Motorola CEO Ed Zander resigns
30 Nov 2007 | Financial , Motorola | 0 comments
After four years as CEO of Motorola, Ed Zander today announced that he will no longer hold that position starting January 2008. Zander will remain the chairman of the board of directors until May 2008. Motorola will replace Zander with...
Google's 700MHz spectrum bid now official
30 Nov 2007 | FCC , Google | 1 comment
Google today confirmed its bid for the 700Mz spectrum auction that will take place next year in January, giving the company the possibility to become a cell phone or internet provider. The deadline for bidders to apply for the FCC...
Verizon chooses LTE for 4G technology, trials in 2008
29 Nov 2007 | Verizon Wireless , Vodafone | 0 comments
Verizon today announced that it has selected Long Term Evolution (LTE) to support its new 4G ultra highspeed mobile broadband network. LTE is a technology developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) with up to 100 Mbit/s transfer speeds....
Google Maps Mobile to locate users without GPS
29 Nov 2007 | Google , Smartphone , Software | 3 comments
Google has introduced a new version of its Google Maps for Mobile (GMM) application that is able to locate users that use non-GPS equipped phones. How is that possible you ask? It's pretty easy. My Location (beta) calculates a user's...
AT&T CEO on 3G iPhone: 'You'll have it next year'
29 Nov 2007 | Apple , att | 2 comments
According to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Apple will introduce the 3G version of the iPhone next year. Steve Jobs already confirmed this in September, when Apple announced the UK iPhone, which was expected to be 3G. When asked about it,...