Monthly Archives: July, 2010

Fluid new interface or seasickness? Blackberry OS 6

RIM is showing off yet another sneak peek of its BlackBerry 6 operating system today, releasing a YouTube video monday filled with tons of tweetery and far too much Facebook for a traditionally enterprise phone

iPad proves life changing for elderly Glaucoma sufferer

A 99 year old lady with glaucoma has just bought her first ever computing device – the iPad- and is telling the world how it has changed her life and become the apple of her eye.

Movers and Shakers: Adsmobil, Highwinds and more

Adsmobil – The mobile advertising company has expanded its sales division, adding Thomas Anderson, formerly of JumpTap, and Wandrill Pruvot, formerly of Buzzcity....

Google gives wannabe app developers a new tool

How often do you hear your friends tell about their can't-fail app idea? All too often, once someone first gets their hands on a...

Mobile WiMAX standard set to drive technology's growth

Despite claims that the WiMAX market is set for rough waters, one analyst firm noted in a recent report that new specifications for the...

Wireless sector jobs down 2,700 month to month

The telecommunications segment continues to lose jobs, declining 2,300 from May to June, and a whopping 47,100 jobs from June 2009 to June 2010....

Reader Forum: Intelligence for a personalized mobile Internet

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Reader Forum: Cell awareness an effective alternative to costly mobile backhaul

Editor's Ntoe: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Intel steps closer to Infineon acquisition

Popping up again like a recurring rash is the rumor that Intel is about to acquire German chip maker Infineon's mobile chip business, a move which would significantly help the firm in its ARM wrestle for significance in the mobile/wireless space.

Smartphones change the way we shop

. Smartphones aren’t just changing the way we live, they’re changing the way we shop too. New data from Forrester says almost a third of...

Ericsson jumps on M2M bandwagon

With all this talk of mobile internet being the best-thing-since-sliced-web, Ericsson has decided to throw its two cents into the ring with the proclamation that the internet had reached yet another milestone this week with the five billionth mobile subscription helped largely by emerging markets India and China.

NTP accuses six heavyweights in lawsuit over wireless e-mail patent

If there's one thing NTP Inc. is really good at, it's protecting patents with a fervor and winning handsome treasure along the way. Just...

Five failed mobile devices

Microsoft recently announced it would be killing off its Kin devices, and Emblaze declared a while back that its ELSE Intuition smartphone would never see the light of day, but what other innovative devices have been killed off before being given much of a chance?

Worst of the Week: Shock and aqua

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

Mobile data surge fails to show up in new survey

While nearly six in every 10 American adults are accessing the Internet via wireless technology, only 38% of all adults surveyed are accessing mobile...

Minorities drive mobile web; Hispanics heart Apple

If you were to imagine the type of person you believed was driving the adoption of the mobile web, that person would probably be a young, white yuppie yapping away on his iPhone. The only problem with that image is that new statistics say poorer African-Americans and Hispanics are actually driving the adoption of the mobile web in a much more significant way.

@ Global CDMA Forum: Qualcomm explains ongoing investment in CDMA

SHANGHAI, China — The incredible success of Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is inextricably linked to the success of CDMA technology. The company has been pushing...

@ Global CDMA Forum: Huawei gathers partners to push technology limits

SHANGHAI, China — With more than 340 people in attendance, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. gathered a diverse group of partners from around the world...

Bits and Bytes: eAgency offers safety tools; American Tower launches in Chile; and more

eAgency Mobile Solutions announced the availability of Application and Browser blocking, which is a new feature of its My Mobile Watchdog child safety device....

@ Global CDMA Forum: How one Dutch carrier is using CDMA450 for M2M

SHANGHAI, China — It's not every day you hear about a European operator using CDMA technology. Even rarer than that would be any mention...

Enterprise or consumer? Mobile OS identity crisis

Nowadays, with smartphones becoming the “must-have” devices for anyone under the age of 40 in the developed world, the distinction between enterprise phone and consumer phone is blurring and so are the distinctions between which operating systems are business focused and which are more for personal use.

Device supply channels vital link in distribution chain

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The...

FLO TV backs up 'big moment' for World Cup with usage figures

FLO TV pinned big hopes on the 2010 FIFA World Cup and now the Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) subsidiary is backing it up with results.Back...

Telefonica puts deadline on Vivo offer

The world's third-largest wireless operator Telefonica SA (TEF) said that despite being rebuffed on its latest proposal, it would stand by its offer to...

Synchronoss expands with FusionOne buy

Synchronoss Technologies Inc. has acquired FusionOne Inc. for $40 million in order to expand its business offerings for wireless service providers. Synchronoss provides transaction...
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