Latest Wireless news
Verizon planning iPhone killer, 05/24/07: Verizon Wireless is plotting a response to AT&T’s widely-anticipated Apple iPhone offering, according to published reports.
ZigBee: The new Bluetooth?, 05/23/07: Although most IT professionals, as well as a majority of consumers, are familiar with the Bluetooth wireless data-communications standard, very few are aware of the new ZigBee wireless data standard. In time this awareness will grow, but right now ZigBee is in the early stage of the adoption process; it’s just beginning to be rolled out in industrial applications, with consumer-oriented applications soon to follow.
Nokia to ship phones based on China’s 3G standard, 05/29/07: Nokia is getting ready to ship mobile phones based on China’s homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile standard.
China heads towards 500 million cell-phone subscribers, 05/28/07: The number of mobile-phone subscribers in China is likely to hit 500 million before the end of June, according to government statistics.
Google offers mobile access to calendar service, 05/25/07: Users of Google Calendar can now access their schedules from their mobile phones.
Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?, 05/25/07: Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren’t going the way of the typewriter just yet.
NetSuite goes wireless with help from its friends, 05/24/07: NetSuite announced Thursday that three of its partners now provide extensions to the vendor’s hosted midmarket applications suite so that the software will run on mobile devices.
RIM plans Wi-Fi BlackBerry, 05/24/07: Research In Motion expects to start selling a BlackBerry with both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, the company’s CEO said Thursday.
