Wednesday, June 02, 2010

FMC market cranks it up a notch; Inside the HTC Evo 4G

HTC Evo 4G: What's inside first WiMAX smartphone | Cutting-edge Wi-Fi silicon will power high-def video distribution

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FMC market cranks it up a notch
There's been a flurry of activity on the fixed mobile convergence front, a discipline currently placing a large emphasis on slashing international roaming and long-distance charges for users of dual-mode mobile devices. Read More


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New AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester - See it and enter to win
Tired of inadequate laptop utilities and pieced-together freeware solutions for troubleshooting wireless? Fluke Networks' new AirCheck(tm) Wi-Fi Tester was designed to quickly and easily troubleshoot 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks - all in a dedicated handheld tester. See for yourself. View the interactive demo and then enter to win one!

WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc.

Addressing Interference on Wireless Networks
Learn about the challenge of interference in a shared spectrum, the limitations of standard Wi-Fi chip design, and about Cisco® CleanAir technology. This ASIC-based solution empowers users to proactively managing Wi-Fi networks to support mission-critical and latency-sensitive applications . Read More

HTC Evo 4G: What's inside first WiMAX smartphone
The first WiMAX smartphone, HTC's Evo 4g, goes live on Sprint's network on Friday, June 4. The screwdriver team at iFixIt disassembled one model, revealing the components inside this powerhouse smartphone. Read More

Cutting-edge Wi-Fi silicon will power high-def video distribution
Quantenna's newest 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi chipset drops in size, power use and price. But it still has the throughput to spread multiple high-definition video streams through an entire house. Read More

Wi-Fi, WiMax service launched in San Francisco Bay
Milt Gregory is on a mission to set up wireless networks across bodies of water. His latest accomplishment: San Francisco Bay. Read More


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Minimize Datacenter Costs with Server Offload
This technical guide helps you learn how to reduce your server costs up to 60%. You'll gain valuable information on how Citrix NetScaler helps reduce datacetner costs with server and infrastructure offload. Read More!

Skype's new iPhone app makes calls over 3G
Skype has launched a new version of its client for Apple's iPhone that can make calls to other Skype users over a 3G network, it said on Sunday. Read More

Update: Apple sells 2M iPads, on track for 7.6M in 2010
Apple said Monday that it had sold more than two million iPads since it launched the tablet two months ago. Read More

Euro operators push cheap Android-based smartphones
Mobile operator Orange is joining a growing list of European mobile operators offering cheap Android-based smartphones, in a bid to get more prepaid subscribers on data plans. Read More


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Understand the network impact of 802.11n
This paper describes the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More

21 apps Apple doesn't want on your 3.0 iPhone
Jailbreak iPhone appsThe past year of Apple updates has certainly altered the pre-3.0 iPhone jailbreaking landscape. Yet ongoing developer and user frustration with Apple's enigmatic app acceptability rules, as well as Apple's deliberate hobbling of many application capabilities, make for a jailbreaking community that is as vibrant as ever. The following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones. Some may even prove precursors to features released in future Apple iPhone firmware updates. Read More

Getting Ready for Mobile Video
Last week I had the opportunity to get a look at Sprint's upcoming HTC EVO 4G smartphone. Running the Android operating system, the EVO represents Sprint's first attempt to leverage its 4G network to deliver bandwidth intensive services such as streaming high definition video and even video conferencing to mobile users. Read More

Next-Gen iPhone to sport 960x650 high-res display
With just one week before Steve Jobs takes the stage at WWDC and introduces the next-gen iPhone, a website from the Czech Republic has confirmed that the iPhone 4G will come with a high-res 960x640 IPS display. Read More

Intel readies Atom platform for tablets
Intel plans to release a version of its Atom processor early next year that's designed for ultra-thin netbooks and tablet computers. Read More



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