Category Archives: wireless

Why do wireless devices need to be phones?

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Wow, Verizon has just made a very important announcement today: “Verizon Wireless today announced that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network, wireless devices, software and applications not offered by the company. Verizon Wireless … Continue reading →

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Wireless Data Getting Better in Canada, but a ways to go yet.

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Rogers cracks and offers (a rather unheralded) $65 1 gig wireless data plan in Canada. Here’s a link to that plan on a partner site, and apparently if you call rogers their agents will know about the $65 plan (thanks … Continue reading →

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“Go, and never darken my towels again.” -Groucho Marx

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Thomas Purves

That being said, Nokia is being handed a sharp lesson in business basics: don’t compete with your biggest customers. In August, the Finnish phone giant announced it was going “beyond the phone” and creating an online portal called Ovi in … Continue reading →

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