items tagged with Cellular networks
Nokia Siemens ‘Dual Carrier EDGE’ – useless for today’s iPhone owners?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-03-29 06:58:05
A software upgrade to 2.5G EDGE networks promises download data speeds of ‘up to’ 592Kbps, rivalling 3G networks, but will today’s iPhones, Blackberries, Nokias and other EDGE phones be able to access it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-03-29 06:58:05
A software upgrade to 2.5G EDGE networks promises download data speeds of ‘up to’ 592Kbps, rivalling 3G networks, but will today’s iPhones, Blackberries, Nokias and other EDGE phones be able to access it?
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WiMIN or WiMAX: Stacks of WiMAX facts?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-26 23:01:36
Buzz Broadband certainly set the WiMAX cat amongst the pigeons when their CEO basically said that WiMAX sucks. Now the WiMAX empire and its supporters have struck back, bigtime, no doubt sending Buzz into a spin.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-26 23:01:36
Buzz Broadband certainly set the WiMAX cat amongst the pigeons when their CEO basically said that WiMAX sucks. Now the WiMAX empire and its supporters have struck back, bigtime, no doubt sending Buzz into a spin.
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Qantas in-flight email and SMS at sky high prices?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-25 05:51:44
Qantas has announced that it’s finally delivering SMS and email services to passengers on selected domestic Australian flights by the end of 2008. Alarmingly they have issued no prices (suggesting it will be expensive), while US airlines will introduce in-flight broadband this year – on the cheap!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-25 05:51:44
Qantas has announced that it’s finally delivering SMS and email services to passengers on selected domestic Australian flights by the end of 2008. Alarmingly they have issued no prices (suggesting it will be expensive), while US airlines will introduce in-flight broadband this year – on the cheap!
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HTC’s new Touch model has GPS but ditches the keypad
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-25 03:44:54
HTC’s popular ‘Touch’ devices are now joined by the Touch Cruise, which comes with an iPod-esque scroll wheel, built-in Wi-Fi, built-in GPS and Co-Pilot Live 7 navigation software – but where’s the slide-out keypad/keyboard?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-25 03:44:54
HTC’s popular ‘Touch’ devices are now joined by the Touch Cruise, which comes with an iPod-esque scroll wheel, built-in Wi-Fi, built-in GPS and Co-Pilot Live 7 navigation software – but where’s the slide-out keypad/keyboard?
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Telstra’s Next G wireless Internet rocks – except when it doesn’t
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-14 22:53:43
As a visitor to the Saturday qualifying round of the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix (as a guest of Sensis), I’ve been mixing work with watching the cars spin around the track, trying and failing to get my Next G connection to work properly. Yet, I’m posting this story, with ‘old technology’ coming to the rescue!
Read More About Telstra’S Next G Wireless Internet Rocks – Except When It Doesn’T...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-14 22:53:43
As a visitor to the Saturday qualifying round of the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix (as a guest of Sensis), I’ve been mixing work with watching the cars spin around the track, trying and failing to get my Next G connection to work properly. Yet, I’m posting this story, with ‘old technology’ coming to the rescue!
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Internode goes for the mother lode: Naked ADSL2+
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-12 07:23:42
Internode now supplies Naked ADSL2+ bundled with a VoIP service to 350 phone exchanges in Australia thanks to an agreement with Optus Wholesale. Also promised is ‘long range’ ADSL to directly compete with 3.5G wireless networks for rural and regional customers within Internode’s reach.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-12 07:23:42
Internode now supplies Naked ADSL2+ bundled with a VoIP service to 350 phone exchanges in Australia thanks to an agreement with Optus Wholesale. Also promised is ‘long range’ ADSL to directly compete with 3.5G wireless networks for rural and regional customers within Internode’s reach.
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Vodafone cosies up to Crazy John’s and chooses Ericsson for HSPA
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-10 08:38:06
As Vodafone builds its HSPA network with Ericsson equipment, an agreement with mobile phone retailer Crazy John’s ensures an even bigger national distribution network to capitalise on a 3.5G network that aims to compete strongly against Telstra’s Next G.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-10 08:38:06
As Vodafone builds its HSPA network with Ericsson equipment, an agreement with mobile phone retailer Crazy John’s ensures an even bigger national distribution network to capitalise on a 3.5G network that aims to compete strongly against Telstra’s Next G.
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Sony Ericsson’s ‘ultimate’ mobile music device cool, but hardly the ultimate
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-10 05:21:53
Sony Ericsson has released the W890i Walkman phone, calling it ‘the ultimate’ mobile music device – but I know of a better one, and I’m not talking about the iPhone!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-10 05:21:53
Sony Ericsson has released the W890i Walkman phone, calling it ‘the ultimate’ mobile music device – but I know of a better one, and I’m not talking about the iPhone!
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Gosling thinks wireless cellphone downloads bad: is he kidding?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-06 06:13:58
I was incredibly surprised and saddened to learn that the father of Java, James Gosling, is firmly stuck in the 20th century, oddly believing that the “over-the-air” (OTA) distribution of mobile applications is somehow the wrong idea – and yet he uses an iPhone!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-06 06:13:58
I was incredibly surprised and saddened to learn that the father of Java, James Gosling, is firmly stuck in the 20th century, oddly believing that the “over-the-air” (OTA) distribution of mobile applications is somehow the wrong idea – and yet he uses an iPhone!
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No Java on Java Father's phone
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-03-06 01:52:31
The phone in James Gosling's pocket doesn't do Java, even though he designed the language.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-03-06 01:52:31
The phone in James Gosling's pocket doesn't do Java, even though he designed the language.
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Sony Ericsson T303: budget 2G phone that looks nice but few features
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-05 09:53:01
Although we live in a 3G world, 2G phones are still around, especially in the pre-paid market this phone is destined for. The T303’s slider design, a mirrored screen and a bit of chrome polish make it more stylish than your average cheap phone, but the rest of its features are quite basic.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-05 09:53:01
Although we live in a 3G world, 2G phones are still around, especially in the pre-paid market this phone is destined for. The T303’s slider design, a mirrored screen and a bit of chrome polish make it more stylish than your average cheap phone, but the rest of its features are quite basic.
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Why the iPhone SHOULD be a modem
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-05 04:46:37
The current 2G model iPhone can’t officially be tethered to a notebook and then used as a wireless Internet connection, although hacker extraordinaire Nate True figured out how to do it anyway some time ago. But despite arguments that the iPhone’s data plan explains why it currently isn’t an official tethered modem, such arguments are nonsense: it’s my iPhone and I should be able to use it as a modem if desired, even if it costs me more money.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-05 04:46:37
The current 2G model iPhone can’t officially be tethered to a notebook and then used as a wireless Internet connection, although hacker extraordinaire Nate True figured out how to do it anyway some time ago. But despite arguments that the iPhone’s data plan explains why it currently isn’t an official tethered modem, such arguments are nonsense: it’s my iPhone and I should be able to use it as a modem if desired, even if it costs me more money.
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Why an iPhone isn't a modem
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-05 00:40:09
The idea of reducing the number of communication devices you need to carry is sound, but there's a fly in the ointment.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-05 00:40:09
The idea of reducing the number of communication devices you need to carry is sound, but there's a fly in the ointment.
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Steve Wozniak - Apple critic and the original Wozni-hacker
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-04 16:25:20
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’, suggesting we'll soon need to upgrade to even faster speeds.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-04 16:25:20
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’, suggesting we'll soon need to upgrade to even faster speeds.
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Steve Wozniak, Apple critic and the original Wozni-hacker
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-04 06:20:20
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-04 06:20:20
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’.
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Lenovo slims down – but not quite as much as Apple
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 05:57:37
Lenovo’s new ‘ThinkPad X300’, code-named ‘Kodachi’ isn’t quite as slim as the MacBook Air, but comes packed with many more features – and still slips into that now famous ‘envelope’!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 05:57:37
Lenovo’s new ‘ThinkPad X300’, code-named ‘Kodachi’ isn’t quite as slim as the MacBook Air, but comes packed with many more features – and still slips into that now famous ‘envelope’!
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ACMA: Consumers ‘happy’ with telco services – but not farmers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 04:57:30
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a nearly year-old report providing a ‘snapshot of consumer satisfaction’ with landline, mobile, VoIP and Internet services.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 04:57:30
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a nearly year-old report providing a ‘snapshot of consumer satisfaction’ with landline, mobile, VoIP and Internet services.
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iPhone EDGE over 3G choices re-hashed... why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-26 06:27:33
Computerworld’s Seth Weintraub has wondered if using EDGE instead of 3G on the iPhone was ‘genius’ on Apple’s part – but the reasons are all old news.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-26 06:27:33
Computerworld’s Seth Weintraub has wondered if using EDGE instead of 3G on the iPhone was ‘genius’ on Apple’s part – but the reasons are all old news.
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No, the iPhone's not illegal in Australia
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-26 01:52:14
Some commentators and headline writers have a field day whenever something faintly negative surfaces about Apple.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-26 01:52:14
Some commentators and headline writers have a field day whenever something faintly negative surfaces about Apple.
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No iPhone in Australia because Apple afraid of local competition laws?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-25 22:25:12
Apple was forced to offer an ‘unlocked’ iPhone in France, and if an Australian law researcher is correct, the same situation could occur in Australia. Is this the reason why there’s been no Australian iPhone as yet?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-25 22:25:12
Apple was forced to offer an ‘unlocked’ iPhone in France, and if an Australian law researcher is correct, the same situation could occur in Australia. Is this the reason why there’s been no Australian iPhone as yet?
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