BlackBerry Q10 Gets FCC & Bluetooth SIG Stamp of Approval
If you needed any more of a sign that the QWERTY keyboard packing BlackBerry Q10 was going to launch in the next 30 days or so then the FCC and Bluetooth SIG just gave it to you. Engadget spotted the BlackBerry Q10 on both the FCC website and Bluetooth SIG website. Nothing really groundbreaking there…
Another BlackBerry 10 Smartphone Model RFH121LW Posted By FCC
The FCC has made public yet another filing for a BlackBerry 10 smartphone. This time the model number is the RFH121LW compared to the previous RFF91LW. We know even less about this model from the filings but we will be hearing more from RIM this month. We will probably see quite a few models pass…
BlackBerry 10 LTE Device for AT&T Passes Through FCC
The guys at Engadget spotted the BlackBerry 10 full touch model on the FCC’s website. The device seems to be the Z10 and carries the bands for AT&T and Rogers LTE and GSM along with international GSM. We only have the high level documents since the reset are held behind the iron curtain of secrecy…
RIM Supports FCC’s Smartphone Security Checklist
The FCC created a new website today called the Smartphone Security Checker but in reality it is just a checklist. RIM let us know that they have helped support the FCC in this endeavor and it has some good security best practices. Personally I think the most important one that needs to be highlighted over…
FCC Says Cellular Service May Get Worse As Recovery From Sandy is Underway
First I want to say that I hope all of you who were in the area made it through Hurricane Sandy safely. We were hit pretty bad in Manhattan but luckily not so much in my neighborhood. With quite a bit of the population without power there has luckily been middling cellphone coverage. The city…
Porsche Design P’9981 Revealed in its Birthday Suit by FCC
The Porsche Design P’9981 has been shown off quite a few times since its debut but nobody has had the gall to dismantle one yet. Turns out we can count on the FCC to make that happen. Wireless Goodness noticed that the FCC has posted up this sort of tear down of the device. These…
BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 Makes it Through FCC with AT&T 3G
I am not sure how many of you have been dying to pick up a BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 but it looks like it will be coming to these shores soon. The device has been spotted passing through the FCC with both the AT&T/Rogers WCDMA 850Mhz and 1900Mhz 3G bands. No words on if carriers…
FCC Gives AT&T’s Purchase of T-Mobile a BIG Thumbs Down
You have to appreciate the times when government officials see through the smoke and mirrors and actually make what seems to be a reasonable decision. The FCC put our a draft order today giving AT&T a piece of its mind. They rejected practically every part of AT&T’s argument for why the acquisition of T-Mobile should…