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Phones
Details On RIM’s New BlackBerry Slider?
1:30AM Boy Genius Report | This isn’t confirmed, but with RIM rumoured to be exploring sliding-QWERTY devices for a pretty long time, one of our BlackBerry connects dropped some info on us and we wanted it to share it. Here’s what we know: More »
Hardware
Micro SIM Cards: Just Like A SIM Card, But A Lil’ Smaller
5:26AM Matt Buchanan | One of the new bits of iPad viscera announced by Steve Jobs, besides the A4 chip, is that it’s using a micro-SIM card for its 3G powers. What, pray tell, is a micro-SIM card? More »
Gadgets
2:52PM Nick Broughall |
My first thought when I saw Telstra’s new Elite mobile broadband card: “Wow, Expresscard isn’t dead yet?” My second thought: “Really? It isn’t dead yet?” My third thought: “Come on, surely it’s dead and this is a joke.” My fourth thought: “Okay, this joke was kinda lame to begin with, but now it’s just plain embarrassing.” More »
Telstra’s Elite Mobile Broadband Card Is Quad Band 3G And Expensive (UPDATED)
2:52PM Nick Broughall |
My first thought when I saw Telstra’s new Elite mobile broadband card: “Wow, Expresscard isn’t dead yet?” My second thought: “Really? It isn’t dead yet?” My third thought: “Come on, surely it’s dead and this is a joke.” My fourth thought: “Okay, this joke was kinda lame to begin with, but now it’s just plain embarrassing.” More »
Networks
An Aid Worker’s First-Hand Account of Haiti’s Technical Challenges
7:40AM Pierre Petry | Pierre Petry is a World Food Program senior ICT specialist with the Fast Information Technology and Telecommunications Emergency and Support Team. He’s currently positioned in Haiti, and posted the following to an internal WFP message board following the recent earthquake. More »
Phones
The Algorithm Protecting GSM Calls Has Been Cracked
7:34AM Rosa Golijan | The A5/1 privacy algorithm, a code which is used to protect the privacy of about 80 per cent of all mobile calls worldwide, has been deciphered and made public. It remains to be seen whether it’s time to panic just yet. More »
Phones
GSM Motorola Droid Caught On Video
10:24PM Danny Allen | As we said in our hands on yesterday, Motorola’s Droid phone deserves the positive attention it’s getting. So what about that AT&T and GSM-compatible version? No update on availability, but here’s video proof it exists. Update: Video pulled, but we’ve got a screen grab. More »
Phones
First Look At Blackberry’s Essex And Rumours About The Dakota
12:22PM Rosa Golijan | Forget the mockups of the Blackberry Essex, what may be a picture of the real thing has leaked along with news of Dakota, RIM’s first phone with a “touchscreen in a conventional shape” and a “liquid lens“. 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 »
GPS
The World’s Smallest, Potentially Seediest GPS, GSM And RF Tracker
10:07PM Simon Crisp | It looks like a nondescript battery, but this is actually the world’s smallest GPS, GSM and RF tracking device. More »
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