Posted on 14 June 2011. Tags: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, Comcast, LTE, philadelphia, speed test, Sprint, Sprint Nextel, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, WiMAX
PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a test during our recent visit to Philadelphia as part of the RCR Wireless News Global Tour.
Posted in Carriers, Devices, Events, Featured, Industry, Lifestyle, Reviews, Video
Posted on 14 June 2011. Tags: 3d, Apple, cpt, display, dpi, Hollywood, iPad 3, ipda, resolution, Taiwan
RCR Unplugged has long reported the rumor that the iPad 3 will sport a 3D display, but our friends over at Netbook News seem to be one step closer to furnishing proof, offering an eye opening video from a recent Taiwan tech show
Posted in Devices, Featured, Rumor Mill, Video
Posted on 14 May 2011. Tags: China Mobile, chip, chips, chipset, iPad, iPhone, iphone 4s, iphone 5, iPhone4, iphone4s, iphone5, LTE, Qualcomm, Sprint, t-mobile, White iPhone
Those who have been waiting impatiently for Apple to unveil the iPhone 5, complete with LTE support, will be sorely disappointed according to sources who say the new phone will be nothing but a minor update with HSPA+ thrown in.
Posted in Carriers, Devices, Featured
Posted on 13 May 2011. Tags: Android, Google, HTC, HTC Evo, HTC G2, HTC Incredible, Netflix, Nexus One, Nexus S, Qualcomm, Samsung
Yesterday, excited reports of Netflix finally coming to Android phones began to flood the web, after Netflix purportedly put out a blog admitting as much.
Posted in App Corner, Components, Content, Devices, Featured, Mobile Hardware
Posted on 10 May 2011. Tags: Android, Google, music
A persistent rumor over the past months has pertained to Google having a music service in the works, and today those rumors were proved true, with a live beta service pushed out into the open on day one of Google I/O. The music service has kicked off with a number of features, though it doesn’t [...]
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Posted on 04 May 2011. Tags: Android, Android Player, App Player, App World, apps, blackberry, BlackBerry PlayBook, BlackBerry World, demo, PlayBook, RIM, Video
Finally, the demo so many people have been waiting for emerged from the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando Florida on Wednesday, as RIM showed off its BlackBerry PlayBook seamlessly playing Android apps on its new Android App Player.
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Posted on 07 April 2011. Tags: accenture, aid, Cisco, education, ESIH, Google, Haiti, IBM, lexmark, Microsoft, nethope, technical, university, virginia tech, world vision
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Finishing up earlier than we expected, thanks to World Vision’s efficiency, we set out yet again, back to PetionVille for our next set of interviews with NetHope partner ESIH (Ecole Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haiti).
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Posted on 06 April 2011. Tags: democracy, digicel, fondation espoir, google maps, Haiti, jeune ayiti, mwen konte, radio, sms, tippenhauer, transparency
Originally established after Haiti’s devastating earthquake last year as a means to give the youth of the country a voice in the nation’s reconstruction, Mwen Konté was also designed to get them involved in building an agenda for their own future.
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Posted on 04 April 2011. Tags: aid, cash for work, charity, digicel, Digital, disaster relief, Haiti, LMMS, PDA, scanning, technology, voila
We’d met and interviewed Keith Chibafa of World Vision a couple of days earlier and were eager to see Last Mile Mobile Solutions (LMMS) at work in the field.
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Posted on 02 April 2011. Tags: broadband, computer lab, german, Haiti, internet, Inveneo, ISP, jerry Joseph, Microsoft, Multilink, red cross, Wifi
4.30am is an ungodly hour to wake up. My eyes still crusted over with sleep, I stumbled out of my bunk, gave myself a quick baby wipe shower, splashed water on my face, brushed my teeth trying not to swallow the cholera water and lurched upstairs.
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