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  • March 2008

    • New Phones Compete With Software, Not Hardware

      Wired  |  Mar 31, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      New Phones Compete With Software, Not Hardware

      (Newser) - The iPhone may have buzz, Wired writes, but the smartphone market is deviating from the model of Apple’s “Jesus phone,” particularly in the software area. Wary of Apple’s restrictive software development policies, Wired pegs the Nokia N95, with an open source application platform, as more influential in the development of future handsets. That’s not to say that the N95 doesn’t somewhat resemble the iPhone externally. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • Nokia  • smartphones  • open source  • mobile Internet  • phone software

    • AT&T, Verizon Will Dominate New Airwaves

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 21, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      AT&T, Verizon Will Dominate New Airwaves

      (Newser) - AT&T and Verizon were the two top bidders in the airwaves auction that ended this week, representing 80% of the FCC’s record $19.6 billion haul and positioning themselves to offer advanced wireless Internet services, reports the Wall Street Journal. Google, sans licenses, was another winner, gaining open access to a chunk of spectrum that mostly went to Verizon. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • Verizon  • cell phone industry  • AT&T  • wireless industry  • spectrum auction  • mobile Internet

    • Yahoo Debuts 'Smart' Mobile Bookmarking Tool

      Reuters  |  Mar 4, 08 3:25 PM CST

      Yahoo Debuts 'Smart' Mobile Bookmarking Tool

      (Newser) - Yahoo, keeping up its relentless pace of product launches, announced the debut of a Web bookmarking service for cell phones intended to help users organize their mobile Internet experience, Reuters reports. Called OnePlace, the tool allows users to mark not just individual sites but a collection of 'smart' content feeds providing updates tailored to the nature of a user’s favorite topics. More »

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      Yahoo  • mobile Internet

    • Intel Pushes 'Atom' Chips

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 3, 08 12:20 PM CST

      Intel Pushes 'Atom' Chips

      (Newser) - Intel will push its tinest new chips behind the brand name Atom in an effort to create demand for two emerging types of computing devices. The Atom line includes chips already announced by the company, reports the Wall Street Journal . One, formerly known as Silverthorne, is aimed at cellphone-sized devices that Intel calls “MIDs”—mobile mobile Internet devices. More »

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      Intel  • computer chip  • microprocessors  • mobile Internet  • Silverthorne  • Diamondville  • low-end computers  • Atom

  • February 2008

    • Intel Joins Push for Low-Power Chips

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 4, 08 12:51 PM CST

      Intel Joins Push for Low-Power Chips

      (Newser) - Intel is developing a low-power-consuming chip aimed at a new category of mobile Internet devices, or MIDs, which range between a cell phone and laptop in size. The company’s new MID chip, expected out in the second quarter, draws about a tenth of the power used by Intel’s laptop chips, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Intel  • computer chip  • mobile Internet

  • January 2008

    • AT&T and Yahoo Forge Alliance

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jan 30, 08 5:24 PM CST

      AT&T and Yahoo Forge Alliance

      (Newser) - Yahoo and AT&T announced a new alliance today in which Yahoo will provide search and advertising on AT&T’s mobile phones, the San Jose Mercury News reports. AT&T in turn will get their att.net web portal redesigned by Yahoo, through which their customers will get access to Yahoo’s services at no additional charge. More »

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      Yahoo  • cell phones  • Internet advertising  • AT and T  • mobile Internet  • web portals

  • November 2007

    • Google to Bid on Wireless Spectrum

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 30, 07 7:30 AM CST

      Google to Bid on Wireless Spectrum

      (Newser) - Google will announce today that it does plan to bid  for a  slice of wireless spectrum coming up for FCC auction in January, the Wall Street Journal reports. A winning bid would allow it to provide wireless phone and Internet service, to partner with other providers, or to lease out the spectrum.  They'll be competing against mobile phone segment leaders Verizon and AT&T. More »

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      Google  • mobile Internet

    • Mobile Web: Hyped, But Not Used, For Now

      New York Times  |  Nov 25, 07 3:45 PM CST

      Mobile Web: Hyped, But Not Used, For Now

      (Newser) - The mobile web, or cellphone-based Internet, has been the focus of a lot of attention lately, whether its iPhone hysteria or buzz over handset hardware companies joining Google’s Open Handset Alliance. The New York Times reports that the hype hasn’t helped the existing mobile web do very well: only 13% of users surf the Internet via phone more than once a month. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • Verizon  • mobile Internet  • Open Handset Alliance

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