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This is a great opportunity if you have ever wanted to be a phone beta tester!
Applicants must work as a professional and be technically savvy. Selected testers will be able to access access e-mail, the Web and even corporate networks on one of the fastest CDMA networks. Users must have a POP e-mail account, or use an Exchange Server. More information and instructions on applying to the beta program can be found on the Centercode Callout.
They are specifically looking for testers in Venezuela and Mexico.
T-Mobile to roll out UMA in September?
I have a hard time believing this – they only went into beta a week or two ago.
Still, if its true, this would be the first commercial implementation of Unlicensed Mobile Access. This service allows subscribers to use either cellular service or WiFi service to place & receive phone calls.
With T-Mobile having such an extensive WiFi Hotspot network, in addition to supporting free access points, and in conjunction with their GSM network, would allow users to make inexpensive calls many additional locations.
Microsoft LiveDrive – Confirmed?
MSFN is reporting that MS confirmed the online storage service at a blogger’s breakfast in Sydney, Australia.
Speaking at a blogger’s breakfast prior to the opening of Tech.Ed in Sydney, Microsoft Australia technical specialist John Hodgson said that the basic Live Drive was likely to include around 2G of storage for free. Additional storage capacity would be available for purchase, though pricing schemes and final release dates haven’t been announced.
It’d be nice if this were true, guess we’ll wait this one out to see.
Web2.0 Logo Creator
Found this awhile ago on Scobleizer – kind of cool! It’s a Web 2.0 parody logo creator.
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Has Dell lost its way?
I have to ask. Is Dell over the peak? Are their best days behind them? Have they turned into the big corporate computer loser that seems to overtake all PC companies?
Nothing is a given, and the way Dell goes after sales, ships units, and reports earnings has always made me a little edgy. In my corporate life, I deal with Dell directly, and have never been fond of their sales tactics, or staff. When I’ve had them onsite to answer questions, they are always prepared to sell, not to answer to their current shipping product deficiencies.
Seems to me that its time to find the next PC supplier. I’ve been recommending Dell for years, but I don’t know that I’ll be recommending them for this holiday season to friends and family. Too many variables – and their are more compelling models from Toshiba, Compaq, HP, Asus, and the rest.
Check out the article at PC Mag below, interesting read.
EDGE comes into its own – RCRNews.com
Well, I could have told ya this! Of course it seems more “real” coming from a more authoritative source like RCRNews.
It seems people and critics are starting to realize that EDGE services, provided nationwide by T-Mobile and Cingular, are good enough to get most mobile broadband work done.
While the industry looks ahead to W-CDMA and HSDPA technologies, EDGE handsets will quietly deliver “near-acceptable†mobile broadband experiences across a wide geographic area, according to ABI Research. The firm projects that vendors will ship as many as 148 million EDGE handsets this year—totaling about 14 percent of the global handset market—and suggested that the industry pay closer attention to the technology.
Although EDGE often is viewed as merely an evolutionary step in GSM technology, it has an important role in delivering services for carriers without 3G licenses or for those waiting for 4G, ABI said.
Well, sure – if you look at the majority of the handsets from T-Mobile and Cingular, you’ll see that the support EDGE. Most often in a quad-band configuration (850/900/1800/1900) to cover most of the world’s GSM implementations.
“When the prospects for EDGE are viewed in the context of next generation networks, its true value comes to light,†said Stuart Carlaw, ABI’s principal analyst. “The technology still represents the only viable choice for supporting seamless service delivery on a very wide area basis. Neither WiMAX nor LTE nor HSUPA will be rolled out with enough geographic coverage to guarantee minimum service requirements on a wide scale.”
Considering that EDGE service has a larger footprint than Verizon/Sprint EVDO networks, I’ll choose EDGE any day. Also, with Cingular’s current HSDPA rollout and T-Mobile’s current winnings in the latest FCC spectrum auction for UMTS/HSDPA, we’re in for some awesome mobile data solutions in 2007!
Cool news, all the same.
Verizon BlackBerry 8703e Pic – Engadget Mobile
This BlackBerry is the CDMA/GSM version that will allow Verizon to carry a “World Phone” BlackBerry. This unit supports the European and Asian GSM Frequencies (900/1800), and would allow roaming outside the North American continent (we’re on the 850/1900 freqs).
If you’re a Verizon subscriber and have been waiting for a 8700 series, your wait is over.
the::unwired – CONFIRMED: Palm Treo 700wx coming to Sprint
Wow, more mobile goodness! It usually happens in waves like this where several products will be announced or released within a few days of each other, and I of course figure it out days later. 🙂
Anyway, Sprint is getting in on the action this time with their (updated) version of the Palm Treo 700 line. The 700wx has more memory, 64MB RAM instead of Verizon’s 700w’s 32MB RAM. This should help make the Windows Mobile based Treo perform a bit better.
When the 700w was released, I was surprised that the unit came with 32MB, seems Palm was too accustomed to the Palm OS memory requirements.
Note to mobile OEMs: you can never have enough RAM. 🙂
Link to the::unwired – CONFIRMED: Palm Treo 700wx coming to Sprint
UPDATE: CrunchGear has a scan of Sprint’s brochure!
The i-Mate JAQ – Mobile Gadget News
The mobile news this week is fantastic! This time its about iMate and their new JAQ Pocket PC Phone that could be a Moto Q killer!
In a surprise move (at least to me), HTC is not building this device for iMate. It seems that iMate has contracted with another OEM to build a QVGA device with QWERTY keyboard, though instead of Microsoft Smartphone, it will run the Pocket PC variant of Windows Mobile.
The design is defiantly different from HTC designs (and Motorola’s Q), though it seems fairly well laid out. Oh, it does have a touch-screen by the way – in case you were interested.
Link to Meet the i-Mate JAQ – Mobile Gadget News :: Making Your Windows Mobile Life Simpler
Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger » Is Microsoft really the largest blog vendor?
Robert has another great discussion going on his blog. Seems that a Windows Live team member was bragging a bit.
Yesterday someone who works on the Windows Live team was taunting me with “influentials don’t matter, we got to be #1 and we don’t care that there aren’t any influential bloggers using our stuff.â€
Boy, this person didn’t think ahead when they spouted off. Its about time we take a closer look at Msft’s claim to be the largest blogging host in the world. They very well may be, but I also take issue with their argument that all the Live Spaces are really blogs.
Robert is on a mission to identify a more realistic understanding of what is the real makeup of Live Spaces compared to more traditional blogging platforms like TypePad and WordPress.
Today I see that George Moore, General Manager of Windows Live, just told a crowd in New Zealand that Windows Live is “now the largest blogging service on the planet.†At least according to Richard MacManus, who I’ve found to accurately report past events, and who is at TechED in New Zealand.
What do you think, is Live Spaces a serious blogging platform, or is it a social networking environment like My Space?
Link to Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger » Is Microsoft really the largest blog vendor?
I hope the leadership of the Republican Party will take his word seriously. Because this is exactly right.
This is very simple: only Americans citizens should be allowed to vote in American elections.
The SAVE America Act is common sense, and we need to pass it now!
I don’t recall you complaining when gas was $5.00 under Biden.
Hypocrisy much?
Please RT!
This Middle Ages bullshit is a cancer on the planet👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸