Archive for the 'Weekly' Category

Published by mark on 23 Feb 2008

TCT Episode #5



Run Time: 23:56

Show Notes:
1. Google releases a native search client for Symbian S60
All About Symbian
2. Palm Centro GSM for AT&T
Palm
3. Sony Ericssion XPERIA X1
Sony Ericsson
4. Nokia 6210 Navigator
Nokia
5. The end of analog cellular : AMPS finally dies
RCR Wireless News
6. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile all create unlimited plans… fierce competition or coincidence?
7. The 20th anniversary of GSM
GSMA

Published by mark on 21 Jan 2008

TCT Episode #4



Run Time: 21:13

Show Notes:
1. The Macbook Air! - Features, Technologies, Innovations, Controversy
Apple
2. AT&T allows new subscribers to buy a plan and SIM card, without having to buy (or get for free) a new phone.
AT&T
3. The Samsung Z400 - the first phone to support Qualcomm’s QChat protocol for use on Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network
Engadget
4. FCC orders US cell carriers to outfit all their cell sites with battery backup systems
Wireless Week

Published by mark on 13 Jan 2008

TCT Episode #3



Run Time: 29:26

Show Notes:
In Brief: Lots of news from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas - the XO laptop - NNR partnership
1. XO laptop! - software, importance of open source, GUI innovations, hardware description and achievements.
One Laptop Per Child
2. How the iphone is the first device to make the mobile internet useful.
Wireless Week - Are Browsers Dead
3. The “openness” of a mobile carrier’s network is often talked about, what does it really mean to be open. To hear more about this story, listen to the latest episode of Nerd News Radio.
Wireless Week - Open Access Networks
4. The hot swappable GSM Radio - looks similar to an SD card, allows compatible devices to easily become wireless using the same settings and SIM card.
Engadget
5. OQO version 2 with XOHM WiMax - one of the first UMPC’s with access to Sprint’s new high speed data network.
Press Release
6. HTC Shift - HTC’s first full Windows device (UMPC) - one of the most amazing UMPC’s ever made.
Official Site
8. Technological breakthrough brings palm sized WVGA projector, capable of projecting a 100 Inch image.
Press Release

Published by mark on 08 Dec 2007

TCT Episode #2



Run Time: 16:51
Show Notes:
Nokia launches Internet Radio Service
Windows Mobile 6.1
Scratch - J2ME mobile application SDK that anyone can use
JetBlue to offer in-flight WiFi
Opera Mini for BREW is released
anySIM, iPhone unlocking tool, goes open source

Published by mark on 30 Nov 2007

TCT Episode #1

The first episode of TelcoTalk! The show will beĀ availableĀ on itunes shortly.

Run Time: 11:46
Show Notes:
Verizon chooses LTE, a GSM technology as its 4G standard
Wikipedia: LTE
Motorolla RIZR Z6c clears FCC
FCC forces Sprint Nextel to shutdown iDEN network