Yearly Archives: 2008

Sprint Will Launch 4G WiMAX with Localized Features

Sprint is lining up partners to help localize the WiMAX experience it plans to roll out this fall. Sprint users will get local news,...

U.S. text messaging activity breaks record

Triple-tapping continues to explode, according to new figures from VeriSign Inc.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it delivered 95.4 billion inter-carrier text messages in...

Comic publisher pushes Apple for ratings system

An Irish comic publisher is lobbying Apple Inc. to embrace content ratings after its graphic novel was dropped from the company's App Store.Infurious...

VZW pinged with visual voicemail patent lawsuit

Klausner Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics Co. Ltd., claiming the carrier's recently launched visual voicemail service for...

ETF class-action hits T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile USA Inc. has been hit with a new class-action lawsuit over early termination fees, the complaint coming amid costly, high-stakes litigation in California...

Orange denies planting fake Apple customers outside Polish stores

Newswires have been buzzing with reports that Apple's 3G iPhones might not be selling as briskly in Poland as they are in the U.S.,...

LG Unveils Netbook PC with Embedded 3G At IFA

LG Electronics will launch in October a netbook-class laptop PC based on Intel's Atom processor that also includes 3G wireless, it said Wednesday at...

Visual search makes sense

Just when you thought no one could possibly launch yet another search engine along comes Viewzi .

Apple’s ‘misleading’ iPhone advert banned

Apple has been forced to withdraw an advert for the original iPhone after its claims that the device could access "all parts of the...

Mobile plan trades cash for ads

A new mobile plan offers customers a 65 percent monthly discount for customers who agree to receive mobile advertisements. Australian telco ComTel, who runs...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, Aruba, Comverse 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--Credit Suisse First Boston lowered...

Wireless, the DNC and all the news that’s fit to distribute

As you may know, this week's Democratic National Convention - right here in RCRWireless.com's beautiful, mile-high backyard - is very much a wireless affair.Barack...

Nielsen: Obama’s Biden announcement delivered to 2.9M cellphones

Barack Obama has added one more record to his historic bid for the White House.Nielsen Mobile estimates that 2.9 million mobile subscribers received the...

HTC’s big-talking talker

The design of HTC’s latest slider handset may hark back to early smartphone formats, but the S740 still packs in all the technology necessary...

Nokia Shares More Details About the N85 and N79

This morning Nokia officially announced the N85 and N79 handsets, which are targeted at the North American market. Both run S60 3rd Edition with...

Snubbed Nuance takes Zi to court

Nuance Communications Inc. played the litigation card in its latest attempt to swallow Zi Corp.A giant on the speech-recognition playground, Nuance two weeks ago...

Traveling iPhoners get more data options

AT&T Mobility is set to expand international data plans for 3G iPhone owners - but they'll pay a pretty penny for it.Beginning tomorrow the...

REVIEW: Slydial lets you get to the point, for a fee

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...

Salazar joins RCR Wireless News team

RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce it has hired a new reporter. Gary Salazar will cover the enterprise and technology beats.Salazar has 10...

Google drops Bluetooth, GTalkService APIs from Android 1.0

Google dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs (application program interfaces) from the set of tools for the first version of the mobile...

Loopt: iPhone app keeps track of friends

I've been playing with a free iPhone application called Loopt (Web site, App Store ). It allows you to stay connected to your friends,...

Themes from the ‘OS wars’

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Motorola

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...

Online real estate site Trulia.Inc adds to mobile offering

Real-estate startup Trulia.Inc expanded its mobile offerings, adding downloadable mobile applications for agents, home owners and house hunters.A 4-year-old site that claims 5 million...

MediaFLO announces new news channels

MediaFLO USA Inc. expanded its live news coverage with three new channels of 24-hour-a-day content.The Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary added CNBC and MSNBC from NBC...
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