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D-Link receives first Draft 2.0 802.11n certification
As we mentioned last month, the Wi-Fi Alliance has started certifying 802.11n gear with the draft 2.0 designation and D-Link is the first vendor out of the gate with a draft 2.0 certified product.
The D-Link Xtreme N Router and Xtreme N Notebook Adapter will be the first officially certified product and will sport a “distinctive and prestigious logo” to announce this fact. D-Link …
AT&T EDGE network gets a boost for the iPhone?
File this one under “credible rumor,” folks: though we’ve been hearing the chatter for a while now, we finally have the first tangible evidence that AT&T has figured out a way to boot throughput on its EDGE network in preparation for the iPhone.
During the past few days, various AT&T users have noticed downstream speeds about four times the …
Day before the iPhone is released launch guide
OK, folks. I absolutely promise that this is the last time I’ll ever mention the iPhone … before its release, that is.
As over-hyped, overexposed and over-analyzed as the iPhone is, there are doubtless a few among us who plan to go out into the wilds tomorrow in an attempt to snag an …
Pogue and Mossberg give iPhone glowing reviews
Apple may be quite stingy with early review units when compared to other tech companies but you can always count on at least two folks to get their hands on Apple products before the general public: The New York Times’ David Pogue and Wall Street Journal tech columnist Walt Mossberg.
As expected, both scored early iPhones, as did USA Today‘s Edward C. Baig and Newsweek‘s Steven Levy. The verdict? All four agree that the iPhone very nearly lives …
T-Mobile launches @Home, dual-mode WiFi handsets
AT&T might be dominating the headlines with its “revolutionary” iPhone this week but let it not be said the folks at T-Mobile don’t know a thing or two about revolution themselves.
The carrier has announced its “T-Mobile HotSpot @Home” service, which will allow for seamless WiFi/GSM hand-off for phone calls.
Here’s how it works: you buy either a Samsung t409 or a Nokia 6086 and T-Mobile will send you either a Linksys or D-Link router that acts as a standalone …
AT&T reveals iPhone rate plans
Try as you might, you’re not going to be able to avoid the avalanche of iPhone news this week. Sure, you might not care to read about every last detail relating to the device but I’m willing to bet that you’re at least a little curious as to what AT&T’s rate plans for the phone are going to look like. See? I knew you’d come around.
AT&T finally announced three iPhone service plans today, starting at the …
Yet another Googlephone impostor unmasked
Oh Googlephone, what a labyrinthine path you weave. In the on-again, off-again world of the Google mobile device, we often see a piece of hardware purporting to be The Googlephone, only to discover that, in fact, it is naught but a Googlephone. Which is exactly what the LG KU580 is: …
Palm cuts U.S. development jobs
We’ve come a long way from the halcyon days of the PDA, back when Palm was the king of the hill. The Sunnyvale, CA-based manufacturer has struggled to adapt to the smartphone market and as recently as a few months ago, Palm looked like it might be a prime acquisition target. However, the company has …
The week in WiMAX: Sprint backpedaling?
Oh, WiMAX, sometimes you seem so close, yet so far at the same time. You may recall that earlier this year, Sprint announced plans to bring WiMAX coverage to quite a few of us by the end of the year. Unfortunately, it’s starting to look like the company is might backpedal on that promise. According to FierceWireless alum Stephen Wellman, Sprint is now “exploring new options for …
Bluetooth 2.1 to get a boost with 2.1 spec
Bluetooth sure is exciting technology on paper but in practice, it usually proves to be a bit frustrating. Paring devices isn’t always as easy as it should be, the technology’s range can be a bit lacking and most U.S. wireless carriers have crippled the Bluetooth functionality on phones to the point that it’s completely pointless. According to some analysts, however, the forthcoming Bluetooth 2.1 standard could alleviate a lot of those problems. “The most significant challenge that …
Opera Mini to bring full Flash to mobile browsing
You might recall that while discussing the iPhone’s mobile version of Safari, we recently lamented the lack of full Flash support on mobile browsers. After all, what’s the point of browsing the Internet if you can’t watch that YouTube video of the Star Wars kid? Well fear not: those lovable Norwegians behind the popular Opera browser are bringing YouTube to the wireless handset. The …
How to get an iPhone on day one
So, you want an iPhone, do you? I can’t blame you, we’ve only been talking about the thing every single day for the last few months here at DailyTechRag. As we’ve mentioned, however, there aren’t likely to be enough iPhones on shelves to meet demand come the 29th, so you might want to start planning out your strategy for the launch now. Here are some helpful …
No iPhone SDK means no real third-party apps
When Steve Jobs hinted at a third-party SDK for the iPhone at the D5 conference last month, developers and fanboys alike jumped for joy. While the iPhone may prove to be a revolutionary piece of hardware, it’s going to take some revolutionary applications make the phone a success. Jobs’s comments at D5 suggested that Apple understood this and that it would open up the iPhone to …
Rumor: BlackBerry Pearl getting slimmer, EV-DO
Not too long ago, the Pearl ruled the BlackBerry roost, as the youngest, sleekest and slimmest of RIM’s smartphones. But times change and standing next to the rest of the BlackBerry line, the Pearl is looking a little long in the tooth. At this point, it’s a foregone conclusion that an update is on the way, the only question is what will be different. While earlier reports had the second …
Palm Treo 800w, "Gandolf" leaked?
Palm burned quite a few true believers a few weeks ago when it announced the Foleo, the company’s would-be “new category of mobile device” that landed with a thud. If the rumormill offers any indication, however, the company may be preparing for some due penance with a gaggle of new handsets. First up is the Palm Treo 800w, which will supposedly boast a number of improvements over the 700w …
Qualcomm ruling may cause problems for 3G users
In what could be bad news for both Qualcomm and users of CDMA wireless networks, The International Trade Commission has ruled in favor of Broadcom in its ongoing legal battle against Qualcomm, issuing a ban on the importation of new cell phones made with the Qualcomm 1xEV-DO and WCDMA chipsets. The ITC says those chipsets infringe upon patents held by Broadcom, which cover power management features in certain 3G wireless phones. It is still unclear precisely which handsets will be …
3 million iPhones ready to hit shelves on the 29th?
Apple may have finally announced the release date for the iPhone but don’t count on the secretive company revealing how many units they’ll have at launch anytime soon. Speculation has been all over the map but up until this point, pretty much everyone has agreed that Apple won’t be able to produce nearly enough units to satiate customer demand. Business Week, however, has …
Asus Eee PC is tiny, cheap, ‘slaughters’ OLPC XO
Think back to when the XO was just a glimmer in the OLPC Project’s eye and you’ll remember that Intel was once prepping a competing device with its partners, called the Classmate PC. While we haven’t heard much on the Classmate PC front lately, it does seem like Intel’s research has …
Hands-on impressions of the HTC Touch
HTC’s upcoming Touch smartphone sure does look snazzy, what, with it’s touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6 and all. It’ll be a few months, however, until most of us here in the States get our hands on it. So, until then, why not live vicariously through the few folks who have been lucky enough to score early review units? Engadget Mobile says that the Touch is “easily the slickest, …
HTC Touch gets all touchy-feely with WM6
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC has been hinting at a major announcement for a while now and here it is: the HTC Touch (photo), the company’s first handset to feature its TouchFLO …
Palm sells stake to Bono, recruits ex-Apple execs
Though the headline might read like an April Fool’s prank, it’s not: Palm has announced a plan to sell a 25 percent stake in the company to Elevation Partners, the private equity firm co-founded by none other than U2 frontman Bono. Bono and friends will pay $325 million for that slice of the pie, a sum which Palm will use to fund reorganization efforts. What’s more, following the sale, the company plans to bring two high-profile ex-Apple executives on board: Jon Rubinstein former head of …
iPhone to launch June 29th, 4 million units in 2007?
Apple ended months of fanboy speculation on Sunday night when it ran a series of television spots demonstrating the iPhone’s features and announcing its official release date: June 29th (follow the link below to watch the new ads). How many iPhones will be available on that day through Apple and AT&T? Neither company is saying, though analysts at Merrill Lynch estimate that it could be as few as 200,000. In a recent report, Merrill Lynch analysts indicate that monthly shipments of …
The Palm Foleo: What exactly is this thing?
Yesterday we brought you a breaking news story: Palm founder Jeff Hawkins had just announced the Palm Foleo on stage, ending months of speculation that Palm was secretly developing a UMPC. So, uh, what …
iPhone gets 3rd party apps, Apple TV gets YouTube
While the biggest story out of D5 is certainly the Jobs/Gates meetup, there was no shortage of hot news tidbits on the Apple front. The biggest story is that after months of complaining from fans, Steve Jobs has all but confirmed that the iPhone will be open to third-party applications developers…eventually. “This is a very important trade-off between security and openness. We want both,” Jobs told the Wall Street Journal‘s Mossberg on stage. “We’ve got good ideas, and sometime …
Breaking: Palm Foleo and Linux OS announced
Palm has been ramping up for this announcement for a while now, but if initial reports offer any indication, it looks like we’re going to have a lot of very disappointed Palm fans on our hands. The company has been posturing about “a new category of mobile device” as of late, which seemed to suggest that …
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