Loading ...Google’s spectrum play
So Google will be a player in the upcoming 700 MHz U.S. wireless spectrum auction after all. Speculation’s been rife, but speculating’s easy, since Google guaranteed the Federal Communications Commission it’ll bid a minimum of $4.6 billion for a block of spectrum back in the summer.
The company has since announced a mobile development platform, Android, which wasn’t the branded mobile phone watchers were anticipating with bated breath, but still made you wonder: What are these people up to? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Dave Webb and filed under Future Technology, Web 2.0, cell, mobile, wireless | No Comments »Add to: del.icio.us | Digg IT | Furl | Google | magnolia | StumbleIT | Wink | Yahoo! Technorati
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Google’s Android announcement was not the branded mobile phone we were anticipating, but a development platform for mobile manufacturers and carriers to deliver more applications to the smart phone market. The company has always been about tearing up the rule book when it enters a market, and the ad-subsidized model for delivering smart phone apps is another example of what one analyst called a “game-changer.”
Gotta confess it was a zig when I was anticipating a zag, and it leaves me with many questions. If anyone cares to set me straight on them, hey, I’d be grateful. In no particular order: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on November 6th, 2007 by Dave Webb and filed under mobile, wireless | 1 Comment »Add to: del.icio.us | Digg IT | Furl | Google | magnolia | StumbleIT | Wink | Yahoo! Technorati
Loading ...Pop! Goes the Weasel
By Joaquim P. Menezes -
Remember those nasty little things called pop up ads?
Remember how they could ruin your online browsing experience (especially the serial pops), destroy your trend of thought as you tried to get some online research done, raise your blood pressure, and lead to other sundry hazards.
Then came the pop up blockers –now standard with most mainstream browsers – and beleaguered PC users got some respite. But if you thought you’ve see the last of the ol’ pops – think again! How does that Bryan Adams song go?: Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here, waiting for you Guess what. The pop ups will be waiting for you any day now – on your mobile phone. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on August 9th, 2007 by Joaquim Menezes and filed under Computer Science, Software, cell, messaging, mobile, wireless | 1 Comment »Add to: del.icio.us | Digg IT | Furl | Google | magnolia | StumbleIT | Wink | Yahoo! Technorati
Loading ...Talking the walk – make your cell do your bidding
By Joaquim P. Menezes 
In the 1965 - 70 sitcom, I dream of Jeannie, beautiful female genie (Barbara Eden) just blinks her lovely large eyes twice, and hey presto, wonders occur: a horribly messy room is instantly tidy, or Jeannie and her fiancé, astronaut Tony Nelson are transported to some exotic location, delectable dishes suddenly materialize on the dinner table….you get the picture.
Posted on August 1st, 2007 by Joaquim Menezes and filed under Computer Science, cell, messaging, mobile, wireless | 11 Comments »