skype for i-phone and bberry

Skype, the Internet telephone unit of eBay Inc, is planning to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday and for BlackBerry in May as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers.
Skype has been pushing to make its service work on the most popular advanced phones with an aim to expending its more than 400 million users who were mostly lured by the promise of cheap and sometimes free calls made using its computer application.
Skype Chief Operating Officer Scott Durchslag said he has high hopes for the application's success on Apple Inc's popular iPhone as he expects Skype's most feature-rich mobile offering to appeal to new and existing customers.
"The No. 1 request we get from customers is to make Skype available on iPhone. There's a pent-up demand," Durchslag said in an interview before the CTIA annual mobile showcase in Las Vegas, where Skype plans to launch the service on Tuesday.
In May it will launch Skype for Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices, which popularized mobile email. It has already announced Skype for Nokia phones and for phones based on Android, Google Inc's mobile system, and Windows Mobile, from Microsoft Corp.
CCS Insight analyst Ben Wood said the new applications give Skype a chance to boost its mobile phone position, which has been weaker than that of social sites such as Facebook, Twitter or News Corp's MySpace.
Skype's iPhone application will be free to download and will allow free calls between Skype users. As with Skype on the desktop, fees will be charged for calls to traditional phones.

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April fool worm a threat

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There is a worm threat for april 1

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Smartphones now yield a third of all mobile ad requests
by Jason

Smartphones generated 33 percent of total mobile ad requests worldwide in February 2009--up from 26 percent the previous month--according to mobile ad marketplace AdMob's monthly Mobile Metrics

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Broadband Stimulus Package

All, there are many different places you can go to keep up with the stimulus package, but I'll post some things on this blog regularly.

Here is the "most clear news" of the day: from one of the feeds I'm watching.

Applicants can apply to both the USDA and NTIA separately for different parts of the same project, but can't get paid twice for the same parts.
USDA grants require 75% of the area served by an approved project to be a "rural" area without sufficient broadband. The NTIA, will address both "unserved" and "underserved" areas, though the government hasn't yet defined those terms and is seeking public comment on the process.
All broadband stimulus grants and loans must be awarded by September 2010, and the projects funded must be "substantially complete" within two years.
NTIA will award the grants in three phases, mostly to balance the need to get funding quickly to projects that are ready to go and to allow more grant-writing time for those who need it.

During its April 8 meeting, the FCC will initiate a public comment process for developing a national broadband strategy by May 22.

Back to blackberry from i-phone

Just keeping you up...
My iphone drove me nuts. I guess I'm just not an iphone type...
the last straw is when it failed, couldn't make outgoing calls. Had to go through a lengthy restore process.

Switched back to blackberry and got a deal, and some free services. So all in all, it worked out well.

Now have blackberry bold and it is terrific.

Just sharing.

Again, for those of you who love your i-phones, I understand completely. I still maintain, both are great and the other smartphones too... it's a matter of preference. What I like might not be what you like.

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4G Status Report: The Path to 4G
by Sue

A year ago when we first started writing in-depth about 4G, the discussion usually centered on what 4G was and whether carriers should select WiMAX or LTE. Today when the industry talks about 4G,

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3G-4G to Account for 30% of Global Wireless Subscriptions by 2013, Says In-Stat
by pgoldstein

March 18, 2009 08:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the end of 2008, only 11% of worldwide wireless subscriptions were 3G. By the end of 2013, the percentage of 3G

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AT&T Workshop - Reports, Filtering, Firewalling etc.

March 26, 2009 at MLC
AT&T Workshop for MS Public Library technical contacts and directors on latest issues, how to's, etc.

“Maintaining AT&T Bundled Services and Reading AT&T Reports”

This one-day workshop will provide information about filtering, firewall management, opening trouble tickets and reading AT&T reports. This workshop will enable library staff to communicate more easily with AT&T regarding the libraries networks and needs. This program is designed for Directors and Library Technical Contacts.

Date & Location:
March 26, 2009
Mississippi Library Commission

Schedule:
Sign-In: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Training: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Lunch: Noon – 1:30 p.m. (ON YOUR OWN)
Trainer: AT&T Staff

Registration:
The registration deadline is March 18, 2009. There is no charge for registration. Please register by following normal CE procedures found in your latest CE publication(I would post here, but don't want to generate spam).


CEU’s:
Continuing Education Units and Contact Hours to be awarded are .6 and 6.0 respectively. There are no prerequisite required to attend.

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U.S. now accounts for 29% of mobile web browsing
by Jason

The U.S. now leads the world in mobile web browsing, accounting for 29 percent of global traffic, according to new data issued by mobile web solutions provider Bango. In all, Bango's February 2009

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iphone vs. blackberry... I've tried both

Well... I gave up my blackberry a month or so ago due to monthly costs, but... couldn't stand going back to the "old days" without email integration, push and fetch features, and mapping.... so ... after some research, I chose an iphone 3g this time, as the service is $20 / month cheaper for the same type "value added" services such as gps map, etc.

Here's the skinny... I like the blackberry better for quickness and keyboarding... i.e. typing... and it is MUCH lighter. I like it's "more business" graphic interface... but the iphone is sexy, and it is very very functional, although complicated.

I still stand behind my initial opinions... if you want one for business and mostly functional type uses... choose the b'berry... if you want sexy and lots of cool apps... choose iphone.

I'll be keeping the iphone b/c it requires a two year contract, and it's cheaper monthly ... but thought I'd share with you all.

- Treasure

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Social networking overtakes email
by Jason

Social networking is now the most popular web activity, surpassing even email, according to a new study issued by information and media firm Nielsen. Active reach in what Nielsen defines as "member

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iphones vs. blackberry market share

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