WWANs could find relief at 4G World; 15 Fun and Freaky iPhone Mods

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	WWANs could find relief at 4G World 4G World is set for next week in Chicago, and the event will focus on tools that desperate mobile operators can use to fill their wireless WAN capacity deficits. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems 2010 Application Delivery Handbook Learn how IT organizations can develop a solid approach to applications delivery and how next generation acceleration technologies can help reclaim bandwidth from non-essential traffic and optimize critical applications. Free the WAN with Blue Coat. Read now! In this Issue 15 Fun and Freaky iPhone Mods A quarter of WiFi networks unsecured, finds survey FCC chair dings carriers over 'bill shock' Verizon iPad-MiFi bundle lowers monthly data cost for heavy users 39% of smartphone owners regularly download apps AT&T wants your business's iPad business Windows Phone 7 to have limited Mac sync capability ZTE unveils tablet with built-in phone Aruba strengthens Wi-Fi network software Verizon iPhone on track for March 2011 debut, says analyst Skype for iPhone Verizon's Billing Snafu: Watch Your Wallets, Gadget Users Broadcom to buy 4G chipmaker Beceem for $316M Get ready for the untethered enterprise RFID could ease hunt for lost IT gear QuickStudy: 4G Wireless The iPad - I'm Only Sort-Of Impressed How Microsoft is wasting the Windows Phone 7 marketing moment Motorola, Nokia pair up in 4G licensing deal WHITE PAPER: Sprint A Product's Value Increases with Mobility We're in the middle of a mobility revolution, and if you don't have a mobile strategy yet you need to get on board! Learn More Now 15 Fun and Freaky iPhone Mods These modifications of various Apple mobile devices reflect impressive amounts of ingenuity, skill, and--in some instances--leisure time. Read More A quarter of WiFi networks unsecured, finds survey Years after WiFi security was supposed to have gone 'critical', a quarter of access points in the UK remain open and unsecured, a new 'wardriving' survey has discovered. Read More FCC chair dings carriers over 'bill shock' Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski said today that the FCC would be holding hearings in the near future to address wireless "bill shock." Read More Verizon iPad-MiFi bundle lowers monthly data cost for heavy users Verizon Wirelesss iPad Wi-Fi + MiFi mobile hot spot offer, announced Thursday, will be a better deal for heavy data users being that it costs $10 less per month for 5GB of data than Verizons current MiFi-only service. Read More 39% of smartphone owners regularly download apps Just under two in five (39 percent) of smartphone owners regularly download apps, according to OpenCloud. Read More AT&T wants your business's iPad business AT&T isn't just going to make the Apple iPad available in retail stores on Oct. 28, as it announced yesterday. It's also going to start selling the popular tablets to businesses that day. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Unified Windows Storage Consolidation This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of a NetApp Unified Storage Architecture deployed in a VMware virtual server environment with a goal of simplifying, protecting, and consolidating physical servers hosting Microsoft applications. Read More! Windows Phone 7 to have limited Mac sync capability Microsoft promises a public beta version by the end of the year Read More ZTE unveils tablet with built-in phone ZTE, one of China's largest network and phone suppliers, has unveiled a new tablet device that includes phone functionality and runs on the Android 2.1 OS. Read More Aruba strengthens Wi-Fi network software The new version of Aruba Networks' Wi-Fi network software includes code to improve voice and video performance, automatically identify non-Wi-Fi radio interference and trap rogue wireless devices. Read More Verizon iPhone on track for March 2011 debut, says analyst Apple is on schedule to launch an iPhone capable of making calls on Verizon's network early next year, most likely in March 2011, a research analyst said, citing sources among Asian parts suppliers. Read More Skype for iPhone Much has changed since Macworld last took a look at Skype the for iPhone. When we last reviewed the VoIP app from Skype Software, the free offering was limited to the iPhone and iPod touch, required Wi-Fi, and couldn't run in the background. The iOS Skype experience of today is much, much better. Read More Verizon's Billing Snafu: Watch Your Wallets, Gadget Users It's bad enough that the big wireless companies all-too-often provide substandard service at a premium price. And it's even worse, when they pad their bills with "crammed" charges or "gotchas" that siphon money from our wallets a drip a time. But now we've leaned that Verizon billed customers tens of millions of dollars for services they never ordered. Read More WHITE PAPER: Hitachi Be the Change: Discover the 3D Scaling Advantage Imagine a platform that can scale up to provide improved performance and throughput as its host servers consolidate, scale out to deliver capacity, performance and bandwidth from a shared pool of resources as more and more host servers are connected to it, and scale deep by connecting external storage. Read Now Broadcom to buy 4G chipmaker Beceem for $316M Broadcom has agreed to acquire Beceem Communications, a maker of chips for 4G LTE and WiMax devices, for US$316 million in cash. Read More Get ready for the untethered enterprise For a small but growing number of enterprise users, it's time to cut the cord. Read More RFID could ease hunt for lost IT gear If concerns about cost and security can be overcome, RFID technology could help solve a growing problem in large data centers: losing track of IT equipment. Read More QuickStudy: 4G Wireless When smartphones came into wide use for Internet access and data transmission, consumers and carriers quickly recognized the need for faster, more reliable wireless data networks with broader geographical coverage. The current mobile telecommunications technologies, collectively known as 3G, for third generation, emerged about 10 years ago. At long last, successor technologies are now entering commercial service. The whole idea behind 4G is that it will offer very fast, widely available broadband. Read More The iPad - I'm Only Sort-Of Impressed Anyone who was worried that the iPad might replace a notebook or netbook needn't be so concerned - at least for now. The iPad is, first and foremost, an iPod - leaving a big zone of opportunity for business-oriented tablets. Despite my disapproval of Apple's tight (read: monopolistic) control over software for the iPhone and iPad, I felt it important to have an iPad here to run software that might be of interest to clients. So I bought one (32 GB, no 3G, I mean, what's the point if I can tether it to my handset; more on that shortly) and I've been casually exploring it - no production use yet, although it might get a little... Read More How Microsoft is wasting the Windows Phone 7 marketing moment What's missing in the "Windows Phone Experience" is the experienceMicrosoft's initial ads for Windows Phone contrast sharply with Apple's, and thecontrast shows my Apple is such a marketing powerhouse and Microsoft...well, isn't. The first sign of this problem was the Monday unveiling of the first Windows Phone 7 handsets. You can't blame Microsoft's Steve Balmer for not being Apple's Steve Jobs: no one currently does the Zen Charisma Thing like Jobs. But after waving... Read More Motorola, Nokia pair up in 4G licensing deal Nokia and Motorola have entered into a license agreement, which covers patents related to 4G cellular technologies such as LTE (Long-Term Evolution), WiMax and LTE-Advanced, the two companies announced on Friday. Read More
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