Brighthand is reporting what I’ve talked about in the past. T-Mobile now has enough spectrum bandwidth nationwide to proceed with their 3G rollout.
What this means to consumers is cheaper 3G options compared to Cingular, Verizon, & Sprint. T-Mobile has always been priced more competitively than the competition, partially because of being the smallest nationwide operator, but also because of the ability to run more efficiently than the other carriers. They have not had to carry the baggage of extremely large and complex corporate mergers of culture and technology.
Another large factor in the pricing of T-Mobile has been its “reluctance” to be on the cutting edge of wireless technology. For example, their EDGE network has only been online for roughly a year, where Cingular’s EDGE service has been available for nearly two. Allowing the other carriers to bled on the cutting edge, learning from their triumphs and failures, in addition to allowing time for the hardware to come down in pricing has kept T-Mobile competitive.
Will that trend continue now that the company has dropped $4.2 Billion on spectrum – though I must point out that T-Mobile has been budgeting for this spectrum auction, and had estimated a similar amount aver a year ago for Auction 66.
Only time will tell, but it’s exciting, as now all four national carriers have the spectrum to roll out 3G nationwide, and plan for next-generation 4G strategies.
Have a gripe about the Windows Vista User Interface? Give Microsoft your opinions and help build a better product.
Microsoft is accepting feedback from anyone, not just their beta users, on the UI in Vista. You can read more about the program & forum in the BetaNews article linked below.
Jerry is back in Iraq, and has started a new blog on Blogger (http://jerryloss.blogspot.com/). It’ll be nice to hear from him from time to time along with an occasional picture or two.
Well, I’ve finally found a few hours laying around to plop the latest beta code on my machine – yet again. What have we got this time? The usual Vista and Office 2007, etc…
Initial observations seem to back up what I’ve been hearing about performance. Stability on Beta 2 of Vista & Office was not a problem for me, but performance was.
Vista RC1 and Office 2007 B2TR are comperable in performance to a freshly installed Windows XP & Office 2003 setup. So I’ll be continueing to install my usual cadre of software and continue working away.
I fully expect to be able to run this software stack until the final releases are available. Hopefully that’ll mean a new laptop for yours truely, but I’m not going to hold my breath.
So the latest FCC wireless auction ends after 28 days of intense bidding. T-Mobile did well, gaining significantly needed spectrum across the country.
T-Mobile USA Inc. was the big spender of the auction, winning 120 licenses with bids totaling nearly $4.2 billion. The fourth-largest U.S. carrier gained spectrum across the country, including licenses in the large markets of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. As soon as the auction closed, T-Mobile USA put out a statement saying that it will not immediately reveal its plans for the spectrum.
This is very exciting news for me as a T-Mobile subscriber. While their EDGE data service is great, I can’t wait for 3G data speeds!
If you’ve been a fan of SBSH Software’siLauncher software, you should be aware of a newly released version.
Version 3 of iLauncher is available immediately to new and existing users ($14.95 new, $4.95 upgrade).
September 18, 2006 – SBSH Mobile Software released the next major version of the award-winning launcher application, iLauncher version 3! Introducing new integrated task-manager, ‘X’ button that really close, new safe-mode protection, special action shortcuts, multi-language support and much more!
For more information, check out the following links:
First Lady Melania Trump: "Most know my husband as the strong Commander-in-Chief, but his empathy transcends the role and shapes a caring leader who constantly remembers each and every American soldier is someone's child."
