Google Maps 5.0 hits Android, includes new 3D map view and offline Navigation
Google's never been afraid to "blow it out" with Google Maps, most famously with its inclusion of Navigation , which knocked the legs out from under a lot of the GPS device and navigation app market.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bandwidth, device, earth, google maps 5.0, images, offline-caching, quite-as-flashy, view
Microsoft: 15-app push notification limit isn’t that big of a deal, could be increased in the future
So Microsoft sounded off this week on the row over the 15-app push notification limit that just recently came to light, and while they've confirmed that the limit is very real, they've done a good job busting some of the FUD, explaining why it's not a huge deal, and how the limit might change in the future. First off, apps that support push but don't have it enabled don't count toward the limit, so that means that you won't necessarily end up with crashy software as long it's all coded correctly to handle errors raised by the operating system. Secondly, built-in live tiles -- Outlook, People, and so on -- don't count toward the limit, so if you include those, you could actually end up with over 20 total live tiles (sounds excessive to us, but we're sure someone's going to want to push the envelope)
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bandwidth, count-toward, entry, fud, limit, load, microsoft, Notifications, operating, outlook, server, sliver, windowsphone7
Skype gets upgraded for Symbian, includes N8 support
You know what's awesome? Versions of Skype's mobile app that don't arbitrarily restrict you to WiFi networks. If you're in the US, you won't find such an app on Android devices -- but you will find it on Symbian, where the company has just released a re-upped build with new features and support for more phones.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bandwidth, features, management, odds, potent-combo, quality, silk, skype
Bell Mobility launches Netgear Turbo Hub, sends juicy HSPA+ to your WiFi and Ethernet gear
Canada's Bell appears to be taking advantage of Netgear's partnership with Ericsson on this one, putting its 21Mbps HSPA+ network to good use.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bandwidth, bell, connection, conversion, creative, hookup, mbr 1210, netgear, partnership, turbohub, wifi
Skyfire being rereleased into App Store ‘in batches,’ coming to other nations in due time
Good news, sick-and-tired Safari users -- Skyfire 's back! Sort of.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, bandwidth, browser, cautiously-let, control, country, over-the-coming, pony, result, situation, store, webbrowser
Sprint lights up first 4G network in New York City, among other locales
We gave a fortunate sect of consumers a taste of WiMAX during our recent reader meetup in the Big Apple , but now it's available to all: as promised , Sprint has just went live with New York City's first 4G network. With the holiday sales season just around the bend, this honestly couldn't have come at a better time, and considering the bandwidth strain that hamstrings the city, it could very well make things easier on everyone if the adoption rate is high
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bandwidth, cdma, new haven, newyork, nyc, recent-reader, result, total, trenton, waitin, wimax
LG Optimus One headed to T-Mobile with 3G hotspot and WiFi calls?
If the allegedly leaked slide immediately above is the real deal, it looks like the LG Optimus One is destined for T-Mobile, and it's going to get some serious use out of that 802.11 b/g WiFi radio. We knew the quad-band GSM handset was going to have a shot of Froyo on top of some fairly middling specs , but here's an unexpected treat: the Android handset just might be the first Android device with UMA support. If you've already forgotten what that particular acronym means, we don't blame you, as Unlicensed Mobile Access hasn't held the spotlight since the days of HotSpot@Home , but suffice it to say the tech uses a WiFi access point to make free VoIP calls, no cell signal (or minutes) required
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bandwidth, engadget, laptop, optimus one, quad, tech, uma, voip, wificalling
Verizon pushes for holograms in 10 years, wants to deliver it via FiOS
Apparently, there is something out there called 3D television that's soon to be all the rage in homes nationwide (we bet our friends at Engadget HD could tell us a thing or two about it). And what does all that new and exciting 3D content mean?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 3d tv, bandwidth, cisco, hologram, holographic, johnchambers, rage, requirements, result, shaygankheradpir, upper, verizon, verizon fios
UK temporarily giving LTE spectrum to cameras for 2012 Olympics, tells carriers not to worry about it
You might recall that British regulator Ofcom recently got things in order for an auction late next year of Old Blighty's 2.6GHz spectrum for 4G use, but it turns out that spectrum's going to make a quick pit stop before reaching its final destination. Broadcasters at the London Olympics have been given the green light to use the bandwidth -- which will have already been sold by the time the games kick off in mid-2012 -- for wireless cameras, with the government saying it's fairly certain that carriers wouldn't have had an opportunity to deploy LTE in that spectrum by then anyway. Though Ofcom's original spectrum utilization plan from last year didn't call for using 2.6GHz, it apparently got a wake-up call from the Vancouver games, which revealed higher demand for both wireless cameras and 3D broadcasts than the agency had anticipated -- and unlike carriers, which are expected to pay billions of pounds sterling for LTE rights, Ofcom will be extending use of the bandwidth to broadcasters during the Games gratis.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: auction, bandwidth, blighty, broadcasters, final, games, london, pounds, time-the-games
WiMAX 2 standard, and its theoretical 1Gbps downloads, to be finalized soon
While WiMAX isn't exactly streaming through the air everywhere at this point, domestically it has a solid head-start on LTE .
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: artist, bandwidth, competition, entry, finalized-soon, formerly-known, getting-bolted, known-as-802, lte, result, the-competition, through-the-air, verizon, wimax 2, wimaxforum