March, 2010

• 29 March

  Sprint leverages Wi

  

  Sprint Nextel is using Wi-Fi to sell its 4G WiMax wireless broadband service. The nation’s third largest wireless carrier has at least a year-and-a-half head start over its closest competitor, Verizon Wireless, when it comes to 4G. But to capitalize on that lead, the company has to win as many subscribers for its service as …

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• 29 March

  AT&T’s U

  

  AT&T has made its fastest tier of broadband service, which tops out at 24 megabits per second, available throughout its U-verse territory, the company said Monday. In December, AT&T started offering the 24Mbps download and 3Mbps upload service available in three markets, Austin, San Antonio, and St. Louis. The service, which costs $65 a month as part of a bundle, …

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• 29 March

  Verizon nears Fios network completion

  

  Verizon Communications is nearly finished building its Fios fiber-to-the-home network. And now it will concentrate on expanding its customer base, say executives. Verizon, which began building its all-fiber network nearly six years ago, is quickly approaching its goal of passing 18 million homes in about 70 percent of its original customer footprint by the end of this year. Verizon took …

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• 29 March

  Brightcove eyes iPad’s Flash void with HTML5

  

  Brightcove, an online video platform provider, is looking to fill the Apple iPad’s Flash void with HTML5 video. The company on Monday announced the Brightcove Experience for HTML5, which allows customers to publish video for devices like Apple’s iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch (Brightcove blog, statement, background). There’s a big scrum over video formats highlighted by the back-and-forth between Apple …

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• 29 March

  Vodafone 360 circles the HTC Legend and Sony Ericsson X10

  

  We’re already drooling over the HTC Legend and the Sony Ericsson X10, the Android smart phones that are coming to Vodafone this April. But we’re not so hungry for Voda’s special sauce of Vodafone 360, which is going to be sprinkled over the phones’ Android deliciousness. Vodafone 360 is a cloud-based service that offers to sync your contacts and photos from your phone to the Web. …

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• 29 March

  LG Rumor Touch gets pricing and availability

  

  Remember the LG Rumor Touch that was announced at CES earlier this year? Well, Sprint is finally ready to release it out into the wild. The Rumor Touch was made available starting March 28 and will cost $79.99 with a new two-year service agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate. It is available in blue to start, but will be available …

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• 29 March

  Verizon Nexus One launch imminent?

  

  It’s no secret that a Verizon-compatible Nexus One exists; the question now is when will it be available. Unfortunately, we didn’t hear anything official at CTIA 2010 and the previously reported March 23 launch has obviously come and gone. So now what? Well, according to the latest round of rumors, the Verizon N1 could arrive as early as next week. …

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• 28 March

  LG leads the way on TV design

  

  LG first showed off its 2010 television range at the CES this year, and this week we spoke to one of the designers behind moving away from clunky bezels to a more minimalist look. LG designer Kim Jin with a prototype Borderless TV (Credit: Ty Pendlebury/CNET Australia) Kim Jin, vice president of LG’s HEB Design Lab, said her work is …

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• 26 March

  Get an iPhone desktop dock

  

  I come from a PalmPilot background. In the old days, our devices didn’t connect to our computers via a stray cable that’s always getting in the way. Our devices didn’t lay prostrate on our desks while charging or syncing. They sat upright, faced forward, and gave us something to look at. In other words, they docked. You can dock an …

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• 26 March

  Nokia buys mobile Web browser firm

  

  In a bid to up its smartphone game, Nokia has acquired Chicago-based mobile Web browser firm Novarra. Eleven-year-old Novarra is known for developing the Vision browser, as well as platforms to serve content, advertisements, and analytics. It previously supplied its technology to Palm and U.S. Cellular. [Official Nokia statement] The acquisition makes sense for the world’s largest phone maker, which …

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