Yearly Archives: 2010

Droid X sells out, overwhelms Verizon’s network

While most of America may be going gaga for Apple’s antenns this morning, other (possibly more sensible) Murkins are focusing their hype on the new Motorola Droid X smartphone, resulting in its complete sell out from retail stores on its first day of sale and clogging Verizon’s phone activation infrastructure.

FCC to address backhaul rules at August meeting: Formally starts MSS proceeding

The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with plans to remove barriers in wireless backhaul, announcing it plans to address the issue at its...

Worst of the Week: Phone comparison – octagon style!

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...

On Apple campus: Live updates

RCR's intrepid reporter, Matt Kapko, has made it across the moat into castle Cupertino, and is waiting with baited breath, with the hordes of other assembled press, to see what this morning's press conference brings.

Apple set to address iPhone 4 this morning

Apple Inc. has scheduled a press conference for 1 pm EST this morning at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters that the device maker has said...

Bits and Bytes: Jumptap ad program; Sitra WiMAX debut; and more

Mobile advertising company Jumptap announced its Passport to Freedom program, which is designed to help mobile developers and publishers increase revenues via ad solutions...

Ovi store developers un-appy

Ovi store developers are certainly a surly bunch, with more than half of them unhappy with the way the Finnish phonemaker runs its app shop.

ZTE launches first Android on British 3 network

The Chinese have launched a British invasion, as ZTE announced the launch of its first Android powered device – the Racer – on the UK’s 3 network.

Apple releases fix for signal bar display

Doubtless trying to prove Steve Jobs right in his analysis that the iPhone’s antenna problems are a software rather than a hardware issue, Apple has today released a slightly updated version of its iOS operating system before the firm’s press conference tomorrow.

Android passes 100,000 apps and billionth download

Google’s Android army continues to march onwards unabated, passing the 100,000 app mark this week according to data from AndroidLib.

Telefonica's JAJAH launches cheap international VoIP

VoIP continues to gain traction with carriers and push into mainstream, with Jajah announcing Thursday it was launching its IP-based long distance call service with Telefónica Europe across Europe under O2’s banner.

@ LATV Fest: Will 4G networks support the flood of content to come?

LOS ANGELES — A recurring theme kept cropping up here at the LATV Fest yesterday whenever discussion broached upon the topic of professional content...

Potential App Store integration for Facebook

Facebook wants to reduce the “signal to noise” ratio in your mobile life according to the firm's head of mobile products, Eric Tseng.Speaking at...

Samsung declares year of the superphone

Speaking at MobileBeat in San Francisco this week, Samsung's Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Omar Khan implied that smartphonese were pass

Sprint Nextel slices prepaid segment even thinner

Sprint Nextel Corp. managed to find another prepaid niche it had not already covered with the launch this morning of its PayLo offering through...

iPhone 4 is Apple's Vista jokes Microsoft

Microsoft appears to have grown itself a sense of humor, with the firm’s COO Kevin Turner declaring in a speech at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference that Apple’s iPhone 4 “might be their Vista,” owing to the plethora of problems the device faces.

Antenna fix? Apple announces press conference

Apple Inc. yesterday announced it will be holding an iPhone 4 press conference this Friday and, as you would expect, the speculation about what...

Alliances: TeleNav powers U.S. Cellular service; IPWireless teams with Altair; and more

U.S. Cellular (USM) launched its Your Navigation Deluxe navigation service, which is powered by TeleNav (TNAV). The service includes voice-guided turn-by-turn 3D GPS navigation,...

Potential App Store integration for Facebook

Facebook wants to reduce the “signal to noise” ratio in your mobile life according to the firm’s head of mobile products, Eric Tseng.

Antenna fix? Apple announces press conference

Apple today announced it will be holding an iPhone 4 press conference this Friday and, as you would expect, the speculation about what the firm has to say is mounting.

Samsung declares year of the superphone

Speaking at MobileBeat in San Francisco this week, Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Omar Khan implied that smartphonese were passé, noting this year was the year of the superphone.

Feature phones to become smartphones

With worldwide market-share for smartphones constantly growing, it may seem to some that dependable old feature phones are being neglected, but a change in terminology could soon see feature phones getting smarter – on paper anyway.

DAS part of reason Tyco picked up ADC: New speculation NSN will buy Motorola networks biz

A shakeup in the wireless infrastructure segment seems certain as Tyco Electronics Ltd. (TEL) bought ADC Telecommunications Inc. (ADCT) for $1.25 billion and speculation...

@ LATV Fest: Making the case for augmented reality

LOS ANGELES — “If you want your story to travel and become part of what people are doing, and you want those people to...

Analyst Angle: The smart phone impact on consumer mobile usage habits

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...
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