Cellphones
Ericsson / STMicro JV to shake up wireless chipset market
By: Stuart Corner
STMicroelectronics and Ericsson are to merge their respective cellphone chip and cellphone software (platform) businesses into a 50/50 joint venture that they say have will the industry's strongest product offering in semiconductors and platforms for mobile applications.
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By: Stuart Corner
STMicroelectronics and Ericsson are to merge their respective cellphone chip and cellphone software (platform) businesses into a 50/50 joint venture that they say have will the industry's strongest product offering in semiconductors and platforms for mobile applications.
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Australia’s Reserve Bank makes major PayPal decision
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Victory for the “eBay Rebels”? It’s all thanks to the August 15 “Payments System Board Meeting”, where the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to act on eBay’s desire to mandate usage of or through its PayPal online payments system, proclaiming a “view to seeking the removal of these rules”.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Victory for the “eBay Rebels”? It’s all thanks to the August 15 “Payments System Board Meeting”, where the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to act on eBay’s desire to mandate usage of or through its PayPal online payments system, proclaiming a “view to seeking the removal of these rules”.
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Nuance to buy SNAPin and transform customer service via cellphones
By: Stuart Corner
Speech recognitions specialist, Nuance Communications, has announced its intent to acquire - for $US180m in shares - privately-held SNAPin, a provider of mobile device and server self-service technology, claiming that that the combination of its and SNAPin's technologies will "transform the way mobile operators and enterprises interact with consumers in real-time on mobile devices."
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By: Stuart Corner
Speech recognitions specialist, Nuance Communications, has announced its intent to acquire - for $US180m in shares - privately-held SNAPin, a provider of mobile device and server self-service technology, claiming that that the combination of its and SNAPin's technologies will "transform the way mobile operators and enterprises interact with consumers in real-time on mobile devices."
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Finally, ‘3’ Mobile to get 96% Aussie 3G coverage! - UPDATED
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
At long last, Australia’s original 3G provider and arguably one of its most competitive, 3 Mobile, is expanding its previously mostly capital-city only 56% coverage to a much better 96% population coverage by mid 2009 – but will roaming costs come down, too?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
At long last, Australia’s original 3G provider and arguably one of its most competitive, 3 Mobile, is expanding its previously mostly capital-city only 56% coverage to a much better 96% population coverage by mid 2009 – but will roaming costs come down, too?
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iPhone 3G talking Turkey
By: Stephen Withers
Turkey is set to join the iPhone club with the announcement that wireless carrier Turkcell will start carrying Apple's 3G handset later this year. Hopefully by the time it gets the new iPhone, the reported reception problems with Apple's first phone will be solved.
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By: Stephen Withers
Turkey is set to join the iPhone club with the announcement that wireless carrier Turkcell will start carrying Apple's 3G handset later this year. Hopefully by the time it gets the new iPhone, the reported reception problems with Apple's first phone will be solved.
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Telstra boldly launches the BlackBerry Bold... first
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telecommunications, an ever expanding frontier. This is the latest chapter in the voyages of the Starship Telstra, it’s continuing mission to deliver new handsets, to seek out new customers and extend existing contracts, and to boldly go where its competitors will soon follow: the launch of the BlackBerry Bold!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telecommunications, an ever expanding frontier. This is the latest chapter in the voyages of the Starship Telstra, it’s continuing mission to deliver new handsets, to seek out new customers and extend existing contracts, and to boldly go where its competitors will soon follow: the launch of the BlackBerry Bold!
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iPhone OS 2.1 – will it be a panacea or more purgatory?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Theoretically coming September is Apple’s iPhone (and iPod Touch) OS 2.1, which is supposed to have “Core Location” GPS services, more bug fixes (which OS 2.0.1 didn’t really fix) and the “push notification” services that are a substitute for programs running in the background – but this has just been taken out OS 2.1 beta 4. Will 2.1 be a panacea for suffering OS 2.0 users – or just more purgatory?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Theoretically coming September is Apple’s iPhone (and iPod Touch) OS 2.1, which is supposed to have “Core Location” GPS services, more bug fixes (which OS 2.0.1 didn’t really fix) and the “push notification” services that are a substitute for programs running in the background – but this has just been taken out OS 2.1 beta 4. Will 2.1 be a panacea for suffering OS 2.0 users – or just more purgatory?
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iPhone 3G unlock – slow progress, no guarantee it will ever come
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The iPhone Dev Team has issued its latest posting with an update on the iPhone 3G unlock process, while also sharing some of the stats on page views, visitor networks and browsers having accessed the Dev Team’s blog site.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The iPhone Dev Team has issued its latest posting with an update on the iPhone 3G unlock process, while also sharing some of the stats on page views, visitor networks and browsers having accessed the Dev Team’s blog site.
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Wow, a Google Android phone by September 17?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Little more than two months after the launch of the iPhone 3G, the first Google Android handset looks set to arrive much earlier than expected through an exclusive “pre-sale” with T-Mobile in the US, coming with a raft of iPhone-killing specs that must surely be adding some spice to the close Apple and Google relationship!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Little more than two months after the launch of the iPhone 3G, the first Google Android handset looks set to arrive much earlier than expected through an exclusive “pre-sale” with T-Mobile in the US, coming with a raft of iPhone-killing specs that must surely be adding some spice to the close Apple and Google relationship!
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Jobs confirms iPhone kill switch REAL!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Uh-oh... that iPhone software “kill switch” news which broke last week and was then said to be a blacklist for Core Location services turns out to be real, confirmed by Steve Jobs himself in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, App Store sales are totally “boom”-ing...
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Uh-oh... that iPhone software “kill switch” news which broke last week and was then said to be a blacklist for Core Location services turns out to be real, confirmed by Steve Jobs himself in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, App Store sales are totally “boom”-ing...
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WinPwn 2.0.0.4 lets Windows users “pwn” iPhone OS 2.0.1
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Got an iPhone or iPod Touch, and want to “pwn” it so you can run unauthorised third party software? Apple mightn’t like it, but the power to pwn is in users’ hands! Also, what good unauthorised third party apps are out there?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Got an iPhone or iPod Touch, and want to “pwn” it so you can run unauthorised third party software? Apple mightn’t like it, but the power to pwn is in users’ hands! Also, what good unauthorised third party apps are out there?
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Google tunes language translation for iPhone with web app
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Google’s new translation web app keeps data usage low, meaning a lower international roaming data cost, while greatly lowering the pain of the language barrier when overseas. Continuez s’il vous plait...
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Google’s new translation web app keeps data usage low, meaning a lower international roaming data cost, while greatly lowering the pain of the language barrier when overseas. Continuez s’il vous plait...
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PwnageTool 2.0.2 for iPhone 2G and 3G released at last
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The sparkling is back, with the iPhone Dev Team releasing the keenly awaited PwnageTool 2.0.2, bringing an unlock and jailbreak to the iPhone 2G, and jailbreaks to the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The sparkling is back, with the iPhone Dev Team releasing the keenly awaited PwnageTool 2.0.2, bringing an unlock and jailbreak to the iPhone 2G, and jailbreaks to the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch.
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PwnageTool 2.0.2 for iPhone starts sparkling – then stops
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The update for PwnageTool 2.0.2 to jailbreak iPhone 2G and 3G models, and unlock the iPhone 2G, was moved to the iPhone Dev Team’s “sparkle update system” when a serious bug was noticed – and the update removed. But the sparkling will start happening once more in a few hours!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The update for PwnageTool 2.0.2 to jailbreak iPhone 2G and 3G models, and unlock the iPhone 2G, was moved to the iPhone Dev Team’s “sparkle update system” when a serious bug was noticed – and the update removed. But the sparkling will start happening once more in a few hours!
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PwnageTool 2.0.2 with Installer 4 beta on verge of release
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Original iPhone and iPhone 3G owners wanting to update to iPhone OS 2.0.1 while maintaining a jailbroken status don’t have much longer to wait, with the iPhone Dev Team saying the software should arrive “Friday”, although that’s likely Saturday for Australians.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Original iPhone and iPhone 3G owners wanting to update to iPhone OS 2.0.1 while maintaining a jailbroken status don’t have much longer to wait, with the iPhone Dev Team saying the software should arrive “Friday”, although that’s likely Saturday for Australians.
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Optus Mobile immobile in Brisbane
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
After suffering a mobile outage last Friday for 8 hours that affected 2G and 3G customers across NSW, Victoria and Queensland, Optus Mobile has confirmed its voice mobile services are having “software issues” in Brisbane, with the problem still being fixed.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
After suffering a mobile outage last Friday for 8 hours that affected 2G and 3G customers across NSW, Victoria and Queensland, Optus Mobile has confirmed its voice mobile services are having “software issues” in Brisbane, with the problem still being fixed.
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How to “safely” update (not restore) your unlocked iPhone 2G to OS 2.0.1 (update 1)
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
(Updated since publication:) iPhone OS 2.0.1 has arrived, promising faster surfing speeds, snappier program operation and lots of other as-yet unknown bug fixes, but the big question for unlocked and jailbroken iPhone owners on OS 2.0 is whether or not it’s safe to upgrade. Here’s what I did to make it work, although any attempt you do at trying the same is at your own risk!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
(Updated since publication:) iPhone OS 2.0.1 has arrived, promising faster surfing speeds, snappier program operation and lots of other as-yet unknown bug fixes, but the big question for unlocked and jailbroken iPhone owners on OS 2.0 is whether or not it’s safe to upgrade. Here’s what I did to make it work, although any attempt you do at trying the same is at your own risk!
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HTC Touch Diamond finally goes on sale down under
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Previewed to the press over a month ago as Telstra exclusive, the HTC Touch Diamond has finally landed on store shelves to challenge the iPhone 3G for smartphone supremacy.
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Previewed to the press over a month ago as Telstra exclusive, the HTC Touch Diamond has finally landed on store shelves to challenge the iPhone 3G for smartphone supremacy.
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