http://www.mirego.com/blog Ideas and thoughts from the Mirego team! Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:31:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rogers just announced its new 3.5G network, supporting a maximum speed of 7.2 Mbps. The network is now offered coast-to-coast in Canada. The current 3G iPhone does not support the network speeds being offered by Rogers. View press release http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/12/12/rogers-announces-35g-network/ The Open Handset Alliance, the group behind the Android Open Source Project, just announced new members including ASUSTek Computer Inc., Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone. That's great news. It will eventually lead to new devices and products for Android! Links Original announcement by the Open Handset Alliance http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/12/10/open-handset-alliance-announces-14-new-members/ A new beta version of Buzzz.tv, codenamed "Nuage" (Cloud in French) will be tested next Sunday evening during the TV show "Tout le monde en parle" on Radio-Canada. We are proud to help iXmédia on this exciting project with our cloud computing expertise. Registration opens at 7:30pm at http://www.buzzz.tv. http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/11/14/buzzztv-new-beta-version-next-sunday/ Motorola is reported to be working on a new "social smart phone". According to BusinessWeek, Motorola is putting $50 million into its Android project. The phone is said to include a touch screen as well as a full qwerty keyboard among its features. The new phone is targeted at mobile social-networking ... http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/10/20/motorola-developping-a-new-social-android-phone/ Google and T-Mobile today announced the first Android-compatible smartphone: G1.  Alhough the phone may not look as trendy as the iPhone, its feature set is interesting (given its price tag of 179$): 3G & WiFi support Camera GPS & Compass Accelerometer "Chrome Light" web browser Built-in support for Amazon MP3 Store, GMail, Google Maps and Street ... http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/09/24/first-look-at-the-g1-android-smartphone/ According to an article on Reuters: "T-Mobile and Google will be making an announcement this month in New York City," two people told Reuters on Wednesday, adding Sept 23 was a likely date for the announcement. Android will definitely make noise shortly... "Dumb phones" will start to fade out! Update (Sept ... http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/09/10/t-mobile-to-offer-android-smartphone-soon/ You now have a basic understanding of Crowdsourcing, how it works and what can you get from it. However, we still have to analyze it better and see more of its advantages and benefits before we actually take the plunge. There are many different advantages in using Crowdsourcing for your business. ... http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/09/09/benefits-of-crowdsourcing/ Worldwide sales of mobile phones will reach 1.28 billion units in 2008, an 11 percent increase from last year, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2007, worldwide mobile phone sales reached 1.15 billion units. Full press release from Gartner http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/09/05/worldwide-mobile-phone-sales-to-grow-11-in-2008/ O'Reilly introducted iPhoneLive, a new one-day event aimed at developers, entrepreneurs & enthusiasts. The conference will be held on November 18, in San Jose. You can get your pass for 625$ until October 14. After that, it's 750$. Links iPhoneLive Web Site Registration http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/09/05/iphonelive-conference/ If you are already using Twitter, you can now follow us to receive the latest updates. Feel free to drop us a note! http://twitter.com/mirego http://www.mirego.com/blog/2008/09/04/follow-us-on-twitter/