Wireless

For many, going to the doctor for that regular health check-up is something we delay as other daily life activities take priority. For others, black marks start to accumulate on our appointment cards as we postpone those visits to avoid coming face to face with our fears.

It was hardly heart stopping news to discover Finnish phone maker Nokia had decided to dump its antiquated Symbian operating system for future high-end smartphones in favour of its sleeker, Linux-based MeeGo mobile OS.

Last Friday, Far EasTone Telecommunications’ (FET) board announced its intention to acquire 100% of fixed-line affiliate New Century InfoComm Tech (NCIC). FET plans to spend up to NT$20.815 billion (US$646.8 million) to acquire the remaining 73.6% of NCIC that it does not already own.

Another nail has been brutally hammered into Adobe Flash’s coffin with the Porn industry coming out in support of HTML5, forming an unlikely thought alliance with Apple.

On Tuesday Google officially announced the release of its Android 2.2 (Froyo) update, which it said would be rolled out to its Nexus One smartphone over the course of this week. As well as offering improved speeds and performance, the updated software also brings Flash 10.1 to the device and mobile hotspot capabilities.

Sometimes, when a company wants people to know it has something big up its sleeve, the best and most subtle way to announce it is via job posting, and a recent Microsoft listing leads us to believe the software giant is mulling cross platform pastures for its Office Mobile 2010 suite.

While the debate still rages about the effectiveness of mobile advertising, one firm, Amobee Media Systems, knows where it’s placing its bets, positioning itself between publishers and carriers in a bid to become the premiere one-stop-shop of mobile advertising, worldwide.

Intel and Nokia’s Meego operating system is not looking too shabby at all, at least not on a recent Intel YouTube video showing off the OS on an unspecified tablet.

Not long after the truce between India’s famous Ambani brothers – who own Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Reliance Industries Limited respectively – the younger brother, Anil Ambani, head of RCOM, has sold off his firm’s tower business to GTL Infrastructure for $11 billion. This is the first time a non-telco player has gained a foothold in the highly lucrative Indian telecom infrastructure business.

We love companies with a sense of humor, and Finnish phone maker Nokia had us chuckling this morning with its amusing little dig at Apple and Steve Jobs’ arrogant statement that reception problems on iPhone 4 were down to the way people held their phones.

Foursquare, the smartphone app which lets one “check in” at various real-life locations, proceeding to use that information to spam ones mates via every social network under the sun, is close to locating a bit of funding of its own, it has been reported.

The US is pretty fond of its wireline pipes, but Israeli IP radio firm Siklu is trying to change the world’s mind, and the wireless game, when it comes to the whole millimeter radio vs. wireline debate.

For any Blackberry lover who has been contemplating a move to an iPhone or Android device, hold your horses, because the upcoming model – tentatively dubbed the Blackberry 9800 by the press – is looking mighty fine in new leaked photographs.

Google’s Nexus One is continuing its global sales tour, with Vodafone’s Australian branch – Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA) – today announcing it is getting ready to sell the Google Nexus One in Australia, exclusively on Vodafone.