Author Archives: Jo Silverthorn
Windows Phone 7 Reviewers Weigh In:Too Little, Too Late
Smartphones running Windows Phone 7 OS soon join the millions of iPhone and Android phones, but do they stand a chance with consumers? Maybe, but apparently not with the critics.
By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld
Oct 22, 2010 11:13 am
Windows Phone 7 Reviews Wiegh In: Too Little, Too LateThe first reviews of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 are [...]
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RIM unveils iPad rival BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
RIM unveils iPad rival PlayBook tablet
Reuters
Last updated 10:17 28/09/2010
IPAD RIVAL: Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO of Research in Motion, shows off the new Blackberry PlayBook.
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Research In Motion unveiled a tablet computer on Monday that it hopes will leapfrog Apple’s iPad, using its annual developers’ conference to highlight the device’s potential for gaming, media publishing [...]
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Questions and answers about BlackBerry objections
By PETER SVENSSON – AP
Last updated 08:08 14/08/2010
Some questions and answers about foreign countries planning to ban the use of BlackBerry’s messaging and Web services:
Q: Which countries are involved?
A: India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have threatened to shut down some BlackBerry services in their respective countries. Lebanon and Indonesia have said [...]
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New Touchscreen BlackBerry
AP
Last updated 09:25 04/08/2010
The BlackBerry Torch.
Research In Motion has unveiled a new BlackBerry aimed at wooing consumers away from Apple’s iPhone and other rivals, but analysts said the handset won’t blow away the competition.
Even though the main features of the BlackBerry Torch, including a touchscreen and slideout keyboard, were well-known within the industry, investors registered [...]
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Mobile calls set to get cheaper
Mobile calls set to get cheaper
By CLAIRE MCENTEE – BusinessDay.co.nz
Last updated 09:53 04/08/2010
The cost of mobile calls looks set to drop after Communications Minister Steven Joyce accepted a Commerce Commission recommendation to regulate mobile termination rates.
The rates are the fees mobile operators charge each other to route calls and texts to their networks.
The Commerce [...]
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Commission recommends mobile regulation
Commission recommends mobile regulation
By TIM HUNTER – BusinessDay.co.nz
Last updated 10:15 16/06/2010
The long struggle of mobile phone newbie 2degrees was vindicated today with the Commerce Commission’s decision to recommend regulation of mobile termination rates.
The move reverses the commission’s previous recommendation in February to accept commitments from Vodafone and Telecom to gradually reduce termination rates – fees [...]
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Is SIP technology a viable option for your telecommunications?
Is SIP technology a viable option for your telecommunications?
What is SIP?
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol, widely used for controlling multimedia communication sessions such as voice and video calls over the internet.
Traditionally, a businesses migration to SIP has been associated with an expensive PBX upgrade – buying new hardware cards, licenses or [...]
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Your cellphone probably isn’t killing you . . .
Your cellphone probably isn’t killing you
By NICKY PHILLIPS – Sydney Morning Herald
Last updated 12:29 22/05/2010
RELAX: Your cellphone isn’t hurting you – probably.
Most children would remember being told that sitting too close to the television would give them square eyes.
Despite this comical myth there have been genuine concerns from scientists and the public about the [...]
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Choosing a SmartPhone