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- Google asks for Android ideas, plans app for blind
Google has begun taking suggestions from users of its Android software on new features for the operating system and is developing an add-on designed to help blind people use Android-based phones by assigning any spot on the screen they touch to the number five, the center of the numeric keypad. "The Product Ideas team will pop in from time to time to see what you have to say, and we'll be offering periodic updates on what we see and what ideas make it into your favorite products," according to a note posted to a Google Mobile blog last week. MediaPost Communications/Online Media Daily
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- Rivals join wireless, fiber nets to expand base
A pair of rival New York broadband companies will join their networks and service capabilities to expand their enterprise-customer bases by contributing complementary elements to a new mesh network, they said. Rainbow Broadband, a provider of WiMAX services via RAD microwave radio technology, will combine operations with Atlantic Metro Communications, which operates a fiber network. Telephony Online
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- Motorola debuts all-in-one WiMAX access device
Motorola has released the wi4 WiMAX CPEi 775, an upgrade of its CPEi 850 integrated WiMAX/Wi-Fi router that adds adaptive switching techniques that eliminates the need to rotate the access device to maximize its signal strength, the equipment company announced. The all-in-one router features an 802.16e modem, an integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g router, VoIP ATA ports for voice calling and an Ethernet port. cellular-news (U.K.)
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- AT&T brings "tough" Motorola Tundra to market
AT&T will release a new Motorola handset next Tuesday, the Tundra VA76r, whose clamshell design can withstand the toughest of environmental conditions, according to the companies. They said the Tundra would feature 3G network support, AT&T's Push to Talk service, and a navigator for advanced tracking and location services at a price of $200 with a rebate and contract. RTT News
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- InCode: Shake-up coming to wireless this year
The high-end and budget segments of the wireless market stand to prosper in 2009 while the mid-range players -- on both the carrier and equipment sides -- could struggle, according to inCode, a consulting firm that issued its annual predictions for the telecom industry. The company suggested the number of major wireless carriers and infrastructure providers will shrink to three in each industry and said the prepaid, low-cost carriers would gain the most business from those who cut their wireline services. Telephony Online
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- Report: Wireless radio components will dip 2.9%
The market for cellular radio components should bounce back in 2010 after declining 2.9% in the global recession this year, research firm Strategy Analytics predicts in a new report in which it forecasts average annual growth rates of 4.2% from 2008 to 2013 for the segment. "Basebands, transceiver-baseband SoCs and complex PA modules should remain relatively strong segments of the market," writes Chris Taylor, the report's author. cellular-news (U.K.)
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