NEW ORLEANS — Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead defended his company’s plan to buy wireless spectrum from cable operators during a keynote here Tuesday. Mead emphasized the need for more wireless spectrum in the market to keep up with growing demand for wireless data services among consumers. He said it will take years for the …
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NEW ORLEANS–It was Verizon CTO Tony Melone’s turn today to talk about adopting an 1-800-like service for over-the-top media providers. During a panel here at the CTIA trade show, Melone said that there is a more than 50-50 chance that carriers will adopt a business model that allows destination services, such as Google or Netflix, to pay for clear access …
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NEW ORLEANS–HTC announced a 4G LTE updated Droid Incredible for Verizon Wireless, which looks very similar to the HTC One S offered on T-Mobile USA. The new Droid Incredible 4G LTE for Verizon is a variation of the HTC One S that HTC is already selling on T-Mobile USA. But there is one notable difference. This HTC device supports 4G …
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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones are rolling out and they’re giving the iPhone 4S a run for its money. In this edition of Ask Maggie I offer some advice to a reader who is considering replacing his iPhone with either the Samsung Galaxy S III or the HTC One X. I also offer some advice about waiting for the …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s nothing not cool about the Martinez Brothers. Straight from a visit to Berlin, the global epicenter of euro club music, the disc jockey brothers (yes, they’re really brothers) sat for an interview with me here the morning after they spun tunes at the blowout party that’s become synonymous with Research In Motion’s annual BlackBerry conference. Quick-witted, …
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Update at 11:30 a.m. PT: Samsung has introduced the Galaxy S III. Check out our first take here. Unveiled at an event in London today, the smartphone sports a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, an 8-megapixel camera, and a plastic display. Calling the device “a human phone that understands you,” the company also said the S III is intelligent enough …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Research In Motion is not killing off its physical keyboards, according to CEO Thorsten Heins. Heins, who addressed a room full of journalists and bloggers at the company’s BlackBerry World conference here, said he wanted to clear up confusion based on the company’s unveiling of the BlackBerry 10 software. It was widely reported or intimated that RIM …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion showed off some cool new features today for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 software, but will it be enough to stop the company’s free-fall into the smartphone abyss? That’s the big question that fans of the once mighty smartphone and other industry watchers are asking here today at the BlackBerry World conference. Gartner …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion officially took the wraps off its new BlackBerry 10 software here at the company’s annual meeting with customers, developers, and press. And it showed off some key new features, including an improved virtual keypad with added smarts for easier and more accurate typing. BlackBerry 10 reference device RIM Today, at its BlackBerry …
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants a federal law banning talking or texting on a cell phone while driving. Yesterday at an event in San Antonio, Texas, he called for tough federal legislation that would deal with what he called a “national epidemic” of distracted driving, according to a Reuters report. LaHood told a group of doctors, government officials, and …
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