TV commercials for wireless carriers are usually a mess of vague technical jargon, meaningless graphs and annoying spokespeople. But who actually has the fastest wireless network?
The federal government’s rejection of LightSquared’s ambitious plan to launch a nationwide wireless network is a major setback for hedge fund manager Phil Falcone, who poured billions of dollars into the project. But it also deals a blow to the prospect of more competition in the broadband space, which could have meant more choices for consumers in a market dominated by a few major players.
After the Supercommittee’s failure, some in Congress are trying to revive spectrum auctions to raise revenue and to make more airwaves available for mobile broadband. One sticking point: Should we give away more spectrum to public safety agencies? It may sound like a no-brainer, but it’s not.
Well there went the Kindle Touch 3G’s appeal straight out the window: Amazon now admits that while its upcoming touch-based Kindle will indeed be 3G-enabled, the places it’ll be allowed to visit along the information superhighway are actually not so super.
While commentators on this site and others love to hate the seeming capriciousness of wireless service pricing, a recently released country-by-country comparison from CTIA, the wireless industry lobby, shows that we might not have it as bad as we think.
Look out, your next iOS device may do away with that fussy charging cable and cradle. In its place? A pair of earbuds. Yep, I said earbuds. Those things you stick in your ears to listen to music, or maybe use to lasso a pen off your desk if you’re lazy (as well as adept at [...]
Apple has apparently started manufacturing parts for the iPhone 5 (or 4s?), which in all likelihood will be available come October. But as curiosity would have it, speculation is already mounting as to what sort of features the next iteration of the iPhone after that will have.
It’s official: On July 7, Verizon Wireless will stop offering unlimited data to new smartphone subscribers.
I have a confession to make: I haven’t used a locked phone since 2005.
Do you have several problems? Like, more than one, at least? Me too. Is one of those problems that your iPad doesn’t have enough storage capacity to hold all your videos, photos, documents and songs? I hadn’t thought of that problem myself until now, but I guess I have that problem too.
Using techniques usually reserved for identifying epilepsy in patients, a team of scientists at Washington University were able to successfully have subjects move computer cursors using nothing but their thoughts.
