June, 2009
Would you rather have a super smartphone or a new Netbook?
Posted on June 30, 2009 |
Just last week, we got a peek at Nvidia's new line of HD-video-playing processors in downtown Manhattan. One, the Ion, is a GPU that pairs with an Atom processor to give Netbooks gaming and HD-video-playing muscle, coming soon in Netbooks from Lenovo and Samsung.
Tegra Netbooks in action.
(Credit:Upcoming Omnia HD update to fix AMR audio recording in HD videos
Posted on June 30, 2009 |
The Samsung Italy Facebook profile shared some interesting info to its subscribed readers. The Samsung Omnia HD is about to get not one, but two important updates over the next two weeks. The first one...
U.S. Government Has Same Wireless Monitoring Ability as Iran
Posted on June 30, 2009 |
It's hard to tell whether the problem is ignorance or hypocrisy, but Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are making fools of themselves with their war on Nokia Siemens for supplying the Iranian government with equipment that lets authorities monitor wireless phone calls and data transmissions.
The two senators have called on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to pressure the European Union to stop telcom sales to Iran. They also said they would introduce legislation that would bar U.S. government contracts to companies that sell Iran equipment that facilitate monitoring.
There's one little problem. Such monitoring capability is required in wireless gear by virtually all governments and it is part of the GSM Assn. and European Telecommunications Standards Institute standards. In the U.S., the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA) requires that all wireless carriers provide the technological means for law enforcement authorities to tap wireless accounts. In theory, of course, such taps in the U.S. require a court order. In practice, we know that this requirement has not always been met. We don't know if Schumer, then in the House, voted for CALEA; it was sufficiently uncontroversial that it passed on a voice vote. Graham didn't enter congress until 1995.
U.S. firms are generally barred from selling much of anything to Iran under unilateral sanctions that have been in place for more than 25 years. But if they did, gear from Motorola or Lucent would have the same capabilities provided by Nokia Siemens.
Nokia E75 gets an IM client, other S60 devices will follow soon
Posted on June 30, 2009 |
Nokia Beta Labs have just published a new version of Nokia Messaging app, which now allows desktop-like instant messaging on a Nokia smartphone along with the regular email features. Only Nokia E75 will get...
Palm Pre’s GSM version shows up… again, this time in Vietnam
Posted on June 30, 2009 |
It's not the first time you'll hear us saying that the GSM version of Palm Pre was spotted... somewhere. Well, this will go on until Palm finally decide to release the thing on our side of the Big Pond. But until then...
