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5:04PM Nick Broughall | I must have slept through the Vodafone announcement that as part of their ongoing 3G upgrade, which should finish by the end of this month and brings 3G service to 94 per cent of the population, they were also boosting their 2G network. But boosting it they are! More »
Vodafone’s Boosting Their 2G Network To EDGE
5:04PM Nick Broughall | I must have slept through the Vodafone announcement that as part of their ongoing 3G upgrade, which should finish by the end of this month and brings 3G service to 94 per cent of the population, they were also boosting their 2G network. But boosting it they are! More » 
GPS
Upcoming Garmin Nuvi 1690 Supports GSM, GPRS, EDGE
3:32AM Sean Fallon | FCC tests have revealed that an upcoming Garmin GPS device, the nuvi 1690, will feature GSM/GPRS/EDGE support. Presumably, this connectivity would be for updates like real-time traffic. More »
Networks
Tiny Quicksilver 3G Network Modem Comes to AT&T
3:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | AT&T users can now snap up the AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver, one of the smallest 3G HSPA-capable devices out there. The tiny little hub weighs 34 grams and uses the new Icera Livanto chipset, which handles GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G data. That’ll give you 70 to 135kpbs downloads on an EDGE network, and 700kbps to 1.7 Mbps downloads on HSPA. Best of all, it’s free (if you get it with a two year contract and mail in the $US100 rebate). [CrunchGear] More »
GPS
TomTom Go 940 Live Leaked: Includes Live GPRS Traffic Data and Google Searches
12:15AM Kit Eaton | A “leak” at a UK online retailer’s site reveals a whole bunch of info on TomTom’s Go 940 Live GPS system: it looks like the system comes with a GPRS unit to give it live traffic and fuel-price info and the ability to Google search. Yep, alongside the IQ routing and intelligent lane advice that the Go 930 and the new Pro units have is a TomTom HD Traffic unit using GPRS to garner local traffic info, weather conditions, and lets you Google for whatever info you might need on the road. That traffic info is gathered “via anonymous mobile phone monitoring,” but whether its these units that do the uploading, or a different system, is unclear. The unit’s available on pre-order in the UK for around US$800, with the Live service likely to cost US$10-US$15 per month, but there’s no data on when it’ll hit the US. [Handtec.co.uk via GPSLodge Thanks, Jay!] More »
Networks
12:58PM Nick Broughall | Reader Dan just dropped us a tip that Vodafone seem to be hitting customers who use their unlocked iPhone’s Wi-Fi with GPRS data charges:
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Vodafone Charging GPRS Data When Using Wi-Fi On Unlocked iPhone?
12:58PM Nick Broughall | Reader Dan just dropped us a tip that Vodafone seem to be hitting customers who use their unlocked iPhone’s Wi-Fi with GPRS data charges:
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Gadgets
8:39AM Nick Broughall | There’s only five more sleeps until the Australian snow season kicks off, and even though a quick check of the NSW resort’s snow cams shows that there isn’t too much of the powdery white stuff on the ground at the moment, it’s still shaping up to be an awesome year in the “alps”. Why, you ask? Because this year, there’s an awesome new gadget to track your runs using a combination of GPS and GPRS technology.
It’s called Flaik, and last Friday it walked away with the top prize at the Australian International Design Awards.
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Award Winning Flaik Brings GPS Data To Your Ski Runs
8:39AM Nick Broughall | There’s only five more sleeps until the Australian snow season kicks off, and even though a quick check of the NSW resort’s snow cams shows that there isn’t too much of the powdery white stuff on the ground at the moment, it’s still shaping up to be an awesome year in the “alps”. Why, you ask? Because this year, there’s an awesome new gadget to track your runs using a combination of GPS and GPRS technology.
It’s called Flaik, and last Friday it walked away with the top prize at the Australian International Design Awards.
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