Archive for the ‘Wireless’ Category

Blackberry Outages: Headaches for Everyone

For the second time just weeks, Blackberry’s across North America are falling silent as the data stops flowing.
Once again, the ‘Net is abuzz with reports of an outage of Blackberry Internet Services (BIS), the consumer data gatekeeper for Blackberry users. So far, it seems that the outage is affecting all data services except for [...]

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Google Maps Navigation

Having the power of Google and “the cloud” on your dash or the palm of your hand when traveling to provide turn-by-turn guidance is coming to an Android smartphone near you! Recently Google announced the reality of such convenience on their blog.
So, you too really can “get their from here.”

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3G Speed Tests: How Fast is Your Carrier?

According to Wired.com’s recent speed test challenge, the carrier with “the most bars” is not the carrier with the most speed.  In fact, results pegged AT&T Wireless‘ 3G network speed  as the slowest while Verizon Wireless‘ testers found them to have the fastest 3g data transfers.

See the test method here and the results here.

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WordPress for BlackBerry

Automattic released a beta version of it’s mobile app for BlackBerry mobile phones.

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Sprint’s Palm Pre Hotter than Expected?

Sprint launched its long awaited Palm Pre this weekend.  While the lines were not as long as AT&T/Apple’s legendary iPhone release a couple of years ago, they were reportedly very respectable.  The Pre has been long hyped as the iPhone killer with its slick touch screen, mature features and sexy look.  However, soon after many [...]

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