Week in Review 6W2009

Motorola is bringing LTE to Swindon. If they make it to deployment of course, as their last quarter operating results was $4.6B loss. Meanwhile, Vodafone hit 16Mbps on HSPA+ right here in PT.

Filling in the Nokia void, Samsung is breaking out a S60 app store. But Nokia might be doing the same. Meanwhile, Ozzie’s Microsoft is pushing ahead with skyBox. I’m not exactly sure how that will work out but Microsoft security + remote phone management = family fun.

And when everybody thought WiMAX was dead there’s a trial starting in Japan. Apparently it’s Mobile WiMAX too, you know, the one that doesn’t suck.

India pulled out a Magalhães and presented the $10 laptop that’s not $10 nor a laptop.

We all knew but now it’s proven, RDIF US Passport security is pathetic. Time to bring out the tin foil wallets in the US. UK, of course, not to be outdone is passing a law to put journalists and similarly inquisitive people in jail. Hide your GoogleEarths fellow britons!