Monthly Archives: February, 2009

Virgin Mobile USA announces Helio Ocean 2

With the similar hardware built as the first Helio Ocean, the Ocean 2 has a larger 2.6-inch display screen with QVGA resolution, 2 megapixel...

Amazon launches casual games download service

launched its first foray into digital downloads for games. The new online store offers more than 600 casual titles without the need for physical...

Femtocells for the masses: Carrier support for devices bolstering space

With three of the four largest wireless providers in the United States selling femtocells to boost indoor coverage, and the fourth expected to join...

Network vendors look to China, U.S. for growth: Ericsson continues to post profits

Wireless infrastructure vendors can get through this rough economic time if they stay true to their core businesses, even as the economy continues to...

Analyst: Apple’s IP battle over iPhone’s multi-touch capabilities is ill-advised: Firm reviews Apple’s patent filings for wireless technology

Apple Inc.'s threat to sue competitors over multi-touch capabilities that violate its patents, a warning made during the company's earnings call last month, may...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Technology: LTE revolution inches closer: Carriers, equipment vendors prepare for push

The highly touted LTE technology is expected to make great strides this year as wireless providers launch trials and get ready for commercial deployments...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Handsets: The pain in Spain: Gloomy outlook likely to drive discussion at MWC

The short-term forecast for the handset market calls for pain and belt-tightening, no matter which market analysis you favor. And those analyses range from...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Chips: Handset decline hurts chips: Inventory buildup, slackening demand pose woes

An inventory buildup, slowing demand and lack of visibility into how to weigh those two factors is hanging over the wireless chip industry as...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Applications: Developers gung-ho on year: Most see increased spending on development

Businesses in nearly every industry seem to be adopting a bunker mentality and shedding workers in an effort to weather an increasingly brutal economic...

Battle for No. 1 rages: VZW tops, but AT&T Mobility closing the gap

With full fourth-quarter results in for the top two U.S. wireless providers, one thing is clear, Apple Inc.'s iPhone is still playing a large...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Carriers: Task lists: Better networks, better devices and better customer service

With the economy in a recession, many Americans are trying to scale back spending. Wireless providers, however, may experience just the opposite reaction: Each...

Analyst Angle: Why the industry will not move to $50 national unlimited calling

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...

Kyocera Wireless cuts 250 jobs

Kyocera Wireless Corp., based in San Diego and a unit of Kyocera Corp., said Jan. 29 it cut 360 jobs, including 250 based at...

THQ lays off 100, focuses wireless games on smart phones only

THQ has laid off 100 employees as a result of a decision to focus its wireless division on making games for smart phones.

iPhone users ten times as likely to play games vs other mobiles

ComScore's report, cited by InformationWeek , said that just 3.8% of mobile subscribers have downloaded a game to their mobile phone, compared to 32.4%...

Monday, Feb. 2, 2009

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