Wireless

Ofcom announces winners of UK 4G spectrum auction, big roll out expected within six months

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 a 3:42 am

Ofcom has announced the winners of the UK 4G LTE spectrum auction and it hopes that all winner s will start rolling out LTE in the UK within six months; which is fantastic news for our UK readers. The auction raised around 2.34 billion pounds which is over a billion pound less than it expected. The winners were the expected major networks already present in the UK, namely Vodafone, Everything Everywhere, Hutchison 3G UK, Telefonica, and Vodafone. Niche Spectrum Ventures Ltd which is a subsidiary of BT Group PLC also picked up the smallest share of the spectrum.

Everpurse arrives on Kickstarter, brings wireless iPhone charging to your purse

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Sep 10, 2012 a 5:29 am

The Everpurse has arrived on Kickstarter and it is a seriously really interesting project that may well have huge potential. The Everpurse is a wirelessly rechargeable purse that can power your iPhone just by slipping it into a pocket inside of the purse. The confusing part is to how it actually charges the iPhone. It appears that it is doing it wirelessly however it is more likely that the pocket inside of the purse has a dock connector at the bottom that the iPhone slots into easily due to the size of the pocket.

Withings set to launch the Wireless Scale, bathroom scales with iPhone connectivity

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Sep 5, 2012 a 6:06 am

Withings has just announced a new model to its range of bathroom scales and this one looks to cut the cord completely. The new bathroom scales offer Bluetooth connections for local connectivity to your iPhone as well as Wi-Fi and all the initial set up of the scales is done wirelessly without the need for any Mac or PC. The Withings WS-30 scales look to not only bring a beautiful set of scales to your bathroom but also the motivation you need to shed those excess pounds too.

Touchtype Kickstarter project looks to integrate Apple's wireless keyboard into an iPad case

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 a 2:10 am

Touchtype is a new Kickstarter project that looks to integrate Apple's wireless keyboard into a slim fitting case for the iPad. Inspired by the plethora of sub standard and under sized keyboard cases, the designer set out to integrate a full sized Apple wireless keyboard into the smallest and neatest case he could design.

Apple arming Made For iPhone accessory makers with new Bluetooth authentication protocol

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 a 1:31 pm

Japanese news site Macotakara (translated) reported last week that Apple has supplied Made For iPhone accessory makers with a new authentication chip using Bluetooth 4.0 and the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, making it easier to setup and authenticate devices for use over the dock connector and Bluetooth with a specific push for fitness and health-related apps.

U.S. Cellular says no to iPhone 4S, quarterly sales estimates say YES!

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Nov 4, 2011 a 4:33 pm

According to a report by Fierce Wireless, U.S. Cellular apparently turned down the opportunity to carry Apple's new iPhone 4S:

U.S. Cellular turned down Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone because it did not make sense for the company economically, CEO Mary Dillon said on the company's third-quarter earnings conference call. Dillon said that the carrier had the opportunity to sell the iPhone but that Apple's "terms were unacceptable from a risk and profitability standpoint."

iOS 5: software updates will now be delivered OTA (over-the-air)

By Cody Allison, Monday, Jun 6, 2011 a 2:20 pm

It looks as though Apple has decided to take all future software updates wireless and Apple will now stream all iOS updates over the air (OTA). This could be a great thing for folks who don't want to depend on a computer to have to update their devices and even better if iCloud ends up bringing iTunes to you wirelessly.

Apple is "cutting the cord," according to Forstall. New menus and a new Welcome screen will also be implemented into iOS 5 as well.

Are you excited about Apple cutting the cord on software updates or a little wary? How do you think this will effect the future of jailbreak?

T-Mobile UK Now Offering 16GB Wifi + 3G iPads

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Dec 3, 2010 a 8:41 am

It looks like the 16GB 3G variant of the iPad is now being offered on T-Mobile for UK customers. Depending on what plan you choose, you can snag a bit of a discount on the actual iPad.

New customers can get 1GB of data + 1GB of quiet time data (data used between midnight and 10am) for £27.00/month which will bring the actual iPad cost to £199.00. Existing customers can get the same data plan for £25.00/month and receive the same £199.00 deal on the actual device.

If you'd prefer to go no contract, there are 3 pay as you go plans you can choose from -

AT&T Q3 2010 financial results - 5.2 million iPhone activations

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Oct 21, 2010 a 10:08 am

Apple unveiling iTunes cloud services and wireless syncing soon?

By Jeremy, Friday, Jul 2, 2010 a 10:50 am

BGR is reporting that one of their reliable sources is claiming to know Apple's iTunes is going to the cloud and soon. The source states these cloud capabilities will be broken down into 3 separate groups: