NewsFactor - Eager to be the first on your block with an iPad? Apple started taking orders for the tablets on Friday. Wi-Fi models running from $499 to $699 will be available on April 3; 3G models, costing $629 to $829, won’t be available until late April.
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PC World - Some of you World of Warcraft addicts may be familiar with Blizzard’s Armory app for iPhone that lets you keep track of your character and guild, and generally blurs the line between your online and offline world. Running with that same concept is AFK Interactive, which has created a mobile development platform that will bring similar functionality to all kinds of mobile phones, including “dumb” ones.
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PC World - China now has the iPhone and more big-name smartphones are due in the country, but few buyers overall are choosing smartphones despite promotion by China’s mobile carriers.
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NewsFactor - The Federal Communications Commission unveiled three digital tools Thursday that will enable consumers, businesses, schools and other organizations to test the real-world performance of their fixed and mobile broadband connections and help identify gaps in the nation’s broadband coverage. The tools include downloadable applications for mobile devices based on Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iPhone OS.
AP - Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year.
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PC Magazine - In addition to kicking off its iPad pre-sale on Friday, Apple also provided some details on how the device’s 3G capabilities will work, including alerts when users are running low on their 3G data.
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PC World - The roll-out in India of mobile number portability (MNP) is likely to delay beyond a March 31 deadline, because operators have not yet upgraded their infrastructure, the country’s minister of state for communications and IT, Gurudas Kamat, said on Thursday.
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Released for Verizon Wireless, the Casio G’zOne Brigade is a water- and shock-resistant tough phone with a rugged QWERTY keyboard so users can text their friends in harsh conditions. The handset can withstand military standards for water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, and high and low temperature storage.
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NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless hopes to debut its first 4G smartphone in the middle of next year, months earlier than planned, a company executive revealed Wednesday. The new handset will debut about three to six months after its Long-Term Evolution network launches, Verizon Wireless CTO Anthony Melone told The Wall Street Journal.
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AP - RadiSys Corp., a maker of servers that support wireless phone networks, said Thursday it acquired privately held Pactolus Communications Software Co. Terms were not disclosed.
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