If Qualcomm Atheros President Craig Barratt had his way, the whole world would work like his house in Silicon Valley. Craig Barratt has a strong vision for where connected devices are going. Qualcomm Barratt lives in the ideal vision of the connected home. He has precise control over things like temperature, energy consumption, the TV, …
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Two Sony Ericsson Android phones made their debut in the U.S. today, although they are only available through the Sony Store. The Xperia Arc S from Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson The handset manufacturer unveiled the Xperia Arc S and the Xperia Neo V. The Arc S is $549.99 and the Neo V is $349.99, and both come unlocked. Xperia neo …
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Sprint Nextel introduced several lower cost mobile broadband plans today in an effort to push data services beyond the smartphone. The company offers four new data plans to power tablets, mobile hot spot cards, USB cards, and connected laptops or Netbooks. The prices range between $19.99 and $79.99. The new plans don’t affect Sprint’s smartphone data offer, which remains unlimited. …
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When Alec Saunders put up his e-mail address while on stage at Research In Motion’s developer conference last month, it wasn’t just a showy stunt. RIM’s head of developer relations, Alec Saunders. Research In Motion In fact, he spent the entire following weekend responding to e-mails from curious developers. “My wife wasn’t too happy with me,” he quipped. Saunders intends …
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AT&T said today it plans to launch its 4G LTE network in six new markets by November 20 as it races to catch up to Verizon Wireless. AT&T is working to catch up to Verizon Wireless’s broader LTE network. AT&T will turn its 4G network on in Charlotte, N.C., Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, and San Juan, Puerto …
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire has managed to do what many other Android tablets have failed to do: drum up interest from developers in North America. Among developers surveyed by Appcelerator and IDC, 49 percent said they considered the Kindle Fire their primary target. It narrowly beat Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab, which garnered 48 percent of the vote. Pocketgamer reported on the …
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HTC is hoping a little horsepower will spark some interest in its tablet offering. The Taiwanese mobile device manufacturer is expected to unveil a quad-core-powered tablet in February at Mobile World Congress, Digitimes reports, citing a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. HTC declined to comment. In the same boat as just about everybody else in the mobile industry, HTC hasn’t been …
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By next year, you’ll be able to place an order for a book on Amazon by tapping your smartphone to your ultrabook. At least, that’s what Intel and MasterCard are envisioning. The companies said today they were working jointly to allow customers to pay for online purchases by tapping special MasterCard-powered PayPass cards or phones by their computer. The introduction …
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Sprint Nextel wants to make sure its iPhone 4S customers are going to stick with it. The wireless carrier plans to begin locking the SIM on iPhone4S devices today, as first reported by SprintFeed. The company will only unlock the SIM when the phone is taken abroad. Sprint confirmed that the SIM is locked for both domestic and international calling …
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It’s shaping up to be a rough holiday for T-Mobile USA. The carrier, a unit of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, earlier today reported a slight improvement in its results for the third quarter. That modest uptick was largely due to its uber-aggressive pricing promotions on the prepaid end, as well as an improving lineup of smartphones. That’s the good news. The …
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