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RIM and Vodafone announced a model of RIM’s newest handset which will be marketed exclusively by Vodafone starting next month. The features of the 7100v appear identical to the 7100t introduced last week, with the addition of support for French, German, Italian and Spanish in addition to English. However the case design of the ‘v’ [...]
Europe is leading in three matches at the moment. Fred Funk’s shoes illustrate the spirit at Oakland Hills this weekend, though.
I have thus far studiously avoided discussing the documents presented by Dan Rather; there is so much excellent research and good thinking and writing going on that I frankly have nothing to add. I can truthfully say that while I didn’t see the original broadcast I did have a look at the PDF files that [...]
Noted technology authority Paris Hilton told a complete stranger in New York, “the Sidekick is way better than the Blackberry.” I’m sure that the facts that her unit is diamond encrusted and was apparently given to her in no way influenced her opinion.
I’m sure they’re just quaking in their boots in Waterloo. But they’re [...]
He’s back.
The voters of Ward 8 in the District of Columbia have turned out an incumbent city council member in favor of a carpetbagger named Marion S. Barry, Jr. Yes, that Marion Barry. The Washington Post wrote a neat one ‘graph summary of his career.
A civil rights leader in the 1960s, he was elected [...]
I haven’t picked on the UMTS guys much lately because, frankly, they’ve learned to stop hyping their services (thanks in no small measure to their having recognized that they can’t deliver). But two stories in the past couple of days caught my eye, as much because they recycled old tales as for the interesting juxtaposition.
First [...]
Lost amid last week’s launch of the BlackBerry 7100t was news that RIM has signed a deal to outsource some manufacturing to Elcoteq. According to a press release Elcoteq “has undertaken certain manufacturing activities for RIM in Europe and Mexico” and has already begun to deliver whatever they’re making for RIM. This is a significant [...]
The US FCC announced yesterday that it has redesignated 20MHz of spectrum between 1995 and 2180 MHz for AWS. The press release is here. The spectrum will be allocated in paired 5 MHz blocks and will generally be used for new personal mobile services. The FCC also issued a plan to cover the cost of [...]
“It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.”
– Arnold Palmer, born September 10, 1929
T-Mobile has become the third cellular carrier to deploy a trial network of Flarion’s OFDM broadband wireless data network. The carrier said it has begun a trial of the technology in The Hague and has recruited an undisclosed number of users. Both Flarion and T-Mobile characterized the deployment as a means to measure usage and [...]