Toshiba unveils TG01 smartphone, takes aim at iPhone
Toshiba plans to wow us all at MWC 2009 with a Windows Mobile handset that rocks a blazing fast processor and jaw-dropping display. The TG01 will be the first mobile handset to incorporate the 1GHz snapdragon processor from Qualcomm and will sport a 4.1 WVGA resistive touchscreen with on-screen trackpad, HSDPA, aGPS, G-sensor, microSDHC support and DivX support. Toshiba calls it gfaster, slimmer and better than the iPhoneh - fighting words if wefve ever heard them. The handset is reported to run Windows Mobile 6.1 with full flash support which suggests it will ship with Internet Explorer Mobile 6 as well. With Toshiba boasting that gWefve taken all the technology from our TVs and put that into the screenh, we are already lining up our favorite movies and converting them to DivX for viewing on this drool-worthy screen. Will this be enough to revive Toshibafs smartphone business? Only time and some solid carrier deals will tell
VERTiG0
Yay, Snapdragon!
smuncky
Daily News Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Canadians Should Submit to Net Neutrality Hearings
Citizens groups, tech analysts and media commentators are reminding Canadians to let industry watchdogs know their feelings about the issue of Internet neutrality before the submission deadline - this Monday, February 16, 2009.
Net Neutrality revolves around cable and telecom and Internet service providers, and the methods used to throttle or shape data traffic connected with P2P and other high bandwidth, data intensive transmissions.
Some commentators say that if the fight for a neutral 'Net is lost, the Internets value as an open and democratic medium for communication and information exchange is lost, as well. Net Neutrality is more than just a technical issue about broadband throughput, they say, as it touches on the actual content that can be distributed on the Internet, as well.
In response to complaints against Canadian telecom companies (Bell, Videotron, Rogers, etc.) for the throttling and traffic shaping of Internet pipes, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is asking Canadians what they think about the issue of Net Neutrality.
The CRTC said in its notice of hearing that The growth in Internet traffic is being cited as a main reason why some Internet service providers (ISPs) are adopting Internet traffic management practices to address possible congestion in their networks. Traffic management practices may take many forms and approaches including using technologies to alter the flow of traffic or new business models. ISPs use many different technologies to offer high-speed Internet services, including digital subscriber lines (DSL), wireless, cable, and satellite, which may affect which traffic management practices are used.
Therefore, the CRTC continued, The use of certain Internet traffic management practices has raised concerns in Canada and in other jurisdictions. The Commission recognizes the importance of this issue.
SaveOurNet.ca, a coalition of media watchdogs, industry and public interest groups, says the debate pits the interests of monopoly against the larger interests of Canadian innovation, democracy, and a healthy 21st century economy.
As SaveOurNet.ca Co-founder Steve Anderson says on the website, "[T]here needs to be some basic rules in place to protect Canadian citizens and businesses from being unfairly throttled, blocked or squeezed out by a few telecom giants. If we don't protect the Internet's level playing field from unfair monopoly -- as the U.S. and other countries now are -- Canadian innovation and new media will lose out."
Many observers cite the work of Lawrence Lessig, the Stanford University professor and U.S. lawyer long associated with matters of Internet transparency, copyright and Net Neutrality. He described Net Neutrality as what we have with our phones, noting that the fee we pay for that service is completely independent of the content of the conversation being transmitted.
Internet throttling technology can discriminate among content and data types, and can be used to either restrict such transmissions, or to determine fee structures based on that content.
SaveOurNet.ca co-founder Steve Anderson added, "Canadians need to encourage the CRTC to consider the bigger picture of monopoly versus innovation. We should protect a basic principle that has been spectacularly good for the Internet in Canada and around the world. Now more than ever, we need to spur innovation and access to information -- not choke it off."
For more information about the CRTC process and background, visit http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/pt2008-19.htm
On another note, I finally did a speed test on my E71, and now with Rogers' glorious 3.5G HSPA network...
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7338.8kbps
Pushing the 7.2mbps HSPA to the limit! Suck on that, iPhone 3G owners
smuncky
nice. you can suft faster on your celly than i can on my computer. YAY FOR TECHNOLOGY!
VERTiG0
quote:
Originally posted by smuncky
nice. you can suft faster on your celly than i can on my computer. YAY FOR TECHNOLOGY!
Hahah. Isn't it grand?
Dr. Z
Problem with 3G (UMTS) is that, the more people are connected, the slower it is. And it's not by chance, like Rogers Internet, but it's fundemental to the technology. It will happen. But, we need to go in that direction any way since UMTS has so many other advantages.
E2EK1EL
Palm Pre to support Flash
Palm Pre lovers, prepare to wet yourselves - the one many are calling the second coming of the Jesus phone will support Flash! Thats right, Palm announced that it has officially joined the rank and file of Adobes Open Screen Project, meaning that not only will the Pre be ready to surf websites sporting Flash animations, but the WebOS SDK might even allow developers to create unthinkably awesome Flash-based applications and shun that tired-old rhubarb that is java. What at say you, people? Are you jumping for joy or merely thinking about how many spare batteries and Touchstones youll need to have lying around to compensate for the battery-hungry monster that is Flash?
GSM Palm Pre spotted with Vodafone SIM card
We would've wagered 50 euros there'd be a GSM Pre announced at MWC this week -- but strangely, it didn't happen. If we had to guess, a grand unveiling was probably held up by behind-the-scenes manfacuturer-operator drama in the course of trying to nail an exclusivity agreement, but that's not to say there weren't still SIM card-toting Pres floating around the show. PreCommunity happened across one of these today and astutely noted the presence of a Vodafone SIM around back -- not damning evidence that the Pre will be announced as a Voda exclusive, granted, but it kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it? See for yourself in the video after the break.
LightsOut
thats incredible, and if they do end up figure out a way to allow open platform flash development, this phone will seriously pwn pretty much everything on the market right now..
E2EK1EL
Nokia also joins Adobe initiative, Flash 10 for (almost) all
We're not quite sure if you're seeing what's happening here, but Apple and RIM are working themselves right into the time-out corner. We already heard earlier today that Palm would be joining Adobe's Open Screen Project -- which, by the way, guarantees Flash 10 support on the Pre -- and now we're told that Nokia is following suit. What it all boils down to is this: Google, Microsoft, Palm, and Nokia are all expected to release platforms or handsets in the coming year or two which will support Flash 10, all while Apple's iPhone attempts to limp by with... YouTube support. Granted, we have heard that the suits at Cupertino are in talks to make it happen, but we've yet to hear as much at MWC. Also of note, it seems that a similar deal including RIM is also pretty far off, so BlackBerry users should probably order their daily dose of patience as well.
