Friday, June 25, 2004

Sprint Moves to EV-DO; First EV-DO Phone Details Emerge.

daxian_cu928.jpg imageSprintPCSInfo has pictures and information about Sprint's EV-DO capable phone, the Daxian CU928, a Pocket PC that, in China, supports live video conferencing. They also note that Sprint has scrapped plans to move direct to 1xEV-DV, instead running out an 1xEV-DO network this year and next, then moving to the faster EV-DV in 2006 and beyond.
Read [SprintPCSInfo]

[Gizmodo]
11:34:54 PM    comment   

iChat AV at 35,000 Feet.

view-out-window.jpg imageCan you astroturf your own marketing dreck? I suppose it's just coincidence that in the screenshot Apple's product line manager took for this Apple Hotnews story he casually mentions to a friend that "Sales should be up significantly this quarter." But fine, we'll excuse the iShill since the page is actually pretty cool -- it details the "first commercial in-air videoconference," between two Apple employees, one in Cupertino, and the other on a jet using Lufthansa's wireless high-speed internet ground-to-plane internet.
Read [Apple via WiFiNetNews]

[Gizmodo]
11:34:36 PM    comment   

For Liars and Loafers, Cellphones Offer an Alibi. Cellphone users have begun to create alibi networks, groups of thousands who lie for each other, helping members hide their whereabouts. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: Business]
11:34:17 PM    comment   

DoCoMo Releases Premini i-mode Phone [Wireless Watch Japan]
11:33:22 PM    comment   

LG Exporting Tri-Band Phone to US [Wireless Watch Japan]
11:29:59 PM    comment   

Toshiba's Mobile Methanol Fuel Cell [Wireless Watch Japan]
11:29:12 PM    comment   

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