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• Happy Independence Day July 3, 2009
  A recent server crash at Dailywireless (sorry about that), has taught me a lesson — enjoy life, friends, and the summer holidays. Dailywireless is taking the day off. Happy Independence Day. And Canada Day, too. Summer is grand. […]
  Sam Churchill
• D-Day for Stimulus Rules July 3, 2009
  The Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the broadband portion of the Recovery Act was released today. In that 121-page document, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will dole out some $7.2 billion in broadband grants and loans. According to the NOFA: RUS and NTIA conclude that “broadba […]
  Sam Churchill
• The iPhone: A 2nd Economy? July 3, 2009
  The iPhone has inspired a 2nd economy, says Chubby Brain, with over $100 Million going from VCs to iPhone startups. When the iPhone was initially released in mid-2007, there were only 500 applications available for download. Today, less than two years after the iPhone’s launch, there are more than 50,000. Apple reports over one billion [...] […]
  Sam Churchill
• Dell Notebook with Turn-by-Turn Navigation July 3, 2009
  Dell is betting that location services will be a hit in netbooks and next week will offer the Dell Wireless 700 location solution for their Mini 10 netbook in the United States. It provides turn-by-turn navigation. The $69 add-on is a hybrid WiFi/GPS Mini PCI-E card/software package, and combines location based information using the Skyhook positioning […]
  Sam Churchill
• Sprint Rolling Out Femtocells July 3, 2009
  Sprint will be the first operator to launch a 3G femtocell in the United States, reports Unstrung. “Just like Sprint was the first with 2G, we’ll definitely be the first in the 3G space as well,” Mathew Oommen, VP of device and technology development, tells Unstrung. “We’re not talking about trials; we’re talking about full commercial [...] […]
  Sam Churchill
• Comcast Goes Mobile with WiMAX July 3, 2009
  Comcast will bundle Clearwire’s 4G wireless service, the company said today. Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S., will launch the new service in Portland, Ore., and expand the service to other Comcast cities later in the year, including Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Called High-Speed 2go, Comcast will sell 4G wireless access as part of an […]
  Sam Churchill
• Webcasting on Batteries June 29, 2009
  Mike Boyd of Hillsboro WiFi and myself are providing free WiFi at Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival again this year. I am running my Clear residential modem into a Meraki Outdoor repeater which automatically meshes to 3 nearby Meraki repeaters. That gives us blanket WiFi coverage at the festival. We are providing free WiFi access — [...] […]
  Sam Churchill
• Europe Adopts Standardized Phone Charger June 29, 2009
  Top mobile telephone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide harmonization of phone chargers, the European Commission said on Monday. The agreement by Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others will mean phones compatible with standard charging devices are available in Europe from next year. “People will not have to throw away their charger whenever they buy a new [.. […]
  Sam Churchill
• Sony PSP Phone? June 29, 2009
  Sony may combine a mobile phone with its Playstation Portable gaming platform, reports Reuters. It would combine functions of its portable game player with mobile phones made by Sony Ericsson. The development is seen as a way of better competing with Apple’s iPod and iPhone, as well as Nintendo’s DS. Sony announced greater integration between its [...] […]
  Sam Churchill
• China Mobile: Slow TD-SCDMA Sales June 29, 2009
  China Mobile says less than 3 percent of its new mobile customers are using their new 3G network, suggesting that their TD-SCDMA network is suffering from a lack of compatible devices. China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone operator, reports subscribers grew from 457.3 million to 488.1 million during the first five months of 2009. [...] […]
  Sam Churchill