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2010 Telecom Year in Review

2010 was a big year for Telecommunications. The year started off with promises of tablet based computers, smarter smart phones and 4G networking and definitely delivered big. Here are some telecommunications highlights from 2010:

January 6th – HP expanded its mobile products with a new TouchSmart notebook and netbooks, including the company’s first touch-enabled Mini

ipad-LEAD01January 27th – Apple unveils iPad, a tablet based computer, combining a laptop, smartphone, gaming console and iPod all in one.

February 11th – Administrators of Lower Merion School District were caught using webcams to spy on students outside of the classroom via school issued computers in what would turn into Robbins v. Lower Merion School District.

April 3rd- Apple iPad is released for retail sale. The device sells 300,000 copies on its first day of sales. Apple would also start a battle with Adobe, for refusing to allow Flash on the iPhone, iPad and Ipod touch products.

May – Strong demand for Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processor chips creates shortage for the product.

June 21st – Toshiba celebrates their 25th anniversary of business.

June 24th – iPhone 4 launches running Apple’s iOS operating system, featuring a higher megapixel camera, HD video, and improved performance. Early iPhone sales are plagued with reception problems to which Apple CEO Steve Jobs claims, “You’re holding the phone the wrong way.”

July 1st – Hewlett-Packard Co. completes acquisition of Palm. HP bought the handheld device maker for 1.2 million dollars.
Droid X

July 15th – DROID X is unveiled for Verizon Networks featuring and HD camcorder, 4.3 inch hi res screen, wireless HD connection, ability to become a wireless hotspot and high speed 3G network. Sales of the Droid X helped Motorola profit for the first time in 3 years.

September 2nd – Samsung debuts Android based Galaxy tablet based computer.

Sept 20th – Cisco Debuts All-New Flip Video Lineup.

September 27th – Blackberry introduces PlayBook, a tablet based computer.

October 6th – Motorola Mobility Sues Apple for Patent Infringement

October 18th – Clearwire and Sprint launches 4G in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

October 26th – Barnes and Noble unveils the Nook Color, a multi touch colored e-reader enabling customers to read books, newspapers, magazines, and animated children’s picture books.

November 8th – Microsoft launches their own smartphone OS, Windows Phone 7. Hardware companies using Windows 7 platform include: Dell, Garmin-Asus, HTC, HP , LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and cell phone companies carrying Windows 7 phones are: AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, SFR, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, Telstra, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, Telus, Bell Canada and SingTel.

November 15th – Hewlett-Packard runs out of their tablets, Slates

November 18th – Palm Pre 2 launches running off of HP’s WebOS 2.0.

December 5th – Verizon turns on its 4G LTE network.

2010 was a year all about wireless with smartphones and tablets making telecom one of the top industries of the year. What would you rank as the number one story in telecom this year – the iPhone antenna issues? The launch of 4G? Windows 7 OS? Something not discussed here? Leave us a comment letting us know what you thought the top story was.

Posted on December 7, 2010 in Cisco, smartphones, Uncategorized

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