AT&T to phase out Cingular brand   12 Jan 2007 06:30 GMT
AT&T will begin to extinguish next week the brand of cell phone operator to imprint its more-than-century-old name firmly across its services.
Source: ZDNet

AT&T to phase out Cingular, reclaim wireless brand (Reuters)   12 Jan 2007 05:32 GMT
Reuters - AT&T Inc. will begin to extinguish next week the brand of cellphone operator Cingular, built up with billions of dollars over a few years, to imprint its more-than-century-old name firmly across its services.
Source: Yahoo

Reality might tarnish iPhone's shine   12 Jan 2007 01:03 GMT
As the thrill of the iPhone's unveiling wears off, analysts and users are asking questions about how the device will play away from the San Francisco stage where it made its debut on Tuesday.
Source: InfoWorld

Why can't Apple, Cisco just play nice?   12 Jan 2007 00:25 GMT
Cisco had hoped to forge an interoperability agreement with Apple in exchange for the use of its trademarked name "iPhone."
Source: ZDNet

Yahoo Tells Road Rogues To Go (NewsFactor)   11 Jan 2007 17:56 GMT
NewsFactor - There was a time when mobile phones just made phone calls -- or, to be more precise, tried to make phone calls, forcing their owners to cope with dropped signals, bad static, and all kinds of on-the-road woes. But times do change.
Source: Yahoo

'Wireless power' could save the day   11 Jan 2007 15:38 GMT
It's every business traveler's nightmare. I arrived in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) after a grueling 17-hour journey from Dublin only to discover that the power cord for my laptop wouldn't work and I didn't have an electrical converter for my mobile phone's power cable.
Source: InfoWorld

UWB, Wi-Fi, and powerline vie for position   11 Jan 2007 13:44 GMT
While many networking vendors, both wireless and wireline, diplomatically agree that no single networking technology will prevail in the connected home of the future, they are still battling over which technology is most suitable for streaming high-definition video.
Source: InfoWorld

Unique gadgets dispensed at CES   11 Jan 2007 13:02 GMT
Home entertainment devices grabbed the spotlight at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, but don't forget the cool gadgets that screamed for attention.
Source: InfoWorld

iPhone faces uncertain market   11 Jan 2007 12:24 GMT
Apple Inc.'s iPhone could be a hit in the high-end phone market and work wonders for partner Cingular's image, but the device that stunned Macworld Expo attendees is likely to have a narrow market.
Source: InfoWorld

No cellphone? No BlackBerry? No e-mail? No way? (It's true.) (USATODAY.com)   11 Jan 2007 12:12 GMT
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Joan Brady can't even count the number of computers that friends have foisted upon her over the years. Laptops. Desktops. Monitors. It's as if they can't help themselves, as if they just can't accept her for who she is: a woman who dares to live without a PC in the heart of Techtropolis.
Source: Yahoo