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Category Archives: Mobile Devices

Woe Is 3G

I was recently traveling in New York City to speak at the Morgan Joseph Conference. Realizing I hadn’t yet booked a hotel room, I made a pit stop at a coffee shop to refuel and search hotels.com on my 3G-enabled iPad. Generally, I love the freedom associated with making plans on-the-go, thanks to modern technology. [...]

Arthur Gives Us the 411 on Wi-Fi

The following post has been written by our very own Arthur G. Giftakis, Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations at Towerstream. Arthur has played an extremely important role in designing and implementing our technology over the last 10 years. Arthur will be creating a series of guest blog posts exploring the idea of ‘mobile [...]

Reflections on the iPhone 4

Everyone in the mobile space is no doubt posting their thoughts on this week’s iPhone 4 announcement. Of course, with the tremendous innovation that the new iPhone model is comes great demand on the network. As a wireless provider, Towerstream thought that two interesting things came up during the keynote. One was Apple’s Wi-Fi fluke while [...]

Week in Review: Mobile World Congress and FCC Broadband Plans

Last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona spurred the industry’s usual flurry of excitement over the latest mobile handsets. While I didn’t attend myself, it was interesting to watch the chatter around all sectors of the conference, especially this year’s focus on software. The mobile operating systems introduced, such as Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series and Symbian 3, prove [...]

The Smartphone Revolution Has Arrived…..

In 2010, all signs point to record numbers of consumers using mobile devices, from smartphones to e-readers. With Apple’s release of the iPad, it is clear that the applicability of the mobile device is going to continue to cross boundaries between personal and professional use, from email to video viewing and beyond.
CNET reported last week [...]

Data Overload

According to a recent FierceBroadbandWireless article by Lynette Luna, AT&T and other wireless service providers aren’t ready for “the onslaught of data traffic coming from smartphones, and that the deluge is beginning to clog their networks.” 
 
This isn’t a huge surprise to me.  Legacy networks were never built with the intention of hauling massive amounts of [...]

Palm Pre Frenzy

Over the past few days, the wireless world has been buzzing about the June 6 launch of the Palm Pre, which will be exclusively offered on Sprint’s 3G network. 
 
Across the industry, reporters, analysts and consumers alike are asking questions and speculating about the device.  How will it compete against the iPhone?  What will the [...]

Cisco and Clearwire – An Alliance Made in WiMAX

It was a busy week in the telecom world.  One piece of news that caught my eye was that Clearwire and Cisco have formed an alliance.  Cisco will provide network equipment for Clearwire and also plans to build mobile WiMAX devices for the company down the line.  As of now, both companies are being vague [...]

A Wireless Buffet

 
I recently read an interesting article on Ars Technica by Erica Sadun about how consumers are clearly ready for always on, mobile gadgets.  I know I am!  The article asks the relevant question:
 
“…why should my Dad, whose portable needs are well-satisfied with his little always-on e-mail device, be paying any more than $20/month for [...]

Is a Dell Smartphone a Smart Move?

Late last week, the Wall Street Journal’s Justin Scheck and Yukari Iwatani Kane reported that computer giant, Dell, is the next company to enter the increasingly crowded smartphone space. Since then, reporters across the wireless industry have been debating if this is a prudent move on Dell’s part and what a Dell smartphone might be [...]


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