8:15 PM
Critics question whether or not DARPA is wasting its money with a program to make a flying Hummer. DARPA's solution to IEDs is to have soldiers be able to push a button and make their car fly over it...but the physics doesn't seem to work out for a real-world system and critics say it would be easier and cheaper to make road vehicles better survive IED attacks than to try to get them to fly over them. And what about IEDs that are camouflaged and not seen?
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-flying-hummers
Article about how the designs from Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson may be game-changers in the base station and cell site markets. I recently had Alcatel-Lucent's new cube base stations in the LOTD, with their 50% smaller size and 50% reduced power while doubling the data rates. The new radio solution from Ericsson combines the radio unit with the antenna unit to decrease power consumption and shrink the size of cell sites, which would make cell sites more acceptable for permits while saving 42% on power and installing 30% faster:
http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/commentary/alcatel-lucent-ericsson-20110209/?cid=nl_uctech
Nokia's CEO painted a bleak picture for their situation, saying that they are "standing on a burning platform" being attacked from all sides by smartphone competitors. Nokia was the #1 smartphone company in the world until Android passed it last quarter, but they are in need of a new smartphone strategy and are apparently going to shakeup their executive team. The full text of the CEO's amazingly blunt memo is at this link:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-rallies-troops-in-brutally-honest-burnin/
Report states that Apple has started manufacturing the iPad 2 and that AT&T and Verizon will sell the iPad 2, but Sprint and T-Mobile will not be able to sell it:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-apple-puts-ipad-2-production-att-verizon-sell-it/2011-02-09
HP unveiled their HP TouchPad tablet and several new versions of their Pre smartphone that are WebOS-based and make up a suite of connected devices meant to provide the same range of capabilities as the iPad and iPhone. HP's tablet is similar to the iPad in size, weight, and hardware capabilities and it appears that HP's WebOS strategy is a clone of Apple's...without the benefit of iTunes to serve as a central console. The biggest problem that I see for HP is that they are comparing their tablet with the iPad, but by the time the TouchPad starts shipping this summer Apple will be shipping the iPad 2 that will surpass the iPad's capabilities:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/hp-touchpad-and-pre-new-products-not-new-ideas-960
One positive thing for HP is that publishers dislike Apple's terms for the iPad and Time is a prominent launch partner for HP's tablet. Getting content that is not available on the iPad is one way for HP to overcome Apple's advantages:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/digital-downloads/mobile/e3i02061bd60de5d890b73e8da538da381f
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-flying-hummers
Article about how the designs from Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson may be game-changers in the base station and cell site markets. I recently had Alcatel-Lucent's new cube base stations in the LOTD, with their 50% smaller size and 50% reduced power while doubling the data rates. The new radio solution from Ericsson combines the radio unit with the antenna unit to decrease power consumption and shrink the size of cell sites, which would make cell sites more acceptable for permits while saving 42% on power and installing 30% faster:
http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/commentary/alcatel-lucent-ericsson-20110209/?cid=nl_uctech
Nokia's CEO painted a bleak picture for their situation, saying that they are "standing on a burning platform" being attacked from all sides by smartphone competitors. Nokia was the #1 smartphone company in the world until Android passed it last quarter, but they are in need of a new smartphone strategy and are apparently going to shakeup their executive team. The full text of the CEO's amazingly blunt memo is at this link:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-rallies-troops-in-brutally-honest-burnin/
Report states that Apple has started manufacturing the iPad 2 and that AT&T and Verizon will sell the iPad 2, but Sprint and T-Mobile will not be able to sell it:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-apple-puts-ipad-2-production-att-verizon-sell-it/2011-02-09
HP unveiled their HP TouchPad tablet and several new versions of their Pre smartphone that are WebOS-based and make up a suite of connected devices meant to provide the same range of capabilities as the iPad and iPhone. HP's tablet is similar to the iPad in size, weight, and hardware capabilities and it appears that HP's WebOS strategy is a clone of Apple's...without the benefit of iTunes to serve as a central console. The biggest problem that I see for HP is that they are comparing their tablet with the iPad, but by the time the TouchPad starts shipping this summer Apple will be shipping the iPad 2 that will surpass the iPad's capabilities:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/hp-touchpad-and-pre-new-products-not-new-ideas-960
One positive thing for HP is that publishers dislike Apple's terms for the iPad and Time is a prominent launch partner for HP's tablet. Getting content that is not available on the iPad is one way for HP to overcome Apple's advantages:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/digital-downloads/mobile/e3i02061bd60de5d890b73e8da538da381f