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	LTE fanfare mounts, but what about voice? The world's largest LTE network is poised to go live against a mobile backdrop in which streaming content, interactive data and video communications are becoming the norm. But what's happening to the voice experience? Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Mobility Management for Dummies In this informative Dummies Guide, you'll learn why mobility management and security is vital to your business. Plus, we'll introduce some of the best solutions and why you need to be prepared for the future—today! Read Now In this Issue Droid 2 phone explodes, bloodies Texas man Andy Kessler's Modest Proposal: "Time to shut down the FCC" Q&A: Why Android is poised to conquer Europe Is 'Quadroid' the new 'Wintel'? Verizon LTE to focus first on business users So Many Androids, So Little Time The Galaxy Tab: Samsung has a hit on its hands ChevonWP7 unlock tool pulled by its creators Lack of buzz on WP7 raises questions about sales Quiz: Are You a Tron Wizard? 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Read More Droid 2 phone explodes, bloodies Texas man A north Texas man reported Thursday that his Motorola Droid 2 smartphone exploded next to his ear as he was ending a call, resulting in a bloodied face and a trip to the hospital. Read More Andy Kessler's Modest Proposal: "Time to shut down the FCC" An agency committed to restraint of trade and oligopoliesThis is what I call "Chang You Can Believe In." It's long past time to scrap the Federal Communications Commission, an agency committed to restraint of trade, oligopolistic business practices, and the dogmatic, self-justifying, and utterly wrong insistence that bandwidth is a scarce commodity. Read More Q&A: Why Android is poised to conquer Europe A question-and-answer session with IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo Read More Is 'Quadroid' the new 'Wintel'? "Wintel" is the term that for years defined Windows-based computers running Intel chips. Now a similar expression is emerging for smartphones: "Quadroid." Read More Verizon LTE to focus first on business users Verizon Wireless will launch its faster Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network in 38 cities on Sunday, with an initial focus on business users who deploy LTE over new $100 USB modems connected to laptops. Read More So Many Androids, So Little Time Is Apple repeating the same mistake it made with PCs?I went with my friend yesterday to the shiny new AT&T store that opened near my office. He went in looking to get his wife a new iPhone 4. While waiting for an AT&T rep to be available we walked around looking at all of the available phone models. I was blown away with the diversity in size, price, features and manufacturers of Android phones. They literally come in all shapes, sizes and colors.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint Roadmap to Unified Communications Downsized budgets, increase in mobile workers, multiple communications tools to manage. IT leaders face these challenges while needing a network that can deliver the best business application performance available. Learn More Now The Galaxy Tab: Samsung has a hit on its hands While Samsung's Galaxy Tab isn't as big a hit as Apple's iPad, it has sold briskly as it reached the 1 million mark today less than two months after its first release. Read More ChevonWP7 unlock tool pulled by its creators Developer trio in talks with Microsoft on official support for "homebrew" apps on WP7Barely a week after releasing a tool that lets Windows Phone 7 users load their own smartphone apps, the tool's creators announced today they will no longer offer it.The decision, announced on a Website, followed conversations with Microsoft. Read More Lack of buzz on WP7 raises questions about sales Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphones have been on sale for more than three weeks in the U.S. and seem to be producing little buzz and only so-so sales. Read More Quiz: Are You a Tron Wizard? Take our quiz, inspired by the opening of Disney's "Tron: Legacy" in December 2010 Read More BlackBerry OS knocks Apple iOS down a notch Apple's iPhone and Google's Android might seem to have all the momentum these days, but RIM's BlackBerry OS is the surprise winner in StatCounter's latest U.S. mobile OS Internet usage numbers. Read More Stocking Stuffers: Cool Tech Gifts Under $50 Don't break the bank--these well-priced gifts range from desk pets to tool belts to iPad skins to Star Trek gizmos. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. subscribers owns a smartphone Android and Apple OS among the 'most desired' the 'next' smartphoneNew data from The Nielsen Company shows that 29.7% of U.S. mobile subscribers now own a smartphone that runs a full operating system. Among those owners, the OS battle is heating up, with the top three being Apple's iPhone (27.9%), RIM BlackBerry (27.4%) and Android (22.7%). Behind the big three are Windows Mobile (14%), Symbian (3.4%), Linux (3.3%) and Palm OS (1.3%). Even better news for the... Read More Verizon's LTE pricing: Good deal or gouge? Verizon Wireless' planned rates for LTE data usage are either too costly or a relative bargain, depending on who is offering an opinion. Read More Android fastest growing smartphone OS in U.S., survey finds Android's share of the mobile OS market continues to grow at the expense of rivals like Research in Motion and Apple. Read More Clearwire to raise $1.1B but keep its belt tight Clearwire plans to raise more than US$1.1 billion through a debt offering in the coming days, but steps the WiMax network operator took recently to conserve cash will remain in place. Read More Battery power, wireless spectrum hold back mobile computing Mobile executives anticipate major advancements and innovation in wireless technology, but caution the outlook for mobile computing is not entirely rosy Read More Women desire iPhones, men want Android smartphones Apple iOS and Google Android are the most desired mobile operating systems, with the iPhone especially popular among women and Android phones grabbing more men. Read More Verizon sets the bar for future LTE launches Verizon Wednesday laid down some important markers that AT&T and T-Mobile will try to match or best when they launch their own LTE networks next year Read More Verizon Wireless 4G LTE is 'wicked fast' in Boston [video] The days when mobile travelers moaned about their super-slow Internet connection speeds will soon be an ancient memory. With today's announcement by Verizon Wireless on its Dec. 5, 2010, launch of its LTE (Long-Term Evolution) wireless 4G network in 38 metropolitan areas, we will soon forget about how happy we were to see 3G come along. Read More
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