Mobilog

Friday, February 25, 2005

Cell Phone First And Only Contact. People are becoming so dependent on their mobile phones that one in three are concerned that losing their phone would mean they lose their friends. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
8:41:10 PM

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RFID Credit Cards on Fast Track. Encouraged by early success in test markets, major bank card issuers are revving up pilot programs of RFID-enabled credit cards and payment tokens. Nationwide availability is expected by late 2005. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
8:40:49 PM

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Slow Corporate 3G Adoption Expected. Telecom providers touted their latest and greatest at last week?s 3GSM World Congress conference, but corporate buyers were decidedly unimpressed. Experts predict corporate America will be slow to adopt new mobility services. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
8:40:18 PM

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Mobile Networks Judged Too Slow. Experts at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes last week said third-generation mobile (3G) networks need to get faster to prevent disappointing and frustrating users. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
8:39:44 PM

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Vodafone seeks revival in Japan. IHT Online, 23 February 2005 Vodafone Group, the world's largest cellphone company by sales, will use its experience with high-speed wireless services in Japan to stay ahead of competitors in less advanced markets, said Shiro Tsuda, who runs the Japanese unit. "Japan is way ahead in 3G," T... [Wireless Watch Japan]
8:37:21 PM

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Vodafone K.K. Joins Mobile FeliCa. Vodafone PR, 24 February 2005 Vodafone K.K. and FeliCa Networks today announced the agreement for introduction of Mobile FeliCa to Vodafone Handsets in Japan. Both companies aim to promote new mobile lifestyles with Mobile FeliCa compatible handsets Vodafone K.K. and FeliCa Networks, Inc. have agre... [Wireless Watch Japan]
8:36:51 PM

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PC World: NTT Develops Mobile-Phone Hydrogen Fuel Cell. The power density of the NTT cell, which is a measure of the amount of power it can generate relative to its size, is up to 200 milliwatts per square centimeter. When the fuel cell is commercialized, it will be able provide a third-generation mobile phone that uses 2.5 watts of power with about 9 hours of talk time... [Tomalak's Realm]
8:35:06 PM

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Sprint to Offer Phone for Use on CDMA, GSM. Handset from Samsung, set for release in March, will work on CDMA networks in the United States and on GSM networks in other countries. [eWEEK Technology News]
7:53:17 PM

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A Note to the FCC - Call their bluff....

A couple years ago CBS threatened to pull the plug on High Def programming if the FCC didnt push forward rules supporting the Broadcast Flag.

For those that dont know, the Broadcast Flag is basically a digital switch that over the air broadcasters, the major broadcast networks, can set to potentially prevent viewers from recording their broadcasts. If they dont want you copying their show to your Tivo/PVR hard drive, the switch could prevent it. Or they could set it so you could copy it one time, but not make any further copies.

[Blog Maverick]
7:50:15 PM

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