ITU capitulates, admits that the term ’4G’ could apply to LTE, WiMAX, and ‘evolved 3G technologies’
Though it's standing firm on the definition of its original 4G specification -- IMT-Advanced -- which only WiMAX 2 and LTE-Advanced are currently capable of meeting, the ITU is easing off its earlier rhetroic , admitting that the term "4G" realistically could apply "to the forerunners of these technologies, LTE and WiMAX, and to other evolved 3G technologies providing a substantial level of improvement in performance and capabilities with respect to the initial third generation systems now deployed." The whole dust-up started when carriers around the world deploying LTE and WiMAX networks ( ahem , Sprint and Verizon) were throwing the "4G" term around very, very loosely -- and to their credit, the networks are indisputably a generation beyond CDMA2000 and UMTS / HSPA, so if anything, we'd fault the ITU for leaving today's modern networks without a generation to call their own. The "evolved 3G technologies" verbiage in the ITU's statement would seemingly even leave room for T-Mobile USA's claim that its 21Mbps HSPA+ network constitutes 4G... so yeah, score one for marketing campaigns.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: itu, leaving, level, lte, lteadvanced, marketing, modern-networks, seemingly-even, sprint, the-definition, usa
Gartner’s global phone sales rankings match IDC’s, but say the big guys have less of the pie
At a 30,000-foot level, the global mobile phone sales numbers for the third quarter of 2010 just released by Gartner match up with what IDC posted a few days ago, but you might say the devil's in the details. These guys have all of the top five players -- Nokia, Samsung, LG, Apple, and RIM -- at noticeably lower total market shares than IDC did, suggesting that second-tier players like Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and HTC (if you can really call them "second-tier") are grabbing more hearts and minds.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, gartner, global phone sales, globalmobilephonesales, htc, level, minds, Mobile Phone, mobilephone, motorola, phone, players, rankings, result
Navigon’s MobileNavigator comes to US Android devices
Germany navigation firm Navigon's turn-by-turn app for Android has been available in some European countries for much of the year, but it's hitting the US for the first time this week. Major features include the so-called "Reality Scanner," Navigon's take on augmented reality, lane-level navigation, a database of speed and red light cameras (seriously, don't go through red lights, okay?), and "MyRoutes," offering you a selection of up to three routes to your destination based on your driving habits.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: cameras, driving, engadget-mobile, european, level, light, major, starting-today, the-so-called
LG Electronics CEO resigns in wake of waning mobile phone sales
Times are tough for top-level executives these days, from HP to Nokia and even this side of Dell .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bon-joon, dell, electronics, koobon-joon, level, lg-electronics, Mobile Phone, nam, namyong, phone, yong, yong nam
Nokia C6-01 is a Symbian^3 touchscreen candybar with 8 megapixel camera?
The nerds over at Mobile Geek Inc did a nifty investigative piece revealing more details about Nokia's mid-level C6-01 candybar. After making an awkward early appearance on Nokia's Dutch online storefront, more pics along with the user agent profile have been located thus confirming its lack of QWERTY, 8 megapixel camera, and Symbian^3 OS. A nice alternative to the 5 megapixel C6-00 slider shackled to S60 5th.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 8megapixel, agent, Appearance, c6-01, entry, level, megapixel, nokia, pic, piece-revealing, user, user agent profile, xml
Game Gripper makes grand entrance on Nokia’s N900 (video)
Say what you will about Nokia 's strategy (or lack thereof ), but there's no denying that the N900 is one capable gaming machine.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: complete, controller, game, gripper, level, machine, n900, nokia, nokia-n900, nokian900, perfect, peripheral, result, roms, sense
iPhone 4 vs Galaxy S, part deux: HD video playback (video)
We just couldn't leave this face-off of superscreens alone, and went back for another bite at the cherry.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, applea4, before-setting, comparison, galaxy s, galaxys, handsets-chewed, hummingbird, ips, level, past-the-break, samsunggalaxys, superamoled, video, work
Sony Ericsson prepping a 5-inch Android phone with QWERTY keyboard? (updated)
Well, this is just great timing . What we're looking at here is supposedly a Sony Ericsson smartphone, which seems to sport a five-inch screen and a hinged slide-out keyboard like the HTC Shift and the Eking S515 . Even if this prototype turns out to be legit, our tipster -- who has a solid track record -- says it's only running on Android 2.1 and that development is in its infancy while low-level drivers are being tested.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: drivers, five inch, fri, leak, level, prototype, shift, smartphone, tipster
Caption contest: It’s time to share… an ’83 GMC Vandura
A rusty short bus isn't the first thing you expect to find parked -- nay, displayed -- outside one of Microsoft's most important events of the year, but alas... here it is.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 38-year-old, bus, captioncontest, disabled-van, find-parked, his-post-grunge, level, metaphor, most-important, outside-one, pink, result, ross
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