Wireless Technology Archive

Yet Another WiFi-Borrowing Criminal Caught

Posted on : Nov 08 2008 | Posted under Wireless Technology

You may recall the story that got a lot of press earlier this month about the bank robber who, rather creatively used Craigslist to enlist a bunch of unwitting conspirators. He put up a day labor job ad, telling anyone interested to show up at a particular corner (in front of a bank) dressed […]

Mixed Messages From Sprint On EVDO Bandwidth

Posted on : Nov 07 2008 | Posted under Wireless Technology

Earlier this year, Sprint followed Verizon in tacking on a 5GB cap on its EVDO wireless broadband offering for computers (for either datacard or phone-as-modem users). Because of that, I find Sprint EVDO a lot less useful, and am actively looking for alternatives. Unfortunately, for now there aren’t many, though I hope that […]

Berlin Metro Demands Removal Of Free iPhone Timetable App

Posted on : Nov 06 2008 | Posted under Wireless Technology

Every day, we wake up hoping that some bit of common sense will find its way into the world when it comes to copyright issues, and yet every day we seem to find out about more and more ridiculous situations. For example, the Berlin Metro system has ordered a 21-year-old student to stop distributing […]

Coffee Shop Advertising Via Its Free WiFi ID

Posted on : Nov 05 2008 | Posted under Wireless Technology

Over the years, we’ve had plenty of discussions over the pros and cons of free vs. fee-based WiFi in restaurants and coffee shops, and these days, for the most part, we’re happy to see that free has won out in most cases. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room to experiment, and reader Jon, […]

FCC Just Couldn’t Stop Voting

Posted on : Nov 04 2008 | Posted under Wireless Technology

Well, it’s election day and apparently the FCC commissioners liked voting so much they took votes on just about everything. Amazingly, it looks like they even made some good decisions. The big one, of course, and the one that will get the most press, is the unanimous vote to free up television “white […]

Is Motorola Trying To Ban Reselling Phones?

Posted on : Nov 04 2008 | Posted under Wireless Technology

We’ve seen video game execs freaking out about the second-hand sales market, and apparently that may be expanding to other arenas. The Register has an unnamed source (so make of that what you will) claiming that Motorola is asking people to sign contracts on a new phone that ban the buyer from reselling the […]

RIM Sued Yet Again For Patent Infringement

Posted on : Nov 03 2008 | Posted under Wireless Technology

While most people think of just the NTP lawsuit when they hear about RIM and patent infringement troubles, what’s often left out of the discussion is that prior to the NTP suit, RIM was one of the more aggressive companies in filing patent infringement lawsuits against everyone else. In fact, it was news articles […]