Category Archives: Wireless

Amol Sharma of New York Times confirms Google Phone launch on Monday

November 3, 2007 – 4:26 pm

Actually, Sharma quotes inside sources at the Googleplex as saying:
Google about its big plans in wireless … … announcing an alliance with various handset makers and cellphone operators around the world that are willing to push its “open” platform for cellphone applications
It appears that HTC from Taiwan is one of the forerunners to build the […]

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Hacked iPhone traded for Nissan 350Z …

August 28, 2007 – 7:12 am

Well,, George Hotz, who infamous hacked the iPhone to unlock it from AT&T (and effectively make it work with any carrier) has traded his original hacked iPhone for a Nissan 350Z…
Sweet deal, but me wonders why he didn’t license the hack … and then he could have possibly bought Nissan LOL… ok, probably some […]

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Google sets aside $4.6B for 700MHz spectrum auction - those airwaves are big bucks!

July 20, 2007 – 6:02 pm

Well, not very many know this, but way back when I worked for the Spectrum Management Group at Communications Canada. That of course, was assimilated into Industry Canada. This was back in 1991 roughly, and I worked with several tinfoil hat radio engineering types. If only I would have read between the lines and been […]

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