Heard about Viber yet? It’s an app for the iPhone and for Android smartphones, the neatest means yet for making virtually free phone calls and sending free text messages to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Oh, and did we mention that the voice quality is typically superior …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Android, FCC, iPhone, Viber | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
 Leave a commentThe more things change, well, the more things change. Google’s Android – the newcomer in the Darwinian market for mobile operating systems just two years ago – has leapt past both RIM’s Blackberry OS and Apple’s iPhone OS to take the lead as the most-used platform for smartphones in … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Android, Blackberry, FCC, Google, Hal Singer, iPhone, RIM | Category: Wireless Regulation |
Leave a commentRemember the dire warnings that Apple’s exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T would give the pair unprecedented market power? The jeremiahs are breathing easier now that Apple is apparently adding Verizon to the inner circle. But the market segment has long been more competitive than generally understood. … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Android, Apple, AT&T, iPhone, Microsoft, smartphone, Verizon | Category: Quick Takes, Telecommunications Regulation |
Leave a commentClimate change arguments may not be making much headway with a public that won’t – or simply can’t – pay attention to the really, really bad things global warming might do to the planet in the year 2050. But that’s not stopping activist scientists or their denier counterparts from trying … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: climate change deniers, iPhone, Our Climate, Skeptical Science | Category: Climate Change, Quick Takes |
Leave a commentIf you bought any generation of iPhone in the U.S., a federal judge just decided you can now join a class action challenging the exclusive marketing agreement between Apple and AT&T. It’s just not evident why you would want to. It’s not at all clear you are … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Apple, AT&T, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, Nokia, Research in Motion | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
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