At Business Insider, Henry Blodgett is at his snarkiest in dismissing Microsoft’s forthcoming Mobile Windows Phone 7 operating system as “a fantasy,” with no chance of making a dent in the market. (And when the mood is on Blodgett, he sets a high standard of snark.) Blodgett’s reasoning is simple: Microsoft will charge $15 per instrument for the OS; Android is free. QED.
Not so fast, Henry, because Microsoft’s entry sets up a fascinating natural experiment in business models, as varying approaches compete with each other, and pre-judging the outcome is …

This Washington Post editorial says that wireless networks are just like wired networks and that most users don’t “obsess over ping times”. It’s really a shame that the editor(s) didn’t ask what the engineers thought or what users really thought when faced with the actual consequences of extreme Net Neutrality rules.

As many are aware there is a coming IPv4 address shortage. T-Mobile is making strides to move into IPv6 infrastructure in the coming months to sidestep any issues. Recently T-Mobile posted to their Google groups page that they intend to begin a IPv6 beta program called T-Mobile USA IPv6 beta service.

AppAdvice has posted that FaceTime is now available on jail broken iPhone 4 devices via an app called My3G. The app which runs for about $2.99, tricks FaceTime into thinking it is on a WiFi connection. Though AppAdvice states that the resolution over 3G appears to be less than stellar seeing as how FaceTime is optimized for a WiFi connection.

Bennett comments to the FCC on disclosure of network performance for wireless networks. He believes that customers should receive clear information about wireless network performance when signing a contract with a provider.

Josh Levy over at FreePress is very, very excited today because it has been determined that jailbreaking your iPhone is not a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This of course in his opinion is a huge win for openness and will of course (I wish he would explain how.) lead to open wireless networks.

If all we went by was the media (including TV, blogosphere and tech sites), we would likely believe that AT&T is the worse wireless network operator in the world.  The Yankee group decided to test this theory but they seemed to have found the opposite where 73% of iPhone users loved their AT&T wireless service which is 4% higher than the industry average.  AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel says that the network isn’t as bad as people perceive and the Yankee results seem to verify that.
Karl Bode at DSLReports thinks that Siegel is insulting …

Fred Vogelstein at Wired has written a very interesting piece on the iPhone partnership between Apple and AT&T. Apple (and Google) are producing devices that are exploding in popularity and bandwidth consumption while the network operators have to invest boatloads of money just to keep their noses above water all the while taking a brutal public relations bashing.

Wireless mesh networks have never been practical for commercial deployment and they never will be. This article explains why mesh networks have such poor coverage and poor throughput performance.

Not surprisingly, it would seem that the software update isn’t going to fix the antenna issues on the iPhone 4 and the bad P.R. keeps piling on.  The pressures are mounting as Consumer Reports issues a warning against buying the iPhone 4 and even the late night TV hosts are getting a few laughs at the expense of the iPhone 4.  This doesn’t seem to have gone unnoticed in Cupertino as Apple will be holding a special press conference this Friday.