Nokia’s Lumia 710  is leading the phone maker’s Windows Phone 7 charge in the U.S. and is set to go on sale January 11 with T-Mobile. T-Mobile announced that the 710, the younger sibling to the Lumia 800, will sell for with a two-year contract and will ride atop its 4G network.

The launch of the 710 is the opening salvo for Nokia as it works to re-establish itself in the U.S. following its decision to adopt Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. It might disappoint some users who are more anxious to see the Lumia 800, which has gotten positive reviews since it launched in Europe. But T-Mobile said the 710 fits with its strategy of targeting the 150 million Americans who have yet to buy their first smartphone.

“It’s been T-Mobile’s strategy to really upgrade folks who haven’t used a smartphone before to their first smartphone,” said Rhone Rarick, senior product manager for T-Mobile. “The barriers for that are really cost and intimidation of something too complex. From T-Mobile’s perspective we think Windows Phone is a great platform for those folks and from a hardware perspective we need to make certain things happen to get down to great price point of .”

The 710 offers a 3.7-inch WVGA display with a 1.4 GHz Snapdragon processor, 8 GB of storage and a 5 megapixel camera. It will be able to access speeds of 14.4 megabits per second on T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network. The T-Mobile version of the Lumia 710 will also get Netflix pre-loaded along with T-Mobile TV, a streaming video service. The Lumia 710 will join two other Windows Phone 7 devices, the HD7, T-Mobile’s first WP7 smartphone, and the HTC Radar 4G.

”The Nokia Lumia 710 is the perfect first-time smartphone: a well-designed product that delivers the most compelling Windows Phone experience in its price range and with access to great content and thousands of applications,” said Chris Weber, president, Nokia Americas in a statement. “This is the perfect first Nokia Lumia experience and the start of our re-entry into the U.S. smartphone market.”

The news was widely predicted after Nokia and T-Mobile sent out invitations to a Wednesday night event. An FCC filing also indicated the upcoming device would be the 710, removing any doubt about a possible Lumia 800 launch. But the choice of the 710 is still a disappointment in some ways considering the mounting pressure on Nokia to show that it’s serious about its new direction with Windows Phone 7. Our reviewer Kevin really enjoyed Nokia’s N9, the design the Lumia 800 is built off of.

Launching with T-Mobile would also seem to be weak choice for Nokia to debut its Windows Phone 7 line in the U.S. But it makes sense in that T-Mobile has been a strong supporter of Nokia for years. And Nokia is familiar with T-Mobile’s bands so preparing the devices for the network was relatively easy. But it still means that Nokia is starting with a struggling fourth-place carrier and will need to move quickly to roll out on the other operators. This is just the first step for Nokia but it will need to do a lot more to really make good on its bet on Windows Phone 7 in the U.S.

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Considering all the space nostalgia we’ve been swimming in recently, it’s somewhat appropriate that a Cold War-era telescope is gearing up to make its maiden voyage, after more than three decades of development (and delays). The Russian mission, known as RadioAstron, will finally become a reality on Monday, when a radio telescope launches from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome before soaring into orbit some 350,000 kilometers away from the Earth. At just ten meters in width, the craft’s antenna is small in comparison to other radio ‘scopes, but its reach can be dramatically expanded when combined with signals from those on the ground. This technique, called interferometry, will effectively create the largest telescope ever built, covering an area nearly 30 times the Earth’s diameter and allowing RadioAstron to capture interstellar images in 10,000 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope. There remains, however, one major hurdle — because the spacecraft collects data at about 144 megabits per second, it must constantly transfer information to antennas on the ground. Problem is, there’s only one antenna capable of receiving RadioAstron’s signals and, unless others are constructed soon, a healthy chunk of its observations could be lost. How do you say “buzz-kill” in Russian?

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Cablevision is now offering its cable customers cable modem speeds over its Optimum Wi-Fi network of hotspots, hitting 15 megabits per second down and 4 megabits per second on the uplink. The upgrade is a vast improvement over the previous speeds, which hit 3 mbps down and 1.5 mbps up.

The faster performance is available at tens of thousands of Optimum Wi-Fi locations around the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area such as downtown areas, parks, commuter rail platforms, as well as 7,000 indoor hotspots built by Cablevision business customers. Cablevision said half a million of its 3 million cable subscribers have accessed its Wi-Fi network while out of the home. The upgrade should also be available to Time Warner Cable (s TWX0 and Comcast subscribers, who have access to the Optimum Wi-Fi network in New York.

“This is a huge enhancement for our customers and a significant step forward for mobile online access.  With this increase, Optimum WiFi not only blows away 3G and
4G cellular data speeds, it’s three times faster than the average wired residential broadband service across the country,” said Kevin Curran, Cablevision’s senior vice president of wireless product management.

And that “blows away 3G and 4G cellular data speeds” element is a large component of the shift as cable providers realize they not only have to compete against Verizon and AT&T’s wireline networks, but increasingly with their newly launched 4G networks. Sure, Wi-Fi can help ease the mobile bandwidth crunch, by offloading big traffic from cellular networks, which is why AT&T and Verizon are so keen, but it’s also a way to keep wireline customers loyal and seeing the value of sticking with Cablevision.

New York City is getting some Wi-Fi love lately. AT&T just announced it was launching Wi-Fi hotspots in 20 New York parks. The DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, home to a number of startups, also recently received free Wi-Fi thanks to a local improvement district and management company. The city also has big Wi-Fi deployments from AT&T and Towerstream in Manhattan. It’s a good thing because cellular service can be extremely trying in New York, where getting and holding on to a signal can be tough.

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For AT&T wire less customers, the any number of texting plans for being $20 a month for individuals or $30 a month for the Family Discussion about plan. This means that an individual with a multimedia get in touch with could sign up for our unlimited Talk then Text plan for $89.Ninety nine and get unlimited document for $29.99. Even so, Verizon Samsung Cellular phones Wireless customers producing use of basic phones continues to pay $1.99 for megabyte if they don’t opt for a data plan. Lowell McAdam, Chief executive officer, said in a business call that the institution with their plan is to build that 3G subscriber roots, so the next couple of years, customers can be presented Term Evolution, 4G science rolled over this coming year. Price changes, about the other hand, Verizon is not for individuals that do not have to talk ceaselessly on their cell phones, normally attractive for total users and cell phones.

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As we’ve noted, the rise of LTE opens up the potential for wireless carriers to court DSL subscribers, something Stacey reported on last week with Verizon actively looking to win over wireline customers. Well, even with the limitations of wireless, the comparison is valid, at least for now, according to Deutsche Bank, which studied the latest 4G offerings.

Deutsche Bank’s 4G comparison, reported in a research note today, arrives at some of the same conclusions that Kevin reported on from a RootMetrics user study: that Verizon LTE blows away the other “4G” labeled competition in terms of speed and performance. In a test of 4G broadband laptop cards at eight locations in the Bay Area, Deutsche Bank found that average Verizon LTE download speeds were 13.3 megabits per second compared to 2.13 mbps for Sprint and .87 mbps for T-Mobile. Uploads speeds were 7.37 mbps for Verizon, .49 mbps for Sprint and .58 mbps for T-mobile. It didn’t bother testing AT&T because it didn’t believe the network merited comparison yet.

The numbers underscore the idea that at this moment in time, LTE could be worth a look for existing DSL subscribers. In a comparison of price and speed, Deutsche Bank found that Verizon’s LTE service competes well with current wireline broadband offerings from Verizon, AT&T and Comcast.

Now this is not an apples-to-apples comparison because Verizon caps its /month LTE service at 5 GB, which produces the most favorable comparison with wireline services. The /month 10 GB plan outstrips the pricing of other wireline offerings. But for a certain subset of people — those who use less than 5 GB of data a month or need both home and wireless data service — Verizon’s 4G service could make sense as a wireline substitute.

“Even if a customer passes the data caps, the service may offer value. For instance, imagine a customer paying for a home DSL connection, yet also needs a mobile internet connection; the additional cost of a DSL line may be more than the incremental cost of using the wireless service at home. Additionally, a customer who values a fast connection at home and does not use more than 5 GB could be enticed by this offering,” according to Deutsche Bank.

Now, this is a snapshot in time. As more users load up on Verizon’s LTE network, speeds will likely fall while wireline service is likely to keep getting faster. And with fewer bandwidth caps to contend with, wireline still makes more sense as consumers use more data for things like video. And even with faster LTE, it’s not likely to shake up the pricing options of too many consumers. Verizon’s LTE pricing is no cheaper than its wireline offerings. 4G pricing is also unlikely to go down especially if AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition goes through and eliminates another possible 4G provider. But the rise of LTE gives us a powerful glimpse at the potential for mobile broadband, especially as users become more mobile. Not everyone needs unlimited caps at home. The allure of super fast wireless broadband speeds could be significant as the distinction between home and mobile goes away.

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Over the subsequent few years, several businesses are planning begin promoting dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phones, which is able to could make calls using both a cellular network or a wireless Internet connection.

These telephones are likely to alter the telecommunications business and change the way in which shoppers use telephone service. They may spell the end of standard wired telephone services.

As a lot as 30% of mobile phone calls at the moment are made inside homes. If these calls may very well be made more cheaply by means of the web, wireless companies might unlock capability, and each businesses and customers may save money.

The expertise is still in an experimental stage, however some companies have already begun to offer cell-Fi telephones on a limited basis.

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Earlier this week New Scientist reported that 4G cell phones(not land traces)in Japanusing this technologycould obtain knowledge at one hundred megabits per second on the move and at up toone gigabit per second while stationary. To present you an idea of that bandwidth power, you could possibly take a look at 32 high definition (not regular TV) video streams directly while you have been travelling in your car.

The US is making some restricted progress in 3G cellphone networks.

Verizon has already rolled out its 3G networks in 14 US citiesand you possibly can connect limitless wirelessly to the Internet for $60 a month in these cities. Unfortunately Chicago will not be one of many cities, however within a 12 months they should have a lot of the US covered.

The Dash Nextell mergeris quickly following with their 3G EVDO systems. Nonetheless, it is my belief that you simply and I can’t have to wait ten years for 4G telephones or expensive 3-G wireless as Wi-Max is on the way and can be here in 1-2 years.

Wi-Maxis already being tested in remoate areas of Argentinafor widespread access to the Internet.

WiMax isshort for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Accessandcomes in {two} flavors. The primary, generally known as fixed wi-fi, is similar toWi-Fi, however on a much bigger scale and at faster speeds.

In contrast to Wi-Fi, Wi-Max can transmit as much as 30 miles. Sure, you learn it proper, 30 miles. It doesn’t take many Wi-Max towers to cowl most cities. Most communites will only require a handful of Wi-Fi transmitters to offer protection to their residents.

Thereally thrilling developement though is nomadic Wi-Max whichwould keep WiMax-enabled units (like your “cell” telephone)connected over giant areas. Intel is projecting that they will have this deployed of their notebooks in late 2006 or early 2007.

I have had typical VoIP (voice over web protocol) cellphone service for practically three years and over 2. 5 million Americans have now made an analogous choice. Subsequent year, WiMax will be widespread.

What is the Thrilling News for You?

Within the next few years it’s clear to me thatyou could have the power to connect wirelessly to the Internet nearly all over the place in the country.

If in case you have a VoIP wireless telephone that connects routinely to the Internet you can also make a call on the Internet. Just like current systems like Vonage, there is a fastened month-to-month charge and you may make as many calls as you need for a set amount. This includesmany international locations like Canada and Mexico.

Other plans let you add up to 35 international locations to the list.

The main innovation right here is that you’ll do this wirelessly and never be mounted to the few hundred feet you can walk in your home on your portable phone.

So moderately than use your mobile phone, you’ll hook up with the Web wirelessly and use VoIP as an alternative to your cellphone carrier. These new VoIP wireless phones are essentially alternate options to your cell phone.

Simply as many people dropped their land strains almost everyone might be dropping their mobile phone carriers. The reason? All-time low prices. Not will you pay over $100 a month to your cell phone. You’ll pay $25 on your home AND cell phone for UNLIMITED use. Also keep in mind that you keep away from paying taxes or hidden fees. Just $25 a month.

So you possibly can name anyplace in the United States and Canada for one low monthly fee. If it’s important to name internationally the charges are usually 3 cents a minute. Evaluate that to the almost universal $1 per minute or more for most worldwide cell phone calls.

Very exciting and one of the main fruits of Moore’s Law.

In one month my technical staff is deploying an open supply VoIP system in our office called Asterisk that’s equally amazing. I have to make a one time buy of about $10,000 inhardware and hire a voice T1 line for about $500 a month, however after doing that I will have practically 200 telephone lines that I can have unlimited calls on.

Completely wonderful considering that this is able to costs hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in standard PBX techniques and tens thousands of {dollars} in monthly cellphone fees.

It couldn’t be clearer that the dying bell is tolling for the conventionalAmerican telephone system.

One factor you’ll be able to rely on on this life is change.

Who would have thought thatAT&T would have ever collapsed as in its hey day it was one of many largest and most powerful companies on earth.

Well expertise can do that.

That is why I’m equally satisfied that despite the fact that the top ten drug companies have extra wealth than the rest of the Fortune 500 firms combined, it is clear that they, just like the cellphone corporations, will fall.

You and I’ll catalyze that process. Mark my words. That is taking place as you learn this page.

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