4:48 PM
Music labels and radio stations are trying to get Congress to mandate that cell phones and other portable electronics have FM radio receivers. The Consumer Electronics Association, whose members build the devices that would be affected by the law, are fighting against the NAB and RIAA on this issue:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/radio-riaa-mandatory-fm-radio-in-cell-phones-is-the-future.ars
Report says that Apple will launch a 7-inch version of its iPad before Christmas. The Chinese-language Economic Daily News sure seems to get a lot of good leaks:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/203424/
T-Mobile says that its first HSPA+ smartphone will be an Android-powered device called the G2 (from HTC, the makers of the G1):
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobile-debuting-g2-its-first-hspa-android-phone/2010-08-18
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/radio-riaa-mandatory-fm-radio-in-cell-phones-is-the-future.ars
Report says that Apple will launch a 7-inch version of its iPad before Christmas. The Chinese-language Economic Daily News sure seems to get a lot of good leaks:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/203424/
T-Mobile says that its first HSPA+ smartphone will be an Android-powered device called the G2 (from HTC, the makers of the G1):
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobile-debuting-g2-its-first-hspa-android-phone/2010-08-18