First look at new Windows Mobile 6.5 phones Take a gander at HTC, Samsung and other phones using Microsoft's new mobile software Samsung Android phone gets a name, release date After weeks of anticipation, Sprint today said that starting on Nov. 1 it will sell Samsung's first Android handset available in the United States. FCC's Genachowski to enter wireless hot house What once looked to be a quiet CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show this week is now taking place amid a growing buzz about U.S. regulatory issues, with several appearances by U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski shaping up as the centerpiece. Harvard's robotic bees generate high-tech buzz Harvard researchers recently got a $10 million grant to create a colony of flying robotic bees, or RoboBees to among other things, spur innovation in ultra-low-power computing and electronic "smart" sensors; and refine coordination algorithms to manage multiple, independent machines. Microsoft Phone makes worldwide debut Microsoft has formally unveiled its Windows Phone mobile operating system. The first handsets go onsale today and, by the end of the year, at least 30 Windows Phone handsets should be launched across 20 different territories. What's Inside the Windows Mobile Marketplace? You can stop holding your breath now: Windows Mobile 6.5 is here. Oh, come on -- I know you've been just dying to get your hands on Microsoft's new mobile OS, haven't you? Anyone? Hello? Microsoft's mobile turnaround: what's at stake With the "Windows phones" being announced Tuesday, Microsoft swallows its pride, confesses the error of its ways, and takes an oath that it will never, ever be irrelevant in the mobile space. Nokia's testing lab is a cell phone's chamber of horrors Just about everybody has dropped a cell phone at one time or another. The engineers at Nokia's testing lab in San Diego have seen and heard all the phone disaster stories and have designed hundreds of tests with the idea of improving Nokia cell phone quality. What's Behind AT&T's New VoIP Policy? It looks like you'll be able to use Skype on the iPhone over a 3G connection after all. AT&T changed course on Tuesday by allowing skype to connect over the carrier's 3G network. The new decision is a complete reversal of a previous policy that restricted VoIP applications to use the iPhone's Wi-Fi connectivity only, and not the device's cellular capability. First LTE networks will deliver 20 Mbps of download speed When the first LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks and devices are launched next year, users can expect to see a download speed of about 20 Mbps, according to Motorola and ZTE. Lose your cell, land your boss in court? The IT security industry has been around for almost as long as the 25-year-old PC, but has changed more in the last 2.5 years than all of the rest of that time combined. Android to grab No. 2 spot by 2012, says Gartner While the Google-backed Android mobile operating system currently runs on less than 2% of all smartphones, Gartner Inc. predicts it will surge to 14% of the global smartphone market in 2012 -- ahead of the iPhone, as well as Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones. Adobe does 'end-around' Apple with Flash dev tool, says analyst Adobe's decision to give Flash developers a way to craft iPhone apps is an "end-around" Apple's decision to ban Flash Player from its popular smartphone, an analyst said today. Networks have to get more dense, Qualcomm says The wireless industry has reached the limits of what it can do to use radio spectrum more efficiently and needs to move on to making networks more dense through tools such as femtocells, the cofounder and the current CEO of Qualcomm said Thursday. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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