Category: Featured
Posted on 25 August 2011. Tags: Apple, iPhone, iPod, iPod touch, Jobs, Steve Jobs
When I think of Steve Jobs, feelings of wonder and absolute awe rush over me. Jobs is without a doubt, the most iconoclastic creative mind of the modern age. If that makes me a fanboy, so be it. If liking Apple Inc. products makes me a fanboy, I’m fine with that too. Jobs is in [...]
by Matt Kapko Posted in Devices, Featured, Industry, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software, News, OS
Posted on 22 August 2011. Tags: bestbuy, costco, fire sale, frys, HP, TouchPad, walmart, WebOS
I have a confession to make, I’m a history buff. I’m a sucker for historical novels, love a good period drama and, probably most importantly, I read history when I was at university. So it’s really no surprise that as soon as the HP TouchPad made the transition from current product to relic of the digital past, I absolutely had to run out and buy one. Oh, yeah, that and the $100 price tag, which you’d have to be a dodo to ignore.
by Sylvie Barak Posted in Devices, Featured, Lifestyle, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software, OS
Posted on 18 August 2011. Tags: blackberry, MetroPCS, rdio, Rhapsody, RIM, Spotify
RIM believes it could hit a harmonious note with consumers by launching its own music streaming service say sources. The news comes on the same day wireless phone carrier MetroPCS announced it had struck a deal with subscription digital music service Rhapsody.
by Sylvie Barak Posted in App Corner, Carriers, Content, Devices, Featured, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software
Posted on 28 July 2011. Tags: blackoutwifi, cancer, cellphones, children, Congress, DECT, Europe, european, European Parliamentary Assembly, Industry, mobile phones, report, study, union, Wifi, wireless, WLAN
The European Parliamentary Assembly (EPA) has been making much ado about nothing when it comes to the dangers of cellphones on children, according to a new report which found no link between mobile phones and child cancer.
by Sylvie Barak Posted in Eco Tech, Featured, Industry, Lifestyle
Posted on 26 July 2011. Tags: 7.5, CDMA, device, IS12T, Japan, KDDI, Mango, Microsoft, Toshiba-Fujitsu, Windows phone 7.5, WP7
Japanese carrier KDDI has teamed up with Microsoft and Toshiba-Fujitsu today to unveil the world’s first Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango – device, the IS12T.
by Sylvie Barak Posted in Devices, Featured
Posted on 22 July 2011. Tags: Digital, gps, phone hacking, retrevo, Retrovo, spying, tracking, voicemail
We’ve all heard of the dangers of privacy invasion on the internet, but what about an invasion of our personal space from inside the home, from those very loved ones you think you can trust? A recent study from Retrevo – a large consumer electronics and shopping website – claims those closest to you are far more dangerous to your privacy than most outside hackers are.
by Briana Sherriff Posted in Devices, Featured, Lifestyle, Social
Posted on 24 June 2011. Tags: 9900, blackberry, chips, Devices, handsets, marvell, phones, PlayBook, RIM, SoC, Texas Instruments, TI
Chip firm Marvell has been dealt a significant blow after losing its lucrative BlackBerry contract to Texas Instruments.
by Sylvie Barak Posted in Devices, Events, Featured
Posted on 21 June 2011. Tags: commercial, Communicasia, computer, device, hands on, HD, Huawei, Laptop, MediaPad, notebook, sneak, Tablet
RCR Wireless got a rare hands-on with Huawei’s 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb MediaPad, running on Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor.
by Sylvie Barak Posted in Devices, Events, Featured, Video
Posted on 14 June 2011. Tags: Cable, Carriers, digicel, fiber, haitel, Haiti, infrastructure, NatCom, networks, operators, Viettel, voila, VoIP
When the Vietnamese state owned telco Viettel officially became the majority owner of Haitian national telecommunication company TELECO, it likely had no idea what kind of trouble it was in for.
by Sylvie Barak Posted in Carriers, Featured, Industry
Posted on 14 June 2011. Tags: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, Comcast, LTE, philadelphia, speed test, Sprint, Sprint Nextel, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, WiMAX
PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a test during our recent visit to Philadelphia as part of the RCR Wireless News Global Tour.
by Dan Meyer Posted in Carriers, Devices, Events, Featured, Industry, Lifestyle, Reviews, Video
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