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INSIDE MOBILE: Wireless Innovators and Reflections on CTIA

October 15th, 2010 | No Comments

CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2010, the international trade show focused on mobile business, was held October 5-8 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center West. Here, Knowledge Center mobile and wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy shares his major insights from the show, including the ShowStoppers press and analyst event he attended and the Wireless Innovators dinner he hosted. – CTIA is the trade and lobby organization that represents wireless operators, handset manufacturers and the rest of the wireless industry in Washington. In order to pay for their lobbying efforts, CTIA produces two trade shows a year: a large mega show in the spring and a smaller show focused on ente…


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Mobile Devices, Apps Turned Heads on CTIA Show Floor

October 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Upward of 2,000 mobile software developers crowded into the Moscone West conference hall in San Francisco for most of the week of Oct. 4, learning about the latest news and trends in the mobile device business. Security, operating systems, connectivity advances, storage and new devices were some of the key topics of discussion. Software appliances were also a major news item. A software appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system for it to run optimally on industry-standard hardware (typically a server) or within a virtual machine. There were connected cars (Ford Taurus and Explorer), connected bikes (which provide travel metrics like average speed and distance)& even a connected exercise station. New GPS and Bluetooth devices caused heads to turn. Samsung walked away with several awards, including one for its Galaxy tablet, which reportedly won’t become available until mid-November. This eWEEK slide show covers some of the highlights of CTIA 2010. – …


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iPad Challengers, Windows Phone 7 Devices Absent at CTIA Event

October 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Ahead of the CTIA conference and expo, the ShowStoppers party showed off the Apple, Android, Microsoft and BlackBerry devices and apps that hope to tempt enterprise IT managers and consumers. From Motorola and Samsung to HTC and Apple, the mobile handsets, smartphones, entertainment devices and the apps that make them tick were laid out for perusal. Although apps the iPhone and iPad were represented, nary a tablet hopeful managed to make it to the event. Even less visible were Windows Mobile 6.5 app makers, the imminent release of Windows Phone 7 making much further development here a doubtful enterprise. Here are the highlights of my wanderings through the much smaller than expected bizarre that was the opening salvo in the ongoing trend of the "enterprization" of consumer apps and devices. – …


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CTIA Hottest in Show 2010 nominees

October 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Here are my picks for the ten hottest mobile phones, devices and apps that were thrown into the fray to be crowned “hottest in show” at the CTIA 2010. There were plenty of Motorola, Samsung and HTC devices on display in the CTIA competition hall. Running various flavors or Android, BlackBerry OS, Apple iOS and Windows Mobile 6.5 the devices and apps shown here are the ones that caught my eye for enterprise and entertainment purposes. The impending release of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 hung like a pall over the Mobile 6.5 devices. Among the 30 plus devices and apps on display, only one was running on the Apple iPad. This was one more than any other tablet maker, not counting the ‘tweener 5-inch Dell Streak. Speaking of streaks, after just a couple of hours on display, the myriad touch devices looked like a petting zoo after one too many school groups had passed through. At the end of the day, these are still consumer&#151not industrial&#151devices and it showed. The streaky, greasy screens, the malfunctioning slider mechanisms and exhausted batteries took a little glitter off the otherwise tempting holiday display of gadgets and goodies. – …


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CTIA Sues San Francisco over Cell Phone Legislation

July 26th, 2010 | No Comments

CTIA files a suit against the city of San Francisco, looking to block a recently approved ordinance that would raise consumer awareness about cell phone radiation levels. – CTIA is suing the city and county of San Francisco in hopes of blocking the
enforcement of the Cell
Phone Right-to-Know ordinance that the city’s Board of Supervisors recently
passed. The ordinance requires cell phone retailers to display, in a manner and
place noticeable to shoppers, the amount…


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Google Android, HTC, Samsung, LG: The Best of CTIA 2010

March 28th, 2010 | No Comments

CTIA Wireless 2010 saw major companies rolling out a number of smartphones and mobile services, aiming to either consolidate or expand their market share in an ever-more-competitive arena. Among the higher-profile announcements: Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G, a 4G-capable smartphone that the company hopes will become a must-have device for its speed and multimedia capabilities, and Samsung’s Galaxy S, with a screen designed to take advantage of not only video and image, but also e-texts. Google Android seemed to run on many of the newer devices being displayed, while Microsoft showed off a prototype of its Windows Phone 7 Series OS. With the smartphone market generally expected to keep expanding, these devices have the potential to drastically affect their companies’ revenues going forward and allow them to compete for both consumer and business dollars.
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Android and 4 Other Hot Wireless Business Offerings at CTIA

March 26th, 2010 | No Comments

eWEEK’s Eric Lundquist spent a couple days at the CTIA wireless show. In Lundquist’s view, this is a watershed year for wireless business-to-business. The networks are being beefed up, there is a realization that business mobility is both a good financial opportunity and a productivity driver, and the devices and gadgets are just so much cooler than you will find at a computer-oriented gathering. Here, Lundquist offers an inside look at the most important B2B products and services that surfaced at the 2010 CTIA show.
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James Cameron, Biz Stone, Aneesh Chopra Talk Tech at CTIA

March 25th, 2010 | No Comments

James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of Avatar and Titanic, joined Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra for a roundtable discussion of mobile technology’s impact on modern life, moderated by CNBC Anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, on March 24 at the CTIA Wireless 2010 conference in Las Vegas. Discussion topics included Internet piracy, the influence of Twitter and other social media on global events, 3D technology, intellectual property protection, health care IT and net neutrality sprinkled with a few jokes.
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James Cameron, Twitter Co-Founder Talk Mobility at CTIA

March 25th, 2010 | No Comments

James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of Avatar and Titanic, joined Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, CNBC Anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra for a roundtable discussion of mobile technologys impact on modern life, at the CTIA Wireless 2010 conference in Las Vegas. Discussion topics included Internet piracy, using Twitter and text messages to promote democracy and sustainable freedom, and startups for 3-D technology.
– LAS VEGAS James Cameron, self-proclaimed quot;King of the World quot;
and Oscar-winning director of quot;Titanic, quot; talked about the impact of mobile
technology with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and U.S. Chief Technology Officer
Aneesh Chopra during a roundtable discussion at the CTIA Wirel…


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CTIA Rings Up Killer Smartphones from HTC, Samsung, BlackBerry, Microsoft

March 25th, 2010 | No Comments

The HTC Evo 4G, HTC HD2, Samsung Galaxy S, Nokia Nuron, Windows Phone 7 Series and other smartphones are all appearing at the CTIA Wireless 2010 convention in Las Vegas. While these devices feature different capabilities and run on competing carriers, they all share in similar trends, including prominent social networking applications and an emphasis on touch screens and sleekness. In addition to these either brand-new or soon-to-be-released smartphones, others such as the Palm Pre are finding new life at CTIA, as new carriers announce that they will carry devices once the exclusive domain of their rivals. This combination of features and technologies promises to make 2010 an interesting year for mobile competition.
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Wireless CEOs Push Deregulation in CTIA Keynotes

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments

The CEOs of AT T and Deutsche Telekom warn in keynote addresses that excessive government regulation may curb the growth of the wireless market. CTIA Wireless speakers have been citing the FCC’s upcoming National Broadband Plan as a chance to free up more broadband for their companies and services, despite the cautionary notes about regulation.
– LAS VEGAS The CEOs of some of the world’s largest wireless companies have
been insisting in keynote addresses at the CTIA Wireless conference that future
growth and innovation for the industry is dependent on a hands-off regulatory
policy by governments. Those executives also emphasized that the …


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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Smartphones on Display at CTIA

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft demonstrated its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series handsets at the 2010 CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas, showing off what the company sees as its best attempt to start afresh in the smartphone space. As opposed to phones such as Google Android and the Apple iPhone, Windows Phone 7 Series aggregates Web content and mobile applications into themed Hubs such as People and Games. Although Microsoft has baked functionality such as SharePoint and access to Office documents directly into the phone, these devices are meant to be more consumer-oriented than the company’s Windows Mobile franchise. The question of whether businesses and consumers embrace these smartphones will have to wait until the devices are released near the end of 2010.
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Android Smartphones Take 2010 CTIA Show by Storm

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Phone manufacturers and wireless carriers made CTIA Wireless 2010 their stomping ground for Google’s Android mobile operating system March 23. Sprint and Motorola unveiled the rugged Motorola i1 based on Android 1.5. Sprint and HTC unveiled the first Android phone based on 4G in the form of the HTC EVO 4G, also based on Android 2.1. AT T trotted out the Dell Aero. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S, based on Android 2.1. Not to be outdone, Kyocera rolled out the Zio M6000 Phone, based on Android 1.6. Check them out in this slide show.
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Android Smartphones Take 2010 CTIA Show by Storm

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Phone manufacturers and wireless carriers made CTIA Wireless 2010 their stomping ground for Google’s Android mobile operating system March 23. Sprint and Motorola unveiled the rugged Motorola i1 based on Android 1.5. Sprint and HTC unveiled the first Android phone based on 4G in the form of the HTC EVO 4G, also based on Android 2.1. AT T trotted out the Dell Aero. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S, based on Android 2.1. Not to be outdone, Kyocera rolled out the Zio M6000 Phone, based on Android 1.6. Check them out in this slide show.
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Rugged Bluetooth, Driving Apps, Phone Watches Stand Out at CTIA

March 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

The CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas is a chance for wireless companies to show off their latest mobile applications, devices and network plans. While larger companies such as AT T and Verizon will likely dominate headlines with their announcements, a number of smaller IT shops are also debuting the products of tomorrow, including ruggedized smartphones and Bluetooth devices, mobile apps for navigation and driving, and even a wristwatch that doubles as a phone. The following images show just a few of the products on view at the 2010 conference. Many of them reflect larger trends such as 4G connectivity, elaborate designs for smartphone cases and faster devices.
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CTIA Will Feature 4G Smartphones, James Cameron, Windows Phones

March 21st, 2010 | No Comments

The CTIA Wireless 2010 convention in Las Vegas, due to run from March 23-25, will be the chance for Microsoft, AT T, Sprint, Verizon, Motorola, Opera, Palm, Skype, and a variety of other mobile-related companies to show off their latest devices, applications and roadmaps for 2010 and beyond. Devices on display will include Microsofts Windows Phone 7 Series smartphones, and possibly a 4G-capable device from Sprint and HTC. AT T and Verizon are both expected to discuss the building-out of their networks, and James Cameron will be featured in a panel discussion about mobile technology.
– New smartphones, faster networks and unveiled alliances will be at the center of next weeks CTIA Wireless 2010 convention in Las Vegas, which runs from March 23-25. Big companies ranging from Microsoft to Verizon will demonstrate new devices, and featured speakers include AT amp;T CEO Randall Stephe…


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Opera Mini to run on iPhone at CTIA 2010

March 20th, 2010 | No Comments

The latest version of Opera Mini for the iPhone was displayed at the Mobile World Congress 2010 around two months ago.
Now once again Opera is planning to showcase the browser at the CTIA Wireless which is scheduled on March 23. No one was permitted from Opera to capture photos or videos of browser at the [...]

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INSIDE MOBILE: Fall CTIA: Motorola Back, Microsoft Treading Water

October 20th, 2009 | No Comments

The CTIA Wireless IT Entertainment 2009 fall trade show was held at the San Diego Convention Center on Oct. 7-9, 2009. Here, Knowledge Center mobile and wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy shares his major insights from CTIA, including his reactions to Motorola’s new CLIQ Android smartphone and Motorola’s MOTOBLUR software, as well as Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5, MyPhone and Windows Mobile Marketplace announcements.
– The CTIA Wireless IT amp; Entertainment trade show was originally designed to focus on data, while the annual CTIA Wireless conference focused on voice. They have tried for many years to have the CTIA fall event cater to two groups at the same time enterprise and consumers since most wireless data …


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Wireless Carriers Ramp Up Competitiveness Rhetoric

September 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Wireless carrier trade group CTIA claims it welcomes the FCC inquiry into the competitiveness and innovation of the industry and even admits it might have brought on the probe itself after years of consumer complaints over everything from jamming to early termination fees. However, as CTIA sees it, no further regulation is needed, particularly regarding network neutrality.
– WASHINGTON Less than a week
after the Federal Communications Commission launched an inquiry
into the state of competition and innovation in the wireless carrier industry,
CTIA the wireless industry’s chief voice is cranking up a publicity campaign to
tell quot;our story. quot; Steve Largent, CT…



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CTIA Pushes for Repeal of Enterprise Cell Phone Tax

September 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Wireless carrier association CTIA wants the IRS to drop the rule requiring employees using company-owned cell phones to account for and pay federal income taxes on personal calls made from company mobile phones.
– CTIA, the major lobbying association of wireless carriers, urged the IRS
Sept. 1 to repeal a law that taxes personal use of employer-provided cell
phones, joining a growing movement in Congress to repeal the 20-year-old law.
Even IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman has
recommended that the law be done…



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