The Nexus One, just like the iPhone and the rest of the “smart” pack, comes today with some impressive hardware: a large multi-touch display; WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth connectivity; a 5 Megapixel camera; GPS, accelerometer and a few other toys that I probably missed. Whenever an iPhone is about to be launched (the latest iPhone OS 4.0 is a good example), a slew of blogs spew out posts about what they believe is coming out in the new version. Martin
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | April 21st, 2010 | Filed under Clients, Technology
I don’t have much luck with Carnival of the Mobilists hosting. Whenever I volunteer for the task, there’s s national holiday, and I end up writing it while on vacation. So no wonder that this time it’s right up the alley of Independence day here in Israel. And what’s better to open an independence party with than the open of them all – Apple. Apple Carl Martin from Mobsessed does a good analysis
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | April 19th, 2010 | Filed under Around the net
There’s been a lot of talk lately about mobile VoIP. People feel like the mobile operators are about to lose their businesses to all those startups offering free and low cost calling by utilizing the data path of cellular networks. I have provided my views already on why I think these startups are not growing anywhere, and why IMS will wipe them out of the market altogether. Guess what? I’ve been prophetic in this one. This week, a distinguished group
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | November 9th, 2009 | Filed under Standardization
Hi everyone for another new and interesting week. This time the carnival is again in Israel, where we are currently enjoying our Sukkot holyday. Before I start off with the interesting set of posts on our carnival, I want to invite you on behalf of WIP Jam to their UnPanel event on October 8 at CTIA in San Diego. They’ve got a day chocked full with great speakers – one of them is Lauren Thorpe, Senior Director, Developer Relations, Qualcomm
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | October 5th, 2009 | Filed under Around the net
Mobile VoIP is probably going to be trumped down by IMS. It’s only a matter of time. When carriers will see VoIP as a real opportunity, they will embrace it, and that embrace will be in the form of IMS. While that is true, I believe we’re still a few years before mobile VoIP will be interesting enough for carriers. But don’t take my word on it – ask a better: Martin Sauter. In a recent post of his, Martin
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | September 29th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
