This is an interesting study: What would happen to your personal and corporate information that sits on your smartphone if you lost it? Answer: at least 89% of the time someone would want it. They took 50 smartphones, loaded them with fictitious information, and placed them in New York City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and San Francisco in various public places. Then they monitored how the information was being accessed. It’s called the HoneyStick Project and is sponsored by Symantec and Sprint.

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Either I was late on this or it’s happening way too soon. Verizon is reacting to the increased demands put on their wireless data network. As always, BGR provides the scoop: Verizon CTO hints at tiered data plans. Read the BGR analysis and then hit the jump to see more from the Broadband/DSL Reports blog. Read more…

Think I was a bit dramatic or hasty about my wireless predictions? Of course Verizon and AT&T are lowering wireless costs - except that's voice minutes, not data. Check out this article on Yahoo Finance by David Goldman from Financially Fit: Your Cell Phone Company's Dirty Little Secret.  Here's an excerpt:

Data Overload Vs. Revenue

It’s not just about increasing revenue, say analysts. Carriers are banking on the consumer-friendly aspect: phones are more fun and useful with the Internet.

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Your wireless data options are soon to be both more diverse and expensive. Why? Apps and capabilities are creating a usage shift from voice to data on phones. The mobile operating system /device landscape isn’t evolving; it’s morphing.It won’t be long before the complaints voiced about AT&T’s mobile network will be repeated across all mobile network providers as downloading huge chunks of data will far outpace voice calling. Read more…

The first round of true openness in the wireless world seems to have arrived in the same week. AT&T and Apple will play nice and allow Google Voice calls to be processed on the iPhone; a headline that has included ‘FCC’  for weeks now. The focus of that discussion should shift from who really blocked it to Read more…