Look for former presidential candidates John Edwards and Fred Thompson to deliver keynote addresses on the final day of CTIA Wireless 2008 at 9:30 a.m. We’re pretty sure they can’t upstage the best keynote ever of former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton last year, but we’re willing to give them a try. (which brings us back to the feature we’ve never implemented here at RCR Wireless News but want to: Into the Octagon: Two go in, but only one comes out.
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Leap Wireless announced it will display an “official” copy of the Declaration of Independence during this year’s CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas. “As a provider of unlimited wireless services, Cricket is very familiar with how essential mobile communications have become as part of people’s everyday lives. We also firmly believe that mobile communication is playing an integral role in politics and the upcoming presidential election. It is with great pleasure that Cricket is bringing the two together at CTIA Wireless,” said Doug Hutcheson, president and chief executive officer of Cricket, in explaining the news. Yup, the combination of wireless service and an important, historical U.S. document makes total sense to us. It makes as much sense as the plot to that movie, “National Treasure.”
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Looks like AT&T is going to end up delaying the launch of its MediaFLO-based mobile TV service by up to six months; the carrier now expects to launch the service in May. The carrier had initially hoped to launch MediaFLO services late last year. Our guess is that the carrier is still trying to figure out whether this whole mobile TV thing is worth all the effort. After all, how many people want to pay to watch NBC News 2Go?
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Motorola announced it will split itself into two separate companies. I’m sure the company is hoping for an amicable split, but we suspect it might look more like “Lord of the Flies.” Oh Motorola, how the mighty have fallen.
Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.
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