Tablet PCs HTC Flyer drops by the FCC again, this time with T-Mobile friendly GSM bands By Sean Hollister posted Jun 12th 2011 1:21PM The WiFi-only HTC Flyer tablet touched down last month without a peep from Carly and pals, but those magenta-tinted marketing plans are looking far more likely now -- a GSM-based Flyer just hit the FCC with support for T-Mobile's 3G bands. Visually and functionally, it looks like the same savory slate we saw tested in April, except with the all-importa

Samsung Telecommunications America and T-Mobile USA have launched three Bluetooth headset offerings namely the HM3700, HS3000 and HM1700. The HM3700 dual Bluetooth headset is designed as a noise-cancelling Bluetooth headset with the ability to stream stereo audio. While it can be worn as a mono-style headset for placing and receiving calls, the stereo-convertible HM3700 transforms into a stereo Bluetooth headset when connected to its included stereo ear buds. The HM3700 also allows users

Yahoo and Taiwanese mobile chipset maker MediaTek have announced a partnership that will see the two collaborate to give feature phones some smartphone-like functionality. The deal will see Yahoo’s services such as Yahoo Mail, Messenger, News and Finance and Flickr available on MediaTek’s chipsets based on the latter’s new middleware technology dubbed MAUI Runtime Environment (MRE). According to MediaTek, MRE technology allows services and content to be developed and downloaded to featu

eBay is focusing on its e-commerce offerings Still driving home the importance of m-commerce, online giant eBay has agreed to acquire the 51 per cent stake in e-commerce platform Magento that it does not already own. Ebay snapped up 49 per cent of Magento last year in a bid to increase its offerings to online merchants. Ebay is building a global, open commerce platform that leverages the worldwide developer community and Magento will be at the core of this open commerce platform, called

ISELIN, N.J., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Financial Services, Inc. (SFS Inc.), the U.S. unit of Siemens' Financial Services division, recently provided a $3.2 million tax-exempt finance solution to North Oakland – North Macomb Imaging, Inc. in Rochester Hills, Michigan, helping them to acquire a new Siemens Magnetic Resonance (MR) system and make significant facility improvements needed to house the new MR system.  This outpatient facility is equally owned and operated by three not

FierceTelecom: PBX in transition: Lagging sales of TDM PBX systems put a bit of a tail drag on overall global PBX sales in the first quarter of 2011, with the market dipping to $2.52 billion, 4 percent below the same period last year. However, the continuing shift to IP PBX is in evidence as this segment of the market grew slightly from Q4 2010 to Q1 2011. "The global PBX market is typically down in the first quarter following a strong fourth quarter, and 1Q11 was no exception as the overa