Philly's Wi-Fi: Panacea Or Boondoggle? 12 Apr 2005 12:23 GMTPhiladelphia finally released the plan for its citywide wireless network, but experts still debate whether it will make life better for citizens and businesses or will be a costly failure.
Source: Mobile Pipeline Samsung Elec. Profit to Tumble (Reuters) 12 Apr 2005 08:45 GMTReuters - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is likely to
report on Friday its first-quarter earnings shrank by a third,
hammered by a slide in flat-screen prices and lower profit
margins on mobile phones.
Source: Yahoo States gang up on Vonage 11 Apr 2005 19:07 GMTFirst came Texas. Will New York and California be next to file lawsuits against the VoIP provider over its 911 service?
Source: ZDNet T-Systems, Samsung: Fuzzy picture on mobile TV 11 Apr 2005 18:27 GMTMaybe it was wishful thinking. Maybe it was a deliberate public relations move. But contrary to news reports that originated on Monday in South Korea, Samsung Electronics has not signed a contract with T-Systems, the IT services and infrastructure arm of Deutsche Telekom, to deliver handsets capable of receiving broadcast TV signals based on a local standard.
Source: InfoWorld Huge growth seen for 3G phone shipments in '05 (TechWeb) 11 Apr 2005 15:00 GMTTechWeb - Sales of mobile phones reached 715 million units in 2004 and are projected to grow by just 4.5 per cent this year, according to a report on the market and the silicon that goes into mobiles from Forward Concepts.
Source: Yahoo Is Your Phone Ready For Interactive TV? 11 Apr 2005 14:17 GMTEricsson says it has new technology for delivering not just television, but interactive television to mobile devices.
Source: Mobile Pipeline New Mobile Security Suite Resides On Device 11 Apr 2005 14:00 GMTSenforce Technologies Inc. has introduced a multimodule client security suite capable of providing new Wi-Fi connectivity checks and anti-theft logging tools to mobile clients.
Source: Mobile Pipeline HSDPA Will Make Wireless Content Relevant 11 Apr 2005 14:00 GMTWill Verizon's V CAST streaming media service ever be relevant to over-30s? One expert says the answer is yes, but only after fast cellular data such as HSDPA becomes available.
Source: Mobile Pipeline Review: PDA Nears Wireless Trifecta 11 Apr 2005 14:00 GMTIn an effort to keep the PDA relevant, Hewlett-Packard's iPAQ 4355 offers three types of wireless connectivity, none of which is cellular.
Source: Mobile Pipeline