Monthly Archives: July, 2008

iPhone sets stage for other handsets: Analyst: broadband uptake could benefit Qualcomm

As analysts and pundits scoured the tea leaves in the wake of Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone launch, a few issues emerged.Who, besides Apple, will...

Nokia/Qualcomm saga reaches court: Wireless giants battle over industry issues and big dollars

The world's leading handset and chipset makers - Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. - head to court today to resolve disagreements over their contractual...

AT&T Mobility shows gains in revenue from wireless, 1.3M net adds

AT&T Mobility's second-quarter numbers were buoyed by a 52% jump in wireless data sales over the same quarter last year, and the carrier's overall...

A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone

The single best feature in Apple 's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the...

Step away from the hype: 5 ways where iPhone 3G still lags enterprise-wise

Geek sacrilege? Not if these are your IT priorities. The iPhone 3G may have a lock on the Sexiest Gadget Alive title for 2008,...

Pairing your cell with Bluetooth? Buyer beware

If a new hands-free driving law has forced you to buy a Bluetooth mobile phone headset, this advice from the U.S. government can help...

Sony Adding GPS to PSP

The company plans to put something extra into its portable.

Content to Rejuvenate Revenue Growth in the European Mobile Market

The mobile communication market in Europe has reached a saturated and mature phase. Mobile penetration is more than 100 percent in many western and...

Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard

Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box...

Electronics retailers find service sells

STERLING, Va. — Three of the TVs are dark in Wal-Mart's electronics department, where the only two clerks in sight stock a shelf and...

Financial ratings wrap-up: MetroPCS, Apple, SBA and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services...

Trumpet arrives at Walgreens

Prepaid wireless service provider Trumpet Mobile said its products will be available nationwide at Walgreens stores.Customers will be able to purchase Trumpet Mobile airtime...

Will developers leave Google’s Android high and dry?

Apple suffered a case of the hiccups last week with the launch of the iPhone 3G and MobileMe, but Google is struggling with a...

VZW adds 1.5M customers in Q2

Verizon Wireless released partial second-quarter results showing it added 1.5 million new subscribers to its "Can You Hear Me Now?" network during the period....

Shopping spree continues: SBA snaps up Light Tower Wireless

SBA Communications Corp. is in the mood to shop. The company announced today it will acquire Light Tower Wireless L.L.C., the wireless infrastructure branch...

Bango provides tracking for mobile site owners

Bango expanded its mobile analytics offering, adding a tool that allows publishers to track the number of unique visitors to their wireless Web sites.A...

REVIEW: Pocket Express hits the right marks

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

Verizon Wireless pit-bull ad unleashes flurry of complaints: Humane Society, ASPCA say dogs depicted unfairly in LG Dare spots; marketer will keep airing them

Verizon Wireless has stepped into a steaming pile of complaints from animal lovers over commercials for its LG Electronics Co. Ltd. Dare phone, but...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Airspan and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Virgin Mobile Axes Stripping Campaign

So, the MVNO Virgin Mobile wanted a viral way to promote its phones while also donating clothing to nonprofits that clothe homeless teens. Sounds...

Ericsson: 2Q profit down 70 percent

Sweden's LM Ericsson on Tuesday posted a 70 percent plunge in second-quarter profits, mainly citing recent acquisitions and high development and restructuring costs.

Servers in the home remain scarce

A year after its release, Microsoft's Windows Home Server product still rare on store shelves and well known only among hard core techies.

PLT: Hands-Free Laws Drive Bluetooth Headset Sales

Plantronics (PLT) this afternoon reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter ended June, thanks in large part to strong demand for Bluetooth headsets.

Three New Mobile Phones from Sony Ericsson

To coincide with the Walkman phone's third birthday, Sony Ericsson has unveiled three brand new mobile phones: the W902, W595 and W302, and seven...

Verizon Wireless releases banking on the go

Verizon Wireless said its BlackBerry customers can now manage their financial accounts on the go.The carrier introduced a mobile banking application that works on...
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