4:47 PM
JIEDDO report shows that IED usage in Afghanistan has increased significantly since last summer:
http://defensetech.org/2010/07/26/pentagon-report-on-afghan-war-shows-huge-jump-in-ied-attacks/
UAVs that work for the US in Afghanistan have not been able to track movement of Naxals in India--current UAV equipment cannot penetrate the forest cover to obtain the desired intelligence:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/84429/uavs-fail-penetrate-deep-forests.html
Sandia Labs and SunPower signed an agreement to cooperate on research on integrating large-scale PV systems into the grid. This work should hopefully answer many of the questions that utility companies and their customers have as customers increasingly turn to solar energy resources:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/07/Energy-solar-Sandia-Lab-and-SunPower-Corp-to-help-build-out-PV-infrastructure/
Apple is investigating why some iPhone 3G owners who upgraded their phone to the latest iOS software have been having problems with their phones--slow keyboard response time, frozen unlock screens, and short battery life:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20012000-260.html
Antennagate has significantly hurt iPhone4 prospects in the UK, with 26% of consumers less likely to get an iPhone4 and 57% definitely not getting the iPhone4. The negative coverage has also made 45% of iPhone 3GS owners less likely to buy or upgrade to an iPhone4:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/44493.php
Study found that Verizon smartphone users on average consume about 25% more wireless data than AT&T iPhone users, with more than 4% of Verizon smartphone users consuming over 2 GB per month as compared to just 1.6% of iPhone users. This surprises me because all this time the complaints were about how iPhone users were bandwidth hogs that brought down AT&T's network and AT&T moved to a usage-based pricing model first even though Verizon has more bandwidth hogs:
http://www.fiercetelecom.com/press_releases/validas-reports-verizon-wireless-smartphones-consume-more-data-iphones-0
Motorola's second quarter profit increased from $26 million last year to $162 million this year, beating Wall Street estimates. Higher than expected sales of Motorola's Android smartphones is credited for a big part of their turnaround. I'm actually sending this LOTD from my Motorola Droid X and can honestly state that the X is far superior to the BlackBerry it replaced:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-29/motorola-s-second-quarter-profit-exceeds-analyst-estimates-on-droid-sales.html
Article about how Sprint has made incredible progress over the past 3 years, culminating in its first net subscriber quarterly gain in 3 years and its best postpaid churn ever (1.85%). It points out that Sprint's customer service rating has improved for 10 consecutive quarters and Sprint's customer service rating has improve more than any other wireless carrier over the past 2 years:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/what-sprints-trump-card-going-be/2010-07-28
Sent from my phone--please excuse any typos