Motorola sees a future of Linux-based software and carrier-courting services, neither of which is met by iTunes.
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The news about Carrier IQ software has shown the level of information that can be garnered.
The result is that the iSkoot software makes a mobile carrier's network more robust at no additional cost.
Casio G'zOne Commando: This rugged Android phone from Verizon Wireless is now eligible for a software update from the carrier.
Network outages in early October that will likely put pressure on services and software margins as both carrier and enterprise customers receive concessions and demand discounts.
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Gesture UI is a combination hardware-software prototype that the Japanese carrier is showing at this year's CEATEC showcase in Japan.
One Japanese carrier uses FAST software to help music fans find the songs they want based on only a few whistled notes.
You know, the kind of fragmentation that has already left users running not one, not two, not three, but four distinct versions of the little green guy (1.5, 1.6, 2.0, and 2.1) depending on a seemingly arbitrary formula of hardware, carrier, region, software customization, and manufacturers' ability to push updates in a timely fashion.
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Nokia needs to pull out all the heavy artillery -- major device launches, carrier support, impressive software, and a seamless user experience -- if it wants the Ovi Store to succeed on a grand scale, and by all accounts, they're serious about making that happen with the recent integrations of MOSH and WidSets.
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The software that locks a smartphone to one carrier is covered by the act, and unlocking a phone is the process of freeing a device so that it can be used with a different wireless carrier.
The carrier has a team that runs software programs to check the efficiency of the applications that run on its network, said Donovan.
Carrier IQ is a piece of software which certain US cellphone networks (Sprint for example) load onto their contract phones before they are released to consumers.
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In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he pressed into a stock EVO handset, which he had reset to factory settings just prior to the demonstration.
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So RIM, anxious to get into the tablet game and paranoid they would lose critical market share, rolled out a device with only short-range WiFi connectivity, a goofy scheme to bridge to a Blackberry for access to the Internet through a carrier, and essentially no applications software.
He was co-founder and CEO of business intelligence software supplier, and was CEO of Atrica, a Carrier Ethernet company that Nokia-Siemens acquired.
The essential background is that Carrier IQ is, as its makers say, software to help the service provider see what is happening on malfunctioning phones.
Before you leave, ask your carrier to unlock your phone--a quick, software-based process.
Want to know if Carrier IQ, the dialer- and location-sniffing software installed in millions of phones, is being used by the FBI for law enforcement investigations?
Billington, who has bequeathed a wonderful gift upon millions of cellphone users by granting an exemption wherein consumers may legally break the software locks on their handsets in order to transfer service to another carrier.
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The carrier followed up by suggesting that Google was to blame -- as the software was a replacement for a native Android app, it was up to Mountain View to flip the switch.
The question is whether this was done by Skype to enhance revenue or to further the position of a specific carrier, or even if Skype intends on releasing a tablet version of its software in the future.
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Google stated that it open to the handset manufacturers on what software they use, reminding us that Android is open source and they do not control OEM or carrier customisations.
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