Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Mobile Broadband reality by Akamai

Akamai, the leading CDN, has just released Q1 2010 report on the state of the Internet [July 23] which contains quite interesting actual information on average and average maximum connection speeds from 109 mobile carriers around the world. Only networks … Continue reading

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SAP’s Business ByDesign SaaS to be relaunched on July 31 with mobility as one of key attractions

Yesterday’s Q2 financial report from SAP specifically mentions the expansion it made in the volume business as well as the progress in the small and midsized enterprise (SME) segment: … said Jim Hagemann Snabe, Co-CEO of SAP. “Our success in … Continue reading

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“4G” WiMAX vs. 3.75G HSPA+

See also: Mobile Internet (Aug’11) which is a total update on Aug 26, 2011 with a lot of additions to the original July 19, 2010 content on the following subjects: – LTE and LTE Advanced — HSPA Evolved (parallel to … Continue reading

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Could China close the gap in mobile Internet? It should!

China has a significant gap in mobile Internet with the rest of the world: – the current [end of H1CY10] share of 3G technologies in China are: • 1.9% (10.46 million) for TD-SCDMA/China Mobile (w/ 554M subscribers), • 4.8% (7.56 … Continue reading

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3.9G TD-LTE rollout in 2012 with integrated 2G, 3G and 4G?

See also: Mobile Internet (Aug’11) which is a total update on Aug 26, 2011 with a lot of additions to the original July 19, 2010 content on the following subjects: – LTE and LTE Advanced — HSPA Evolved (parallel to … Continue reading

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Windows slates in the coming months? Not much seen yet

On the first day of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference this week there was not much about the Windows slates. It is not surprising given that Intel has just begun real and honest marketing of its sufficiently low power SoCs … Continue reading

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Google App Inventor Beta for Android

Google’s Do-It-Yourself App Creation Software [The New York Times, July 11] … has been under development for a year. User testing has been done mainly in schools with groups that included sixth graders, high school girls, nursing students and university … Continue reading

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Android 2.2 (Froyo) excitement is just the tip of the iceberg for the current Android momentum

Update: “Gartner Says Android to Become No. 2 Worldwide Mobile Operating System in 2010 and Challenge Symbian for No. 1 Position by 2014” [Sept 10]: “Communication service providers’ (CSPs’) marketing and vendor support for Android-based smartphones will drive the platform … Continue reading

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OPhone OS (OMS) 2.0 based on Android 2.1

Update: China Mobile to Improve Smartphone OS With New Alliance [Dec 13]: … the carrier announced on Monday it was preparing to establish its Ophone Innovation Alliance, said Bill Huang, general manager of the China Mobile Research Institute. “Our Ophone … Continue reading

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Beyond Android 2.1

UnwiredView: Android 3.0 Gingerbread details: 1280×760 resolution, 1Ghz minimum specs, mid-Oct. release [Jun 30] then: Revisiting Android 3/Gingerbread details post. Some corrections, clarifications [July 2] Between these two original English posts has been an avalanche like reporting and discussion (almost … Continue reading

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