News (73)

  • Google exec lets slip Android release date?

    A Google executive may have inadvertently tipped the wireless industry's hand on the launch time frame for Android phones.

  • Google to unveil 'Android' phone software

    Google is ready to unveil a suite of software for mobile phones based on open-source technology, backed by some of the largest wireless industry companies in the world.

  • What will eBay do with Skype?

    eBay has been forced to reassess the value of Skype -- a company it acquired for US$2.6 billion -- not to mention its overall strategy for making money with VoIP.

  • iPhone to make UK debut?

    Apple will take its keynote show on the road to London next week, with speculation mostly centred on the carriers for a European iPhone.

  • BlackBerry 8800 makes its debut

    Research In Motion introduced on Monday its BlackBerry 8800, designed to offer up multimedia consumer features to the corporate user.

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • Wi-Fi and 3G may come together

    New wireless networking chips for handheld devices are giving second life to the 802.11b standard and could soon test the theory that Wi-Fi and mobile data services can work hand in hand rather than compete.

  • Sun stirs to unify Java

    Sun Microsystems plans to build ties between the different flavours of Java in an effort to present the programming technology as more unified.

  • Why there's no need to rush to 802.11a

    802.11a has been hyped as a faster version of a popular wirelesss standard. But current 802.11a products have downsides, too--like short range and high cost.

  • Microsoft plays a wireless combo

    Microsoft said Monday that it isn't among those to fully back new wireless wunderkind 802.11a.

  • Wireless training under scrutiny

    A trade association is set to put 802.11 wireless textbooks and training manuals - used to manage thousands of office networks - under the microscope, ready for accreditation.

Reviews (7)

  • The holy hype around 3G

    Have third-generation services failed the wireless industry? So thinks Marty Cooper, the man who's credited with inventing the cell phone.

  • How Intel blew it on wireless

    Commentary: Intel should never have added Wi-Fi to its Centrino chipset. Now is not the time, and 802.11b is not the protocol.

  • Mobile Java 101

    If the concept of Mobile Java has you scratching your head and pondering cups of coffee on the run, read our guide to what's what in the world of mobile programming environments.

  • Why there's no need to rush to 802.11a

    802.11a has been hyped as a faster version of a popular wirelesss standard. But current 802.11a products have downsides, too--like short range and high cost.

  • Microsoft plays a wireless combo

    Microsoft said Monday that it isn't among those to fully back new wireless wunderkind 802.11a.

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