Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Sprint Palm Centro Smart Device for $99.99


Palm, Inc. and Sprint has announced the Palm Centro smart device. For only $99.99, you get voice, text, IM, email, web, contact and calendar capabilities, a full-color touch screen and full keyboard. In addition, Centro brings Palm simplicity and organization to customers who want to stay connected with co-workers, friends and family. Centro will be exclusive through Sprint in the United States for 90 days and is available in onyx black or ruby red.

With a fun, new compact design, Centro is the smallest and lightest Palm phone to date. Centro has a modern, stylish look that feels comfortable in the hand, pocket or evening purse. Centro was designed as a great phone, messaging, and organizational device, and is incredibly easy to use.

With Centro, Sprint customers can quickly and easily text co-workers and friends, manage email, keep track of their schedules, check stock quotes, watch videos on YouTube, keep current on the latest news, capture and share pictures, browse restaurant reviews on Yelp, and get directions on Google Maps - all in one small, compact phone.

Expected mid-October, the Palm Centro will be available in Palm stores and online at www.sprint.com and www.palm.com/centro for $99.99 with a two-year service agreement, available discounts and promotions and required service plan.


Tuesday, October 30, 2007

T-Mobile Tattoo Commercial

This is one hilarious promotion from T- mobile.

Samsung's TV-a-Day Giveaway

I was looking for some wireless promotion when I happen to find this:

Automatically be entered to win a Samsung 42" Plasma TV when you buy any Samsung phone. No purchase necessary. See official rules and enter at http://vzwtvgiveaway.com

I can't help but wonder if this promotion is a scam. :)

Friday, October 26, 2007

Verizon Wireless agrees to settlement over marketing practices

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a settlement with Verizon Wireless Tuesday over what Cuomo called deceptive marketing practices for its unlimited Internet service.

Under the settlement, Verizon Wireless will pay $150,000 in penalties and costs to New York state and revise the marketing of its wireless Internet access plan. It will also pay an estimated $1 million in reimbursements to customers.

The company was accused of marketing its wireless Internet plan as unlimited, but then terminating accounts for excessive use. Restrictions on the plans were not clearly and conspicuously disclosed to consumers, according to Cuomo's office.

Verizon issued a state Tuesday saying that it cooperated with the attorney general's office and reached the agreement voluntarily.

"We are committed to providing clear advertising for our products and services, and we began updating advertising for our NationalAccess and BroadbandAccess data plans earlier this spring," the statement reads.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Wireless Communication


Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form of wire) carry the signal over part or the entire communication path. Common examples of wireless equipment in use today include:

  • Cellular phones and pagers: provide connectivity for portable and mobile applications, both personal and business.
  • Global Positioning System (GPS): allows drivers of cars and trucks, captains of boats and ships, and pilots of aircraft to ascertain their location anywhere on earth.
  • Cordless computer peripherals: the cordless mouse is a common example; keyboards and printers can also be linked to a computer via wireless.
  • Cordless telephone sets: these are limited-range devices, not to be confused with cell phones.
  • Satellite television: allows viewers in almost any location to select from hundreds of channels.

Wireless networking is used to meet a variety of needs. Perhaps the most common use is to connect laptop users who travel from location to location. Another common use is for mobile networks that connect via satellite. A wireless transmission method is a logical choice to network a LAN segment that must frequently change locations. The following situations justify the use of wireless technology:

  • To span a distance beyond the capabilities of typical cabling,
  • To avoid obstacles such as physical structures, EMI, or RFI,
  • To provide a backup communications link in case of normal network failure,
  • To link portable or temporary workstations,
  • To overcome situations where normal cabling is difficult or financially impractical, or
  • To remotely connect mobile users or networks.

Everything Wireless

The term wireless is normally used to refer to any type of electrical or electronic operation which is accomplished without the use of a "hard wired" connection. Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or "wires". The distances involved may be short (a few meters as in television remote control) or very long (thousands or even millions of kilometers for radio communications). When the context is clear the term is often simply shortened to "wireless". Wireless communications is generally considered to be a branch of telecommunications.

IT. It encompasses cellular telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wireless networking. Other examples of wireless technology include GPS units, garage door openers and or garage doors, wireless computer mice and keyboards, satellite television and cordless telephones.

Wireless communication may be via:

  • radio frequency communication,
  • microwave communication, for example long-range line-of-sight via highly directional antennas, or short-range communication, or
  • infrared (IR) short-range communication, for example from remote controls or via IRDA,

Applications may involve point-to-point communication, point-to-multipoint communication, broadcasting , cellular networks and other wireless networks.