Yearly Archives: 2008

Tumult on the retail scene: For cellphones, gloom, not doom

The conventional wisdom on wireless retail sales appeared to be borne out by several surveys released in recent days. That wisdom is several-fold: --...

Black Friday Smackdown: How will the fourth-quarter shopping season affect cellphone sales?

So the fourth quarter showdown is finally here. And it seems that this year, it will truly be a battle royale.Think about it: This...

REVIEW: Amazon MP3 for Android nearly flawless

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...

imeem gets into mobile advertising with new platform

imeem has launched a new mobile advertising platform for Android-based phones through its mobile app.

HTC doubles forecast for Android phone shipments

Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has almost doubled its forecast for shipments of the first commercial device to be based on the Android operating system.

Opera Mini 4.2 jumps into final release

Opera Software releases version 4.2 of its mobile software for Java phones just two weeks after introducing its beta and only one day after...

Are You Ready for Mobile Banking (Again)?

Mobile banking can be viewed as a hook for customer acquisition, but takedown shouldn't be relied on for customer retention.

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ceragon and ZTE

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...

Sling takes its video portal site public

The streaming site of Slingbox maker Sling Media opens up to the public, delivering TV episodes, clips, and full-length movies to a single destination.

Nielsen: Mobile Video Usage Continues to Increase

According to The Nielsen Company's just released "A2/M2 Three Screen Report," that U.S. usage of TV, Internet and Mobile -- the Three Screens --...

Reports: Verizon Wireless fires those associated with Obama breach

Verizon Wireless has taken action against employees who improperly accessed President-elect Barack Obama's personal cellphone account, according to published reports. Last week, CEO Lowell...

Switching gears, CDMA community embraces LTE: Vendors react in wake of Qualcomm’s dismissal of UMB

The decision by Qualcomm Inc. to stop development of its Ultra Mobile Broadband technology does not mean CDMA is off to the scrap heap.With...

Former Moto chief Zander backs Chicago software firm

Former Motorola Inc. CEO Edward Zander is backing a small Chicago videoconferencing software company.Zander recently joined the board of Integrated Communications Inc., or Iocom,...

Changes in House, Senate leadership to reverberate through wireless policy: USF, consumer protection issues may be addressed

President-elect Barack Obama's thematic "change" mantra has infiltrated Capitol Hill, with a shakeup in the leadership of key House and Senate committees likely to...

Sprint Nextel picture messages now headed to MySpace, other sites: Carrier’s deal with VeriSign to enable service

Sprint Nextel Corp. is teaming with VeriSign Inc. to enable subscribers to send photos and videos from their phones to popular social media sites.The...

Analyst Angle: More bytes for a buck: The fallacy of spectral efficiency improvements

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Cellphone market gloom spreads to Samsung

SEOUL/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics on Monday warned on cellphone market growth this year and next, the latest sign that weaker consumer confidence is...

Lenovo service disables laptops with text message

If a laptop is lost, now there's a new way to remotely shut it down: just text it.

Program your DVR from the road with TiVo Mobile

The new TiVo Mobile site provides programming searches and TiVo settings access from any Web-enabled smartphone.

Apple releases iPhone update

Apple has posted an update for the iPhone and iPod touch. The 2.2 version update adds several features to both devices, as well as...

Alcatel-Lucent Targets Large Enterprise

Alcatel-Lucent Monday unleashed a host of enhancements to its product line aimed at the large enterprise— updates that include key voice, data, unified communications...

Video: BlackBerry Storm flying off Verizon Wireless shelves

Verizon Wireless released Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Storm this morning. Customers showed up early to get their...

New MySpace app shatters record for RIM downloads

More than 400,000 BlackBerry users have downloaded the new MySpace application, according to Research In Motion Ltd., shattering the record for applications in their...

Wap is dead

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...
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