Yearly Archives: 2008

Nokia’s N-Gage effort gets a vote from EA Mobile

EA Mobile said it will expand its support for Nokia Corp.'s N-Gage platform with nearly a dozen new, high-profile titles over the next year.EA...

Bang & Olufsen drops handsets

Bang & Olufsen, the Danish maker of high-end audio and video products, is getting out of mobile phones to focus on its core competencies,...

Under intense scrutiny and lobbying, Nov. 4 FCC vote moves forward: Mergers, USF reform, white spaces remain hot-button topics

So far, despite massive lobbying over scheduled Nov. 4 votes on white spaces, wireless mergers, the universal service fund and intercarrier-compensation reforms, ...

Siting shot clock derided by local jurisdictions: Municipalities claim plan eviscerates local rights

The mobile phone industry's push for an antenna-siting shot clock is being booed by cities and citizens, continuing a fierce debate dating back to...

Mobile gaming: $1B and counting

Despite its youth, the mobile gaming industry has already reached the billion dollar benchmark, according to a report from In-Stat.The firm said it believes...

Study: Text messaging good for families

The lines of communications between parents and their children have not always been open and clear. But text messaging is proving to be one...

Rash of mobile storefronts confound consumers, carriers and developers: Is too much choice in content bad?

If this keeps up, content owners may forget the whole "on-deck vs. off-deck" argument. Instead, they'll be trying to figure out which mobile application...

Thumbplay tunes into crowded, complicated full-track download market

Thumbplay Inc. bulked up its library off-deck goodies with a full-track mobile download service.The New York-based wireless content company launched a beta version of...

AT&T, tear down these tired old bars

AT&T Mobility is once again caught in a spat over its claims of network coverage, but maybe the company should be concentrating its efforts...

Wal-Mart to sell discounted G1: Big-box retailer to sell T-Mobile USA’s Android phone for $148.88

Google Inc. wants to bring mobile Internet to the masses. That's the philosophy behind its launching Android, its mobile-operating system. Creating a mobile OS...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Verizon, AT&T, Apple 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--RBC Capital Markets lowered its...

Verizon Embraces Google’s Android

How Verizon Wireless learned to stop worrying and love open access. Step one: Realizing it's a way to add low-cost customers

GPS Devices Are Enticing Thieves

An Oregon-based company is trying to solve the stolen-device recovery problem. GadgetTrak sells software for a yearly subscription so owners can keep tabs on...

REVIEW: Chirp . wait for it . chirp sluggish PTT from AT&T

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...

Dolly Parton adds voice to argument over white space

Entertainer Dolly Parton has stepped into the battle at the Federal Communications Commission over whether the agency should act now to begin allowing the...

Aruba’s Labs effort promotes all-wireless workplace

Aruba Networks Inc. launched a new laboratory to promote research on Wi-Fi networks and the all-wireless workplace. The company's Aruba Labs will be comprised...

RFID gains boost from DoJ

The U.S. Department of Justice has given seven companies its approval to move forward with plans to jointly license patents that are essential to...

Big-box retailers remain strong behind wireless: Some may be suffering, but all agree mobile will remain hot

The wireless industry is clearly a money-making field and everyone's trying to get their hands on a piece of it, especially big box retailers....

Proof that handset brands help sell wireless plans: Google study finds many shoppers seek a particular manufacturer, not just a reliable network

What do you do when you have one of the fattest marketing wallets in the world, but a chunk of your potential customers are...

Wireless technology advances in rural America, unless FCC USF reform kills it

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...

Microsoft says next Office suite will go on the Web

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The next upgrade of Office business software from Microsoft Corp will include a version that edits word processing documents and...

Lessons To Learn From EarthLink’s Profits

How is it possible that a company largely written off in the ISP world -- EarthLink -- could make money in its third quarter?...

With YouTube Phone, Cells ‘Click’ Toward Simplicity

The YouTube phone, which 3 Italia plans to follow up soon with a Facebook phone, will be free when bought with a two-year contract....

Microsoft Unveils ‘Cloud’ Operating System

LOS ANGELES — Looking for growth in new markets where it is increasingly being bypassed, Microsoft said Monday that it would begin offering a...

Can Anything Derail Google’s Growth Engine?

The online ad market is slowing, and Chinese rival Baidu is a global search threat. But Google's idea lab is still a powerhouse to...
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