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The wireless industry used to be fairly straightforward but now crazy-headed institutions like the U.S. Library of Congress are doing things that impact the wireless industry. When did that happen?

In a Q&A session with Research in Motion’s director of consumer alliances Alex McCallum, RCR finds out why it’s really Blackberry that makes mobile music tick. Or should we say Tick Tock?

Showing a peer-to-peer gaming demo between three people on different devices – a Nokia Maemo, a Google Nexus One and a laptop – Qualcomm shows off how it believes modern chip technology can enhance mobile user experience.

Being in Google’s gang seems to be paying off, especially for Taiwanese phone maker HTC which has seen its Q2 profits skyrocket by 33%, mostly thanks to the amazing success of its Android offerings. Indeed, for every two Android smartphones sold today, one is HTC made.

Will Android manage to knock RIM and Apple from the smartphone throne?

Despite reports that Nexus One was the end of the line in terms of Google designed handsets, mobile tech site Neowin is reporting Google is hard at work on its successor, although details remain sketchy.

Korea’s KT telecom has taken the above words to heart in its recent establishment of 27,000 new Wi-Fi zones throughout the country, clearly marking its territory before other telcos like main rival SK telecom can even say “Wi-Fi.”

Korea’s KT telecom has taken the above words to heart in its recent establishment of 27,000 new Wi-Fi zones throughout the country, clearly marking its territory before other telcos like main rival SK telecom can even say “Wi-Fi.”

The euphoria stirred up amongst Vodafone India customers after the announcement of unlimited GPRS for just Rs 95 ($2) a month has backfired badly after customers uncovered serious flaws in the service.

On Thursday came news that the flagship Nokia N8 was available for pre order in Italy for a cool €469 ($612 US) with availability set for September.

Motorola must be doing something right, as the firm seems to have found a way to generate higher profits from lower revenues this quarter, mainly thanks to Droid X.

No, the Nexus One will not be doing a Lazarus at T-Mobile, despite recent rumors.

RCR Unplugged recently reported that German chipmaker, Infineon Technologies, was under Intel’s acquisition microscope, but it seems another suitor – Samsung Electronics – has joined the fray.

Here at RCR we’ve known about Modu’s Android intentions for a little while now, but were sworn to secrecy. Now, however, as a leaked video of an Android Modu T (Modu 2) phone has tipped up on YouTube, we can remain silent no longer.

In a letter written to the telecom department, IB raised concerns over security and asked for monitoring arrangements, yet to be addressed. What has apparently saddened the intelligence agency is the ‘adamant’ attitude of Nokia as it continues to openly advertise its push email service in the market.

With the demand for better, faster smartphones increasing exponentially by the day, it comes as no real surprise that little British chippie ARM has managed to beat even its own earning expectations and gain market share, pushing from handsets into all kinds of other electronics, from fridges to MP3s.

Relatively rare just a few years ago, smartphones – or superphones as some are now calling them – have become as ubiquitous as Usher on the radio. But just how well do you know your sophisticated handset gadgetry? RCR Unplugged recently spoke with ARM wireless segment manager James Bruce to identify the five most important components of today’s smartphones (in no particular order).

Battery life is a very limiting factor when it comes to using mobile phones in places where there simply isn’t any electricity, but thanks to Vodafone, the problem could be solved with a new solar powered handset targeted at the Indian market.

et out of jail free? There’s an app for that – or at least, an Australian man has discovered there’s a way to prove his innocence from rape allegations by retrieving deleted text messages on his iPhone proving his liaisons with his accuser were consensual.

Americans are even less tolerant of travel agent trouble when it comes via mobile according to a new survey.
Travel research firm PhoCusWright polled 792 Americans traveling for pleasure rather than business over the past year and found many of them rather unforgiving of any mobile mishaps.

Citigroup Inc. (C) has publicly disclosed a security flaw in its iPhone banking app. While the disclosure is clearly the right move, it also shines a light on some weaknesses in mobile banking that might not bode well for the industry in at least the near term.

So much for Google slowing the speed of its Android releases, with claims that version 3.0 (Gingerbread) has already been spotted in the wild, just weeks after the official release of version 2.2 (Froyo).

A little birdie tweets that AT&T may be betting big on Microsoft’s soon-to-launch Windows Phone 7 (WP7) putting itself down for an order of eight million units.