FCC: We didn’t impose stricter net neutrality regulations on wireless because Android is open
Rest assured that we're working on a full analysis of the FCC's major net neutrality decision today, but the Commission hasn't actually released the full text of the order yet, and we just came across something in the press release we wanted to break out: one of the specific reasons the FCC gives for regulating wireless broadband more lightly than wireline is the release of Android. Seriously -- the release says that only "measured steps" to regulating wireless are necessary because "open operating systems like Android" have been released, and that it wants to see how Verizon and other 700MHz spectrum winners handle the hotly-contested openness requirement when building out 4G
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: access, after-the-droid, block, fcc, net neutrality, openness, verizon, wireless
Federal Wi-Net bill proposes a femtocell and WiFi hotspot in every federal building
Here's one way to fix the spectrum crunch : set up wireless base stations and WiFi hotspots in every single one of the 9,000 buildings currently owned and operated by the US General Services Administration.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: access, accessibility, act, engadget, entry, federal, femtocell, hardly-require, hotspot, made-mandatory, proposal, spectrum-crunch, stations, usa
Dish Network remote access app comes to Android, your Harmony groans
Dish Network took another step towards its ambitious TV Everywhere plans -- not to be confused with Comcast's and Time Warner's TV Everywhere partnership -- by releasing the Android version of its Dish remote access app late last week. This nicely completes the provider's suite of mobile offerings, which have already been available on the iPhone, iPad and certain BlackBerry phones
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: access, black, dishnetworkremoteaccess, feature, hardware-though, ipad apps, iphoneapplications, iphoneapps, network, remote, remote access, remotedvrscheduling, slingbox, slingmedia, slingplayermobile
MotionApps’ Classic emulator for webOS doesn’t — and can’t — work with 2.0
If you've still got some critical Palm OS apps after all these years... well, maybe it's time to try to find a way to move on. But in the meantime, you might be a little distraught to learn that MotionApps' Classic emulator is completely borked in webOS 2.0 .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: access, apps, binaries, emulator, mobile, motion, palmos, question, selling-the-app, the-agreement, webos 2.0
Microsoft licenses dozens of patents from Access and Acacia, including some Palm inventions
Complete details on the deal are still a bit light, but it's just been revealed today that Microsoft has licensed a total of 74 patents from Acacia Research Corp. and Access Co. Ltd, some of which come from PalmSource , the software company spun off from Palm Inc.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: access, corp, formalities, licensing, microsoft, other-companies, street, synchronization
Verizon gets official with Wireless Fivespot mobile hotspot, touts awful global roaming plans
Really, Verizon ? Play up the global roaming features of your new-but-not-unexpected Wireless Fivespot , only to strangle it with GlobalAccess plans that top out with 200MB of international data? Thanks, but no thanks.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 100mb, access, card, data, global, mobile, mobile hotspot, mobileinternet, Modem, plan, radio, wireless-fivespot
European Commission lays out new broadband plan, reserves spectrum for mobile broadband
It's not quite the law of the land just yet, but the European Commission has just laid out some far-reaching new broadband rules that, if implemented, could have some wide ranging implications.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: access, broadcasters, commision, commission, digital, europeancommission, mandate
FaceTime video call works beautifully on airplane’s in-flight WiFi (video)
Yeah, seriously. While Aircell's Gogo in-flight WiFi service has been blocking VoIP calling services ( Skype being the most obvious example) from day one, it's apparently not throwing the same brick wall in the face of Apple's new standard
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: access, apparently-not, apple, being-the-most, brick, earth, entry, head-on-past, hotels, ios 4, most-obvious, skype, tue
iOS 4 adds direct access to iTunes library, iPhone DJ apps about to get crazy
Although there's been no shortage of iPhone DJ apps in the past few years, they've remained fairly niche, since Apple didn't allow devs official access to the iPod music library -- mobile DJs needed to upload a second separate music library per app, and that's no fun at all. Looks like that's about to change, though: one of the 1500 new APIs in iOS 4 provides direct access to the iPod library, meaning music apps of all kinds can play your tracks in any wacky way they want -- including, yes, scratching them. The first app to support the new API in the store is Flare Scratch, which is a relatively simple scratch app -- we just gave it a shot and yes, it does indeed load tracks from the iPod library and let you scratch 'em.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: access, apis, djapp, entry, from-the-ipod, ios, iphone, ipod, library, music, scratch, second-separate, transitions
HomePipe streams your iTunes to Android, other files too
Need another way to get your tunes (whether they be i-prefixed or not) onto your Android celly? HomePipe is the latest, a service offering easy access to files on your home computer via your cellphone. It's been available for Apple devices for some time now, but a recently added Android app extends the reach of its plumbing system.