TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News
Full news stories today reported on the Gingerbread update for the Sony Xperia X10, new tiered data plans for Verizon Wireless, the AT&T HTC ChaCha, the cut-up HTC Incredible S and myTouch 4G Slide.
Here's the news that is too short to report:
HP TouchPad Preorders - Office Depot is taking preorders of TouchPad today and will start shipping directly to customers on July 1.
The HP TouchPad is available in 16GB ($499) and 32GB ($599) models.
Responsible Road Warriors - Starting this week, in support of National Safe Driving Month, Motorola
Mobility will reward drivers who commit to responsible driving
behavior through its Responsibility on the Road program. Motorola will give motorists 50 percent off select Motorola hands-free devices.1st European Windows Phones - Windows Phone 7 smartphone will be released in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.
Muther Appathon 6/24-6/25 - The Wireless Association is sponsoring The Muther! of all Hackathons, a 36-hour,
non-stop competition to build the industry's hottest new mobile apps. Supporting the event with its CTIA Brand Scrum, developers can win two
prize packages that are worth more than $25,000
each, and they will have the opportunity to be the official show app supplier of
CTIA events. The Muther! of all Hackathons takes place June 24-25, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
Lots of B2B Smartphones and Tablets - ABI Research predicts that users of enterprise B2E
(business-to-employee) and B2C (business-to-customer) smartphone and
media tablet mobile applications will grow at a CAGR of
nearly 90% and will exceed 830 million active users by 2016.