Computerworld-Apple today unveiled the iPad Mini,a smaller tablet starting at$329 that features a 7.9-in.1024-x-768-pixel display and can run all existing iPad software without modification. The company also revamped the 9.7-in ...
IDG News Service - AT&T has reversed its decision to allow Apple iPhone and iPad owners to use Apple's FaceTime videoconferencing application only on the carrier's most expensive data plans or if they are connected to Wi-Fi. AT&T on ...
IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission rushed to judgment in giving permission in early 2011 for startup LightSquared to offer LTE service in a band of wireless spectrum next to a band used by GPS devices, several ...
Tags: FCC, GPS devices, LTE service, wireless service
Amazon.com launched a free online tool that will help schools and businesses centrally control and distribute content on Kindle devices to their students and staff, it said Wednesday. The new service, called Whispercast for Kindle, can ...
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On June 28,Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins announced the company's latest financials in a particularly grim earnings call.Heins reported a first-quarter loss of$518 million,or 99 cents a share.Overall sales for the period were$2.8 ...
Tags: RIM, BlackBerry, CEO Thorsten Heins, consumer electronics
A subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives will hear testimony on Friday about whether the FCC followed its own rules when it gave LightSquared conditional approval for an LTE network early last year. LightSquared wants to build ...
Sprint is set to showcase its Velocity in-vehicle communications platform in Chrysler's redesigned 2013 Ram 1500 truck and new SRT Viper car at the L.A. Auto Show this week. Sprint had disclosed in August its selection as telematics ...
Tags: Sprint, Wireless Tech, US, ommunications platform
Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless have scheduled a press conference for Sept. 5 in New York City, reportedly to unveil a new Droid Razr M smartphone. Reports in Engadget and BGR indicate that the Razr M will have a 4.3-in. Super ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Motorola, Droid Razr M smartphone
In a package aimed to mobilize small-business employees, Verizon Wireless has packaged a version of the Microsoft Office 365 online office suite to run on its own cellular services, pricing the service at US$6 per user per month. Verizon ...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Verizon Wireless packages, Computer Products
IDG News Service - Telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson has asked a U.S. court to block sales of a variety of Samsung Electronics cameras, Blu-ray Disc players, televisions and phones, including the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note ...
Tags: Telecommunications, Ericsson, Samsung Electronics, Galaxy S III
Computerworld - AT&T's version of the quad-core LG Optimus G will go on sale Nov. 2 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Pre-orders will start Tuesday, AT&T announced in a blog post. The $200 price puts the Optimus G at the same pricing ...
Tags: LG, phones, LTE network, Android, mobile operating system
Computerworld - Sprint will begin selling the Samsung Galaxy Note II on Oct. 25 for $299.99 with a two-year contract, the carrier announced early Tuesday. If Sprint meets the schedule, the Galaxy Note II will be the carrier's first ...
Tags: Samsung, Note, Samsung Galaxy, smartphone
Computerworld - Sprint will start selling the quad-core LG Optimus G smartphone on Nov. 11 for $199.99 and a two-year contract, nine days after AT&T put its version on sale for the same price. The Sprint LG Optimus G will have a ...
Tags: LG, LG Optimus, smartphone, LTE networks
IDG News Service - Japan's Softbank said Monday it has reached a deal to acquire a 70% stake in U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel for $20 billion, forming one of the world's largest telecom operators. The companies said the deal would ...
Tags: Softbank, telecom operators, network, network speeds
AT&T said Monday it has upped its LTE wireless network reach to 109 markets, by adding six cities in Puerto Rico as well as Albuquerque, N.M., Reading, Pa. and Salt Lake City. The three cities in Puerto Rico are Guayama, San German-Cabo ...
Tags: LTE, wireless network, six cities, Puerto Rico