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The Clearwire LTE Trials

Yesterday was big for Clearwire news. First came the launch of the Clear iSpot bundled with $25-per-month mobile broadband service. Then came news of massive subscriber additions for Clearwire in Q2. And finally, perhaps the biggest news of all, Clearwire announced it will start running serious LTE trials this fall. The timing of the LTE … Read more

Telecom’s Return to CES

The Consumer Electronics Association announced today that Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg will deliver the opening keynote address at CES 2011. After lamenting the absence of cable and telecom companies at CES 2010, I’m pleased to see a high-profile return with Seidenberg’s keynote. Forget about cell phones for a moment, it’s Verizon as a broadband company … Read more

Where Do You Buy Your Broadband?

In a sure sign that broadband service is becoming commoditized, Multichannel News reports today that Best Buy will start selling retail 4G broadband services in 2011. Specifically, Best Buy will become a reseller of Clearwire WiMAX service, making it the first reseller outside of the network company’s cable operator investors. Clearwire has had a pretty … Read more

Why Android Needs a Mass-Market Tablet

Android consumers are cheap. Or at least that appears to be the implication of a new report out by analytics company Distimo. According to Distimo (via jkOnTheRun), 57% of the Android apps consumers install are downloaded for free. That compares to only 25% of apps installed across other smartphone platforms. I don’t know what causes … Read more

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: CableCARD, FireWire, and FCC Mandates The NCTA reported that the largest US cablecos have now deployed more than 21 million set-tops with embedded CableCARDs. Despite that, the FCC’s CableCARD mandate is widely considered a failure, and the agency is actively looking for potential alternatives. 3D … Read more

Proof Pandora Preps for IPO?

Although we generally focus on tangible tech over the business end of things, a compelling Pandora job opening came across my desk this evening. I’m no expert in the market or finance, but I know someone who is. And he’s quite intrigued with the listed responsibilities of an incoming Senior Revenue Specialist, which include: Participate … Read more

Two Notes On The Kindle Price Drop

Click to enlarge Hot on the heels of Barnes & Noble’s 3G Nook price drop (and new WiFi-only model) yesterday, Amazon responded with a reduction of their own…. coming in lower by $10. ($189 versus $199) But you already knew that. What you might not have known is that Amazon has also gone ahead and … Read more

Steve Jobs On The Connected TV Space

In addition to calling out bloggers and lying developers, CEO Steve Jobs provided insight into his Apple TV hobby and the connected television space at the All Things D (D8) conference earlier this week. Engadget did a nice job with an on-the-fly transcription from the event (below), but I highly recommend watching the video above – which fills in some gaps.

The market challenges and premium television provider chokehold Jobs describes should be familiar to most ZNF readers. But does his talk foreshadow something like Engadget’s iPad-esque Apple TV reboot or Techcrunch’s Apple television?

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