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IBM and MediaTek have announced a joint effort to develop ultra-fast chipsets that will be able to blast a full-length high-definition movie faster than most people can read this sentence. For example, IBM says, a consumer could upload a 10 gigabyte file in five seconds with the new technology versu...
Radio frequency identification technology vendors are now seeing demand from a wider range of end users for a broader range of applications -- from ID and access control to asset tracking, traceability and supply chain management. Vendors and developers are looking forward to the day when process im...
Consumers shopping for touch screen-enabled mobile handsets this holiday season will soon have to wade through a whole slew of the newfangled devices as every week seems to bring another announcement from carriers. In keeping with the trend, Sprint unveiled its new Touch phone developed by HTC. Weig...
Broadcom announced on Monday a new, single-chip high-speed packet access processor that integrates multiple 3G cellular and mobile technologies on a single, low-power, 65 nanometer complementary metal oxide semiconductor die. The "3G phone on a chip," which Broadcom says is the world's first such si...
Mobile phone carrier Sprint Nextel announced plans Wednesday to offer the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, the latest Pearl from smartphone maker Research In Motion, in November. It is one of four handsets from Sprint that will make their debut in the coming weeks. The addition of the Pearl will give Sprint u...
Vendors and developers have invested large sums in RFID (radio frequency identification) and heavily promoted its use, especially in the retail, credit card and transportation industries, as well as across sectors for supply chain and inventory management. Retailers, among others -- small and medium...
The day has come. Fingerprint biometrics is real technology for real people. Spurred by the size and cost advantages of fingerprint sensors and a growing need for security, biometric fingerprint technology is being integrated into more and more devices, including laptop PCs from the leading manufact...
It is hard to get around the fact that smartphones are incredibly hot right now, and while the iPhone appears to be suffering from vendor-induced trauma, Research In Motion's financials were impressively good. However, the whole enterprise phone market is about to go through the most massive change ...
BT Group has teamed up with FON to blanket the UK with free WiFi, the companies announced Thursday. Under the agreement, UK-based BT's roughly 3 million broadband customers can join the FON WiFi-sharing network, which has 500,000 users and 190,000 hotspots worldwide, for free. The result, the compan...
Verizon trotted out four new mobile handsets Wednesday that it hopes will be able to compete against heavy hitters such as the iPhone for a share of the 2007 holiday season market. Two of the phones, the Voyager and the Venus, both from LG, include touch screen functionality. The Juke is aimed at mu...
OK, we clearly can't talk about the events of last week without mentioning the huge surprise "Halo 3" was in terms of popularity and execution. I was having doubts prior to the launch, but those doubts are dead now. This is a wonderful game. In fact, it's actually hard to find anyone saying anything...
Palm staked its claim in the low end of the smartphone market Thursday with a new device priced at $99.99 with a two-year plan and rebates. The new Centro features voice, text, instant messaging, e-mail, Web, contact and calendar capabilities, along with a full-color touch screen and full keyboard.
America's "third screen" -- that is, the mobile market -- is at a crossroads. The direction it will go is anyone's guess, but IDC is advocating that Internet powerhouse Google should take a leading role in determining its path. Conditions are ripe for a strong player like Google to transform the thi...
A demonstration by Motorola of Sprint's Xohm WiMax wireless broadband technology took place this week on a tour boat in the Chicago River. Accounts of the exhibition are likely to have DSL and cable Internet providers worried. Journalists invited aboard the "Summer of George" filed generally upbeat ...
Hoping to ride the rising mobile Web wave, Fox Interactive Media is offering free mobile access to MySpace and several other sites. The free mobile Web versions of the sites will be supported by advertising instead of user subscription fees. However, the fee-based versions of the sites will remain a...
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