MacBook Air: Bye bye ethernet port?
January 14, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under 3GSM, 4G, Apple
WIRED has released a mock up image of the rumored MacBook Air, a sub notebook that seems to rely on pure wireless connectivity. This doesn’t just mean WiFi, but maybe even 3G or HSDPA if we’re feeling lucky. Think of it as a really huge iPhone and you may get the drift of where the company may be headed towards in 2008. Implementing SIM cards onto notebooks isn’t a new concept. Maybe Apple wants to exhaust this technology to create something innovative. Who knows, really. We’ll find out in a few hours
Free with ads or subscription?
November 15, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under 4G, Apps, Cell phone, Mobile 2.0, Mobile Monitor, Smartphone
Would you rather have to pay for a monthly subscription for phone services or would you rather grab a free service that is supported by advertising? The IDC released findings that more than 1 in every 3 cellphones released in the future of 2011 will be a smartphone – more capable of surfing the web, doing multimedia, and thus having access to more types of content than your typical cellphone.
Currently operators make money through subscriptions to their services. For instance, some companies charge for e-mail service, ringtone downloads or voting on television game shows.
But to get a slice of the …read more
4G networks and not WiFi is the solution to VoIP
October 2, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under 4G, Accessories, Apps, VoIP, Web Apps, Wi-Fi
“I’m a huge disbeliever in metro Wi-Fi for VoIP simply because the external Wi-Fi doesn’t penetrate into building, so it’s pretty much useless for the majority of calls.”
- Dean Bubley, founder of Disruptive Analysis
