Friday, January 9, 2004

Cell phones: The next dinosaur [CNET News.com - Front Door]
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Pocket-sized PC has PowerBook pedigree. CES OQO re-emerges [The Register]
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Motorola chooses Motia's smart antenna technology. Company enters Wi-Fi market with technology designed to extend range and signal strength of devices. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Nokia Turns Bullish on Its 4th-Quarter Estimates. Nokia, the world's biggest maker of cellphones, unexpectedly raised its earnings and revenue estimates for the fourth quarter on Thursday. By Jennifer L. Schenker. [New York Times: Business]
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Steve Jobs on personal video players. In an interview with New York Times tech writers David Pogue and John Markoff, Steve Jobs is cagier than ever about whether or not a... [Gizmodo]
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PC World: HP Will Resell Apple's IPod. HP will also preinstall Apple's ITunes jukebox software on its consumer PCs and notebook systems. The company will add a desktop icon pointing customers to the ITunes online music store, HP says in a statement released Thursday. [Tomalak's Realm]
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NY Times: Verizon Plans Fast Internet for Cellphones. Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest mobile phone provider, said it would spend $1 billion on the network over the next two years. The move intensifies a game of one-upmanship among the leading mobile phone companies, which are seeking to outdo each other in offering data services over airwaves once devoted to phone traffic. [Tomalak's Realm]
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PC World: TiVo Cozies Up to PCs, Satellite. TiVo will soon offer new services through its Home Media Option, notably the ability to transfer and burn recorded programs using a PC. At a press conference here at the Consumer Electronics Show, company executives also unveiled several upcoming hardware devices, including TiVo's first high definition-ready device produced in cooperation with DirecTV. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Users praise Verizon plan for national wireless data network. Verizon Wireless' plan to spend $1 billion over the next two years on a nationwide cellular data network that supports throughput of up to 500Kbit/sec. could help companies better support mobile workers. [Computerworld News]
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Verizon unveils wide 3G rollout plans. SAN FRANCISCO - Verizon Wireless Inc. is promising a summer of speed to wide-area wireless data users in major U.S. cities. [InfoWorld: Top News]
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CES: Motorola gets Samsung support in UWB debate. LAS VEGAS - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. threw its weight behind Motorola Inc.'s XtremeSpectrum chipset for ultrawideband (UWB) wireless technology Thursday, announcing it will use the chipset to transmit multiple high-definition television (HDTV) streams during a demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show. [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Briefly: Intel creates consumer electronics unit. The chipmaker sets up a home gear group to better contribute to the popular market. SEC mulls civil suit against IBM...Wind River joins Linux group. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
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