TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, May 4, 2009
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*MetroPCS Working On LTE Phones
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*RIM, Microsoft Windows Mobile Pace Smartphone Market
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*AT&T Changes Mobile Data Terms
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*Apple's iPhone Users Satisfied, Except For Battery
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MetroPCS Working On LTE Phones
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The carrier is looking to offer more smartphones, and it's expected to deploy its 4G networks after Verizon Wireless paves the way.
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2009 IT Salary Survey: Meager Raises, Solid Prospects
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Raises are notably smaller than a year ago, and the pay shifts track the industries and regions hardest hit during this recession. Job security's shrinking, and concerns are rising again about the IT career path. In all, though, IT careers are looking safer than many others in this economic downturn.
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Inside Ubuntu 9.04
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Clearly, the rules of social networking engagement are still evolving. Either these tools are shedding light on business issues, or they're just a distraction.
Apple Could Cut Mac Prices In Low-Cost PC Boom
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Many analysts agree that consumers who may want a Mac are turning to Windows PCs instead in order to spend several hundred dollars less.
Google Adds Experimental Search Box To Gmail
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The new left-hand column search box offers a different user experience than the top-of-page search box.
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BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize communications among sponsors, investment managers and service providers.
DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity trades, the utility said.
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RIM, Microsoft Windows Mobile Pace Smartphone Market
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As for carriers in the business market, AT&T appeals more in large enterprises while Verizon penetrated smaller companies with less than 100 employees more, one research firm finds.
AT&T Changes Mobile Data Terms
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Mobile data limitations could become a larger issue as more customers adopt smartphones and carriers increasingly subsidize netbooks.
Apple's iPhone Users Satisfied, Except For Battery
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Apple's touch-screen smartphone fared well in every category, according to J.D. Power and Associates.
GPS Evidence Too Unreliable For Legal Purposes
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GPS devices can be easily jammed and their data can be spoofed, particularly when tied to cellular systems, experts argue.
AT&T, Hertz Putting Wireless In Rental Cars
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The partnership will let drivers remotely connect with Hertz employees to locate and unlock vehicles, as well as to provide tracking and driving time.
iPhone Users Willing To Pay For Applications
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Users of BlackBerry, Nokia, and HTC smartphones are far less likely than iPhone users to download applications to their devices.
Slacker For BlackBerry Hits 1 Million Downloads
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The success of the music-streaming app is another sign that BlackBerrys are gaining popularity with an audience that's not exclusively corporate users.
Verizon Seeks Extension For Alltel Spinoff
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The company says it needs more time to divest in wireless assets it obtained from Alltel because of difficulties related to the economic climate.
Mobile Phone Shipments Dip In First Quarter
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The first quarter's decline was especially sharp this year because of weak demand and lack of credit, but smartphone growth continues to defy the recession.
Motorola Bets On Android As Mobile Slide Continues
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Lagging behind T-Mobile's G1 handset, Motorola vows it will have an Android phone in stores in time for the fourth-quarter holiday season.
Mobile Operators Think Differently To Beat Recession
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The carriers have seen steady revenue and growth during tough economic times because of smartphone growth and the fact that many users see cell service as a necessity.
Nokia's App Store Will Require Credit Cards
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The company couldn't get carrier billing in the United States but thinks the social networking and location-based aspects of its Ovi Store will help it gain widespread adoption.
Microsoft: We're Not Making A Phone
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The company denies recent reports that it's working on a "ZunePhone" for Verizon Wireless, and it will focus on upcoming Windows Mobile upgrades.
Twitter Users' Loyalty As Brief As Their Posts?
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The most popular social networking sites, Facebook and MySpace, have much higher user retention rates than Twitter.
Opera Mini Sees Explosive 157% Growth
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However, the mobile browser is facing increased competition from startups and Mozilla.
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 Improves RFID Data Collection
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Devices may now reliably upload RFID data through a periodic or occasional connection to BizTalk Server, as opposed to a continuous connection.
Mobile Apps To Hit $25 Billion By 2014
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Handset makers will receive the bulk of the revenue selling apps to smartphones, but carriers have an opportunity to bring app stores to entry-level and feature phones.
Lenovo, RIM Launch 'Constant Connect'
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The product uses Bluetooth to wirelessly sync corporate e-mails and other information between a BlackBerry and laptop, even if the computer is turned off.
Apple May Have Two iPhones For Verizon
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The computer maker may give Verizon Wireless exclusive iPhones to grow its customer base while retaining the special quality that makes the smartphone so popular.
Google Makes Android 1.5 Available To Devs
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The move means the "Cupcake" update could be pushed out soon, and it will bring to Android video-recording capabilities, a virtual QWERTY keyboard, and stereo Bluetooth.
Boston Seeks Lead In Mobile Innovation, Startups
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State funding and MIT connections fueled more than $500 million in investments in Boston-area mobile and wireless startups last year.
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Bank of America Plans to Raise $10bn in Capital
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Bank of America is working on plans to raise more than $10 billion in fresh capital, even as it and Citigroup launch last-ditch attempts to convince the U.S. government they do not need to bolster their balance sheets, the Financial Times reported.
Microsoft Xbox Exec Defects To Apple
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Richard Teversham's exit is the latest in a series of high-level departures from Redmond.
7 Netbooks That Will Surprise You
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More memory, more powerful processors, and larger displays aren't the half of it. Some features manufacturers are adding to netbooks may really surprise you.
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