Yearly Archives: 2008

Venture capital financing wrap-up: AdMob, Movidia, TagText and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

How American Eagle, Best Buy boost sales in stores as well as online

Retailers that sell in multiple channels should tie those channels together as much as possible. For example, an e-retailer can implement technology on its...

Apple Is Ready to Take a Bite of Silicon Valley

Comments from Apple CEO Steve Jobs this week suggested that the cash-rich computer and phone maker might be in a good position to start...

NAD finds flaws in AT&T Mobility commercials: Carrier “respectfully disagrees”

AT&T Mobility is ignoring recommendations from the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus to modify or discontinue two of...

InfoGin looks to take the Web mobile, not mobilize the Web

BOSTON - There was a lot of talk during the Mobile Internet World 2008 event about expanding connectivity and access to the Internet to...

Open arms: Carriers rally support around open initiatives

BOSTON - What would a next-generation mobile Internet show be without some discussion about openness? During keynote presentations at the Mobile Internet World 2008...

3D user interface gets prime placement during TI keynote: Futuremark shows off latest UI efforts

BOSTON - Futuremark Corp. is hoping to topple the bar set by Apple Inc.'s iPhone by taking the mobile user interface into the third...

A growing diet for obese phones

BOSTON - The American waistline isn't the only thing expanding. The latest crop of high-end wireless devices have been testing consumers' size-and-shape boundaries, and...

VZW tops carrier retail survey: Industry as a whole falling short

J.D. Power and Associates' latest survey found that in-your-face employees at mobile operator retail stores may not be as helpful as they used to...

Star Wars: The Musical

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Intel hopes ‘Moorestown’ MID wishes evolve into reality: Exec outlines chipmaker’s vision of mobile Internet future

BOSTON - The future apparently belongs to mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that will be connected to broadband wireless networks like WiMAX and offer graphically...

Android founder makes the case for Google’s mobile strategy

BOSTON - A day after the release of the first cellphone powered by Google Inc.'s Android software, the founder of the startup that initially...

VIDEO: G1 hits the streets: Highly-anticipated device now available through T-Mo USA

T-Mobile USA this week launched the Google Android-powered G1 across the country. However, the device, which is built...

Mobile Internet World 2008 Show Daily for Thursday, Oct. 23

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MasterCard’s keys to survival

The credit card underdog is taking on rival Visa with smart technology, memorable marketing, and global ambition. But what happens when consumers put their...

Hispanic teens set for strong mobile growth

Hispanic teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 represent a significant market segment for the U.S. wireless industry. A new report from MultiMedia...

Samsung, Moto lead touchscreen growth

Shipments of touchscreen-based mobile devices have nearly doubled since 2006, driven in large part by the popularity of the iPhone, said a recent report...

Mobile data revenues in BRIC to surpass $48B by 2013

Adoption of messaging and content services, along with growing availability of 2G and 3G mobile networks, should push mobile data revenues in Brazil, Russia,...

Wireless heavyweights argue AWS-3 will cause interference

Industry engineers have attacked government testing underlying Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's auction plan for free wireless broadband service throughout the country, warning...

PlayPhone secures another mobile music deal

PlayPhone Inc. notched its fourth and final major record label, securing a deal to distribute mastertones from Universal Music Group.A division of Vivendi, UMG...

Bold due in two weeks at AT&T Mobility

The much-delayed but much-anticipated BlackBerry Bold will begin selling at AT&T Mobility on Nov. 4 "for as low as" $300, with a two-year contract...

AT&T: Q3 shatters previous records: WIRELESS PROVIDER ADDS RECORD NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS

AT&T MOBILITY POSTED A COMPANY RECORD 2 million net customer additions during the third quarter, fueled by strong sales of Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone,...

Political texts hit sweet spot

I got another text message from Barack Obama's campaign this week. The latest missive mentioned that Joe Biden was coming to town. "Doors: 10:30...

Rural operators urge FCC to postpone VZW-Alltel vote

Small, rural and regional wireless carriers and trade groups said the Federal Communications Commission should not vote Nov. 4 on the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications...

Full speed ahead

BOSTON - There has been a lot of talk recently - and the subject was broached again at this week's Mobile Internet World 2008...
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