Monthly Archives: June, 2011

Swype 3.0 beta goes live

Swype Inc. has released the third major version of its text input solution for touch-screen devices in beta. Key features of the update include...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Yankee Group's Tole Hart talks industry trends, city's mobile direction

PHILADELPHIA – RCR Wireless News’ recent trip to Philadelphia as part of its Mobile Broadband Global Tour played into the hands of Yankee Group...

Phoenix Childrens Hospital: Inbuilding with DAS

PHOENIX – As Arizona grows, the Phoenix Children's Hospital must follow suit, and this includes the wireless networks needed to run in its health...

Reality Check: Still an Android world

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...

Finally some good news for Nokia – Apple agrees to license patents

Nokia Corp., once king of the handset world, has been going through a tumultuous period as of late. Stephen Elop, who took over the CEO position last year after his predecessor Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was unceremoniously booted out for failing to maintain the Finnish manufacturer's competitive edge, has made some aggressive changes.

Huawei shows off MediaPad tablet

Chinese firm Huawei offered the world a sneak peek at its upcoming MediaPad tablet, which the firm says is its "smartest, smallest and lightest...

MEF Asia announces board elections, five open seats

The Mobile Entertainment Forum in Asia is hosting its annual board elections during Communicasia in Singapore next week, with hopes that some US based...

Privus Mobile expands national mobile caller ID to Vietnam

Allen, Texas-based Privus Mobile, a provider of caller ID services and mobile apps for smart phones, said today that the company is behind the...

Mobile phone advertising skyrockets 128%

ComScore Inc. (SCOR), a company specializing in business analytics, released a study that claims that the number of mobile display advertisements have more than...

Samsung Galaxy tablet takes flight with American Airlines

Samsung Mobile reports that Fort Worth-based American Airlines is prepping to provide airline passengers who travel first class with a Galaxy 10.1 tablet for...

Samsung to steal smartphone manufacturing crown from Nokia

Nokia Corp., who all-but invented the mobile phone market back in the halcyon days of the early-90s, look set to be dropping not one but two places down to a distant third in terms of smartphone manufacturing volume by the end of this year, if a new report from research firm Nomura is to be believed.

Verizon Wireless announces sidetrack plan for mobile payments

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is pursuing another track in the mobile payments race, announcing today plans to work with Payfone Inc. to build a new...

HP shows off what its TouchPad can do

The marketing has finally started, but will it convince the unwashed masses that a Hewlett-Packard Co. TouchPad is the tablet to choose?

Microelectronics sees spectacular growth thanks to smartphones and data consumption

Microelectronics is still seeing impressive growth according to the latest figures from Strategy Analytics.“The strong revenue reports which Strategy Analytics saw in April show...

Does RIM have a backup plan?

With barely a day that goes by without yet another report showing Research In Motion Ltd. shedding market share, many in the industry have...

Dell lands $252M NRC contract, launches cloud in Ireland

Round Rock-based Dell (DELL) was awarded a $252M contract to provide IT services and products through a six-year agreement with the federal Nuclear Regulatory...

Dell lands NRC contract, launches cloud in Ireland

Round Rock-based Dell (DELL) was awarded a $252M contract to provide IT services and products through a six-year agreement with the federal Nuclear Regulatory...

Nex-Tech Wireless prime example of rural job opportunities

HAYS, Kan. – In this day and age of elevated unemployment levels across the country, you might think it would be difficult to find...

Txt2Get launches U.S. initiative for do-it-yourself mobile marketing

Txt2Get is launching its do-it-yourself mobile marketing platform in the United States. Already in Australia and New Zealand, Txt2Get's platform connects advertisers with customers,...

Android chips away at Nokia and RIM from the low end, while Apple takes the higher ground

Verizon Wireless has been keeping the U.S. smartphone channel afloat in May and June thanks to the launch of no less than six high-end...

Apple attracts trademark suit with iCloud moniker

Apple's launch strategy for new products is an interesting phenomenon. While the details are always jealously guarded so Jobs' "one more thing" can have the maximum impact on stage, this does leave the Cupertino-based gadget giant open for other legal ramifications down the road. Case in point - the iCloud trademark, which Jobs and Co. have just been sued over.

Wavion updates Wi-Fi offloading solution to 802.11n

Wavion Ltd. updated its outdoor W-Fi offloading solution designed for wireless service providers facing congested networks in urban areas. The company's WBSn (Wavion Base...

Reader Forum: Self optimizing networks – tips for success

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: Can credit card info ever be safe in this ‘bad new world?’

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...

RIM to Launch PlayBook in India from June 19

WSJ | June 10, 2011 | R. JAI KRISHNA NEW DELHI – BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. plans to introduce its PlayBook tablet in India in...
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