Yearly Archives: 2010

Record iPhone activations propel AT&T’s Q2 results

AT&T Mobility said it activated a record 3.2 million Apple Inc. iPhones on its network during the recently completed second quarter that included only about a week worth of the latest iPhone 4 sales. The strong activations helped push the industry’s No. 2 carrier to 1.562 million net customer additions during the quarter and ending the first half of the year with 90.130 million devices on its network.

Record iPhone activations propel AT&T’s Q2 results

AT&T Mobility said it activated a record 3.2 million Apple Inc. iPhones on its network during the recently completed second quarter that included only about a week worth of the latest iPhone 4 sales. The strong activations helped push the industry’s No. 2 carrier to 1.562 million net customer additions during the quarter and ending the first half of the year with 90.130 million devices on its network.

Flipboard – the ultimate social network magazine on iPad

If you’re a social geek like me, then Flipboard is the iPad app you’ve been waiting for, aggregating Facebook, Twitter and other feeds into a very appealing magazine-like style.

Nokia's profit drops like a brick in Q2

The downward trend for Nokia Corp. (NOK) continues. Few companies can sustain a nearly one-third drop in profit for long, but Nokia did just...

Motorola expands trade secrets lawsuit to include Huawei

Motorola Inc. has amended a lawsuit against Lemko Corp. and 14 individual defendants to include Huawei Technlologies Co. Ltd., charging the company with actual...

Record iPhone activations propel AT&T’s Q2 results

AT&T Mobility (T) said it activated a record 3.2 million Apple Inc. iPhones on its network during the recently completed second quarter that included...

Alliances: Ericsson wins China Mobile deal; HealthPartners licenses Diversinet platform; and more

China Mobile chose Ericsson (ERIC) as a sole managed services partner for its 2G/3G base station sites under a three-year field maintenance agreement.Gemalto said...

Opportunity knocks

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...

Devices may be dilemma for WiMAX operators

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...

BlackBerry unveils multimedia play in latest OS

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) has been on a slow and steady march toward the consumer market for the better part of two...

BlackBerry unveils multimedia play in latest OS

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) has been on a slow and steady march toward the consumer market for the better part of two years, and although much of its success of late has come from growth on that front its most current operating system and user interface look hardly consumer driven.

Every Microsoft employee to get windows phone 7 device

Microsoft employees, look under your chairs… yes, that’s right, you will all be going home with a brand new Windows Phone 7 device, yes, all 90,000 of you!

Qualcomm announces chipper financials

It certainly has been a chipper week for cellphone companies and component makers, with Qualcomm the latest firm to announce some rather stellar fiscal third-quarter earnings, thanks largely to the whopping success of Android smartphones based on the firm’s chips.

Can’t get a Droid X at Verizon? Try Continental Airlines!

Some devices are so popular, so high flying, you need to literally look to the skies just to get your hands on, as is the case with Motorola’s much hyped Droid X, which sold out at Verizon on the first day it was offered. RCR Unplugged was surprised, therefore, when we received the following offer from Continental airlines this week, offering us a Droid X. “Earn Miles and get a new DROID X by Motorola,” read the subject line.

Why my iPhone has become an iPod

Why installing iOS4 on an iPhone 3G renders the device painful to use.

Ford showcases next generation of Sync and new touchscreen user interface

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. (F) is playing catch up on a lot of fronts these days, but one area that it's putting...

Apple results wow Wall Street, surpass Microsoft

Antennagate be damned, Apple has done it again, with the firm managing to pull its best ever quarterly revenue results out of its sleek, shiny hat on Tuesday.

T-Mobile USA expands HSPA+ to nearly 50 major markets

Just a day after Harbinger Capital Partners announced plans to spend $7 billion building out a nationwide LTE network, the industry’s current No. 4...

Mobile phones could soon be 'contraband' in federal prisons

Cell phones in federal prisons could soon be considered contraband, as the House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation similar to that in the Senate...

Schulman to leave Sprint Nextel for American Express

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) announced this morning that current president of its Prepaid group Dan Schulman would be leaving the company on Aug. 23...

Analyst Angle: A world of differences in mobile handset usage and spending Top 10 takeaways about the mobile handset market

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...

Capital Markets: FiberLight closes financing; Ntelos buys FiberNet and more

FiberLight L.L.C., which provides fiber optic network solutions, said it completed a private debt offering of $22 million with CoBank. The deal includes a...

Webinar: The Exploding IP Services Market and their Impact on Session Border Controllers: Innovate or Perish

This free webinar will provide insight into the market trends around these services and customer drivers for their adoption. It will also explore the...

Trying to nail down the most mobile of segments: A state-of-the-industry report on devices

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...

Five must-have cellphones for insanely rich people

Tired of having the same phone as all the other Russian billionaires’ wives? Well look no further, comrades, because RCR has got you covered. Here are the five phones most likely to make an impression at your next caviar buffet.
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