimes. So if you want to stand out from the Apple crowd, but aren’t willing to give up the phone, why not have your handset custom hued?…
Too much money? Bling your iPhone with the $1000 app - Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:58:58 GMT
Red sparkly thing only a grand to you
iPhone users can now buy themselves a picture of a red gem to display on their handsets, purely to demonstrate they've got enough money to throw $999.99 at such a pointless gesture.…
EU grabs 30MHz of spectrum for talking cars - Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:54:31 GMT
My other car's a right nag
The EU has agreed to reserve 30MHz of spectrum (around 5.9GHz) for cars that want to talk to each other, in the belief that doing so will save lives rather than add more driver-distracting gadgets.…
MySpace elbows into the Cloud - Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:02:03 GMT
Social netvomit now available wirelessly
MySpace has teamed up with The Cloud to offer UK social networkers free access to Wi-fi hotspots, so they can keep up with what their pretend friends are up to while out socialising.…
Jobs in 'Apple not perfect' shock - Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:58:08 GMT
MobileMe could have been better, admits Steve
An internal email sent by Steve Jobs admits that MobileMe was "not up to Apple's standards" and that the company tried to do too much too quickly.…
Analysts slam iPhone security and battery life - Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:13:27 GMT
Gartner puts brakes on biz takeup
Industry analysts have decreed that the new iPhone's lack of security and poor battery life make it unsuitable for all but the lightest enterprise use.…
Wired News: Unwired News
Eweek Wireless
Frontline Wireless Bites the Dust
Unable to raise funding to bid in FCC wireless spectrum auction, wireless company calls it quits.
What's Hot at the 2008 International CES
Will Moto's New Z10 Reverse Slumping Sales?
Motorola's mobile film studio has breakout potential, an analyst says.
Yahoo Evangelizes Mobile Philosophy, Software at CES
Yahoo bets on Widgets, handing developers a Facebook-like ability to build mobile applications.
Japan Floats Extensive Web Regulations
New initiatives would target illegal downloads and regulate blogs for harmful content.
Google may be the least surprising of the known bidders for 700MHz spectrum.
What is the future of the 802.11n wireless standard? There's a lot of interest, but are there many deployments? They could start happening in 2008, explains Greg Murphy, COO of AirWave, in this IT Link podcast.
Senators Push FCC on White Space Spectrum
Lawmakers claim the buffer spectrum between broadcast channels holds potential for greater broadband penetration.
The Most Important Wireless Stories of 2007
Google's Spectrum Application Approved
Google's application to bid in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction has been accepted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but rivals like AT&T and Verizon Wireless found themselves on the "incomplete" list and must re-submit their applications in the next several weeks, according to the agency.
